Recently unveiled files from the US government have revealed unsettling insights into Jeffrey Epstein’s personal activities, particularly focusing on his alarming online shopping habits.
The convicted sex offender was apprehended in July 2019 on federal sex trafficking charges involving minors, but passed away in a New York jail cell the following month while awaiting trial.
As part of a Department of Justice (DOJ) ongoing review, documents have been released detailing thousands of Amazon purchases associated with Epstein prior to his death. According to reports from the New York Post, these receipts span from 2014 to 2019 and indicate that Epstein allegedly ordered more than 1,000 items through his Amazon account.
CNN reports that approximately 750,000 files have already been reviewed and published by the DOJ, while nearly 700,000 more are still under scrutiny. The department confirmed this could take “a few more weeks.”
Particularly concerning are orders for schoolgirl-style clothing, including pleated skirts and full uniforms, with records showing these items were bought in 2018 and sent directly to Epstein’s Manhattan home.
Desiree Nazarian, a psychologist specializing in relational trauma, analyzed the shopping list and expressed severe concern over the combination of items.
“The presence of these child-coded items alongside these sexual tools is so clinically alarming,” she told the New York Post.
“Everything on this list is really common in predatory profiles. It’s marked by coercion, entitlement, dominance and control of narrative.”
The list also includes a Sonic prostate massager priced at $61.50, reportedly purchased by Epstein just days after Christmas of that year. The shopping history includes binoculars and numerous sexual wellness products, such as Vagifirm, a herbal supplement claimed to enhance ‘increased lubrication and libido’ and firmer breasts, selling for $64.95.
Additional items mentioned in the files consist of an FBI costume, combat trousers associated with the Israel Defence Forces, several sauna hats, and four novels by Vladimir Nabokov—one of which was Lolita, a controversial book centered on paedophilia.
“It’s all about eroticized hierarchy, the FBI costume, the tuxedo. It’s role play around dominance, punishment, impunity, it’s like this oscillation between being the authority and staging the persecution,” Nazarian elaborated.
If you’ve been affected by any of the issues in this article, you can contact The National Sexual Assault Hotline at 800.656.HOPE (4673), available 24/7. Alternatively, you can chat online via online.rainn.org.