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CHAPTER I8 05 h police officers execute a peantl Laura Johnson, at Jeffrey Epsteins Inside the house, an employee is ey ask him, politely, to hang Ue p the winding stairs to the homes sutside and reads the warrant, out ile another officer videotapes them. zy says as he hands over the wat- i, I will leave a list of what items e- k that you don’t answer your tel rsation leman was having a conve So I’m sure he’s trying to call and ; will be told what was going oP as 78 Firtuy Ricw Inside the house, detectives see the pink-and-green couch that Mary and other girls had described. They see photos of naked young girls—in some cases, girls they’ve spoken to about Epstein. They also find message pads on which are written first names, dates, and numbers for the girls. Sometimes there are notes to go with the names and num- bers: “I have girls for him.” Or “I have 2 girls for him.” These notes are signed by one Sarah Kellen. Epstein’s house has a strangely antiseptic quality. Some of the bedrooms look almost like doctors’ offices. In the bathroom off Epstein’s bedroom, there’s a massage table as well as stands holding strange machines, which looked like something youd find in a dermatologist’s office. In a wood-colored armoire beside Epstein’s bed, they see a bottle of peach-flavored Joy Jelly. In the bathroom, there are soaps shaped like penises and vaginas, bottles of Mango Mist, more Joy Jelly, and boxes of tampons. The officers find stacks of UFC videos and DVDs of Rock Star and other B-list movies. They also find receipts for books bought on Amazon, such as SlaveCraft: Roadmaps for Erotic Servitude. On the first floor, detectives are drawn to two secret cameras hidden in clocks. On the computer hard drive, they see several photographs of Wendy and other girls. These images appear to come from the camera inside the clock behind Epstein’s desk. The officers know where the cameras are because they helped 4 install them—in 2004, when Epstein complained that someone | had stolen a gun and $2,700 from him. Detective Recarey had _ investigated that case. But before he could arrest Epstein’s handy- - man, Juan Alessi, for the theft, Epstein contacted a captain in the 79 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019195