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Ghislaine Maxwell trial: Video of Epstein’s house of horrors

Creepy footage shows topless photos and sleazy artwork being uncovered during a police raid on Jeffrey Epstein’s Palm Beach mansion.

Footage of raid on Epstein's Palm Beach house released

Federal prosecutors in Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex-trafficking trial have released a video of a 2005 police raid on Jeffrey Epstein’s Florida mansion.

The footage shows police finding sex toys, lurid artwork and a topless image of a person believed to be Ghislaine Maxwell

The hour-long video shows Palm Beach police officers inside Epstein’s home with guns drawn.

Inside, they discover a fully equipped dentist’s chair, paintings of naked women hanging on the wall, as well as a black-and-white portrait of Maxwell holding what appears to be a Yorkshire terrier dog.

The footage shows a bed in Epstein's mansion.
The footage shows a bed in Epstein's mansion.

The video was previously released in 2019, after Epstein was found dead at a Manhattan detention centre while awaiting trial on sex charges.

It was re-released as federal prosecutors and defence attorneys begin closing arguments in the trial of the British socialite, who’s accused of helping Epstein traffic young girls.

There’s also what appears to be a photo of a topless Maxwell lounging.

A bathrobe hangs in a wardrobe at Epstein's mansion.
A bathrobe hangs in a wardrobe at Epstein's mansion.
A police officer enters the house armed with a gun.
A police officer enters the house armed with a gun.

Palm Beach Sgt. Michael Dawson took the stand during Maxwell’s trial and said police were looking for massage tables and oils and sex toys, as well as journals and correspondence, when they raided the home.

Inside the study at Jeffrey Epstein’s Palm Beach mansion. Picture: SDNY
Inside the study at Jeffrey Epstein’s Palm Beach mansion. Picture: SDNY

The exhibits released also include several photos of a young Annie Farmer, one of Maxwell’s accusers, who testified on Friday that the disgraced British socialite gave her a nude massage and groped her at Epstein’s New Mexico ranch when she was a teen.

Farmer, the only accuser to testify in the trial using her full name, said she was lured to the ranch after meeting Epstein through her sister months earlier.

A massage table found at Jeffrey Epstein's Palm Beach mansion. Picture:US District Attorney Office
A massage table found at Jeffrey Epstein's Palm Beach mansion. Picture:US District Attorney Office
The mansion where Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell allegedly lured young teens. Picture: SDNY
The mansion where Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell allegedly lured young teens. Picture: SDNY
The mansion’s kitchen. Picture: SDNY
The mansion’s kitchen. Picture: SDNY

She said she thought Maxwell and Epstein viewed her as a “student they may want to help”.

Farmer said she was comfortable going to the ranch in part because she thought Maxwell was Epstein’s girlfriend.

Maxwell, 59, has pleaded not guilty. She decided not to testify at her trial, telling the court that prosecutors had not proved their case beyond a reasonable doubt.

The heiress is facing up to 70 years in prison if she’s convicted on all six counts, including sex-trafficking of minors and enticing a minor to travel to engage in illegal sex acts.

Originally published as Ghislaine Maxwell trial: Video of Epstein’s house of horrors

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