N AutuHor’s Note OTE posing residence had a stone seemed to know. And while the news media had some details sie. Bivens Bink eeenilidath Teena about the underage girls, reporters seemed only to know what istle, And, like our neighbor's had happened at the moment of his arrest. “var Gaised Trace letters that Epstein definitely liked his massages. He got them from two, even three, young women a day, right in his mansion on the Ge too Semen belonged w | island. He'd been operating on an almost industrial scale. But ol manAvho was alsoa regis | who were these girls? Where had they come from? How did they ste for underage women. find their way to his home on a secluded street in Palm Beach? . | Epstein had powerful friends. He'd flown Bill Clinton around iene: ies in his private jet and rubbed shoulders with heads of state, Nobel sed dozens of young women, ) Prize ane any number of billionaires. Prince Andrew, the tled potential lawsuits with man sixth in line to the British throne, had been a close friend. seny tase toc his eoiies. At Were any of these connections the reason that Epstein was ; idianain 1 now a free man? in the world’ ag ‘ I wanted to know. After all, our homes were a half mile apart, | and Epstein’s actions had had an undeniable impact on the town i ieee where | lived. Stirred by that sighting of Epstein up in New York, ries about Jeffrey Epstein for a . Tim Malloy and I aon to investigate. 1 sen ewe een eee dle ; We partnered with John Connolly, a tough, no-nonsense oth live, is small and tightly journalist who had once been a cop with the NYPD and had been —e, following the Epstein story for close to ten years. lines in papers alll over the Working together, we interviewed Epstein’s friends, going all vin eonediall thes eoniaves wi 4 the way back to his childhood; we met with Epstein’s acquain- sell! j tances, employees, neighbors, and business associates, and finally ee ta the media andl wilted 7 with the families of his victims. We interviewed law e