Sealed Evidence - Manhattan Safe Evidence
From: FBI Evidence RecordsTo: U.S. District Court, S.D.N.Y.
CDsHard DrivesSafe Evidence
EVIDENCE RECORDS — SEIZED MEDIA FROM MANHATTAN RESIDENCE
Location: Safe at 9 East 71st Street, Manhattan
Date Seized: July 6, 2019
ITEMS DOCUMENTED:
- Multiple compact discs with handwritten labels
- Labels contained names of individuals
- Additional optical media and hard drives
- Photos described as depicting nude or partially nude underage-appearing females
- Additional electronic storage media
EVIDENCE HANDLING:
- All items logged and catalogued by FBI evidence technicians
- Digital forensics conducted on electronic media
- Items entered into evidence for USA v. Epstein (19-cr-490)
- Status of evidence following Epstein's death transferred to related proceedings
PUBLIC INTEREST:
The existence of labeled CDs/DVDs with individual names has generated significant speculation about potential surveillance recordings and blackmail materials.
The full contents and disposition of this evidence has not been publicly disclosed.
Source: Court exhibits / FBI
Available at: https://www.justice.gov/epstein/court-records
The Epstein Case in 2019
The year 2019 was the most consequential in the Epstein case. In July, Epstein was arrested by the FBI on federal sex trafficking charges in the Southern District of New York. He was found dead in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center on August 10, 2019, in a death ruled a suicide by the medical examiner but disputed by independent pathologist Dr. Michael Baden. The documents from 2019 are among the most extensive in the archive, including the indictment, bail hearing transcripts, autopsy reports, Bureau of Prisons records, and the beginning of the Maxwell investigation.
All 2019 documents in the timeline →