EFTA00028499.pdf

AO 106 (SDNY Rev.01/17) Application for a Search Wanant UNITED STATES DISTRICT CO for the Southern District of Nevrk C—: h tor In the Matter of the Search of ) (Briefly describe the property to be searched ) or identib the person by name and address) ) Case No. See Attached Affidavit and its Attachment A ) ) ) (1/4 3573 APPLICATION FOR A SEARCH AND SEIZURE WARRANT I, a federal law enforcement officer or an attorney for the government, request a search warrant and state under penalty of perjury that I have reason to believe that on the following person or property (identifi, the person or describe the property to be searched and give its location): located in the Southern District of New York , there is now concealed (identify the person or describe the property to be seized): See Attached Affidavit and its Attachment A The a is for the search under Fed. R. Crim. P. 41(c) is (check one or more): vidence of a crime; O contraband, fruits of crime, or other items illegally possessed; O property designed for use, intended for use, or used in committing a crime; • a person to be arrested or a person who is unlawfully restrained. The search is related to a violation of: Code Section(s) Offense Description(s) 18 U.S.C. §§ 1591 and Sex trafficking of minors; sex trafficking conspiracy 371 The application is based on these facts: See Attached Affidavit and its Attachment A SI Continued on the attached sheet. O Delayed notice of days (give exact ending date if more than 30 days: under 18 U.S.C. § 3103a, the basis of which is set forth on the attached sheet. Sworn to before me and signed in my presence. Date: 1 -6- City and state: New York, NY • 1 • App,7cr Special Agent Printed name and title ) is requested ,FBI Hon. Barbara Moses, U.S. Magistrate Judge Printed name and title EFTA00028499 1/4 4-JAAG 651 cp UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK In the Matter of the Application of the United States Of America for a Search and Seizure Warrant for the Premises Known and Described as 9 East 71st Street, New York, New York and Any Closed Containers/Items Contained Therein SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK) ss.: TO BE FILED UNDER SEAL Agent Affidavit in Support of Application for Search and Seizure Warrant , being duly sworn, deposes and says: I. Introduction A. Affiant 1. I have been a Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI") since 2017. During that time, I have participated in numerous investigations and prosecutions of crimes against children, including the sex trafficking of minors. I have also participated in the execution of multiple search warrants. 2. I make this Affidavit in support of an application pursuant to Rule 41 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure for a warrant to search the premises specified below (the "Subject Premises") for the purpose of photographing, video-recording or otherwise documenting the appearance of its interior, and to seize the items and information described in Attachment A. This affidavit is based upon my personal knowledge; my review of documents and other evidence; and my conversations with other law enforcement personnel. Because this affidavit is being submitted for the limited purpose of establishing probable cause, it does not include all the facts that I have learned during the course of my investigation. Where the contents of documents and the actions, statements, and conversations of others are reported herein, they are reported in substance and in part, except where otherwise indicated. 20t7.08.02 EFTA00028500 B. The Subject Premises 3. The Subject Premises are particularly described as a nearly 19,000 square foot multi -story, single-family residence located at New York, New York, and include all locked and closed containers found therein. As detailed further herein, the Subject Premises is believed to be owned, possessed and controlled by JEFFREY EPSTEIN, a target subject of this investigation. A photograph of the front entrance to the Subject Premises is included below: C. The Target Subject and the Subject Offenses 4. The Target Subject of this investigation is JEFFREY EPSTEIN. 5. For the reasons detailed below, I believe that there is probable cause to believe that the Subject Premises contain evidence, fruits, and instrumentalities of violations of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1591 (sex trafficking of minors) and Title 18, United States Code, Section 371 (sex trafficking conspiracy) (the "Subject Offenses") by the Target Subject. 2 2017.08.02 EFTA00028501 II. Probable Cause A. Probable Cause Regarding the Target Subject's Commission of the Subject Offenses 6. On or about July 2, 2019, a grand jury in this District returned an Indictment charging JEFFREY EPSTEIN with the Subject Offenses. A copy of the Indictment is attached hereto as Exhibit A and is incorporated by reference. B. Probable Cause Justifying Search of the Subject Premises 7. As set forth in Exhibit A, from at least in or about 2002, up to and including at least in or about 2005, JEFFREY EPSTEIN sexually abused multiple minor girls in the Southern District of New York and elsewhere. During that time and continuing to the present, EPSTEIN possessed and controlled the Subject Premises, which is described in Exhibit A as "the New York Residence." 8. As further set forth in paragraphs 8 through 10 of Exhibit A, from at least in or about 2002, up to and including at least in or about 2005, EPSTEIN sexually abused numerous minor victims at the Subject Premises. In particular, and as alleged in the Indictment, when a victim arrived at the Subject Premises, she would be escorted to a room inside the Subject Premises with a massage table, where she would perform a massage on EPSTEIN. The victims, who were as young as 14 years of age, were told by EPSTEIN or other individuals to partially or fully undress before beginning the "massage." During the encounter, EPSTEIN would escalate the nature and scope of physical contact with his victim to include, among other things, sex acts such as groping and direct and indirect contact with the victims' genitals. EPSTEIN typically would also masturbate during these sexualized encounters, ask victims to touch him while he masturbated, and touch victims' genitals with his hands or with sex toys. Following each encounter, EPSTEIN or one of his employees or associates paid the victim in cash. 3 2017.08.02 EFTA00028502 9. As set forth in paragraphs 12 through 13 of Exhibit A, to further facilitate his ability to abuse minor girls in New York, JEFFREY EPSTEIN, the defendant, asked and enticed certain of his victims to recruit additional minor girls to perform "massages" and similarly engage in sex acts with EPSTEIN. When a victim would recruit another minor girl for EPSTEIN, he paid both the victim-recruiter and the new victim hundreds of dollars in cash. EPSTEIN knew that his victims were underage, including because certain victims told him their age. 10. One of the victims identified in paragraph 22 of Exhibit A is Victim-1. As part of the FBI's investigation of EPSTEIN, other law enforcement officers and I have interviewed Victim-1.1 I know from my personal participation of interviews with Victim-1, my conversations with other law enforcement officers who have interviewed Victim-1, and my review of notes and reports of other interviews with Victim-1 that Victim-1 has provided the following information, in substance and in part: a. Between approximately 2002 and 2005, EPSTEIN sexually abused Victim-1 on multiple occasions in the Subject Premises. This sexual abuse all occurred when Victim-1 was under the age