Years before Epstein investigated in Fla., police got tip about Ghislaine Maxwell

Nearly four years before Jeffrey Epstein came under investigation for allegedly luring minor girls to his Florida home for illicit massages — a local police report was opened to investigate claims that Epstein’s associate Ghislaine Maxwell was recruiting young women from a nearby college to answer phones at Epstein’s house, according to a police report newly disclosed by the Department of Justice.

“They are paid $200.00 per day for htis [sic] service.  It is unclear what is occurring in the residence,” reads the opening entry in the Town of Palm Beach Police Department report, dated Dec. 6, 2001.

The report goes on to detail claims that three “female college students … were approached by an English woman who identified herself as Maxwell.”

“Maxwell said she needed young, beautiful unmarried women to answer phones and do office work at her home in Palm Beach,” reads a Dec. 10, 2001, entry…

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