EXCLUSIVE: Epstein's Trail of Death — Mystery Surrounding Sex Creep's Inner Circle Ramps Up As 22 People Mysteriously Die... Including Lawyers, Pimps and Investigative Journalists
Jeffrey Epstein's inner circle is filled with mysterious deaths.
Aug. 15 2025, Published 5:30 p.m. ET
Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in his cell on August 10, 2019, in what was labeled a suicide, but while the pedophile's death is shrouded in conspiracy theories, 22 people in his inner circle have also passed under mysterious circumstances, RadarOnline.com can reveal.
From the sex offender's alleged victims to lawyers, investigative journalists, pimps, and more, several people who crossed paths with Epstein have died.
Who Connected To Epstein Has Died?
Many associated with Epstein, here with Ghislaine Maxwell, have died.
"There were a lot of people entrapped and entangled through Epstein’s web, and many of those people are gone now, dead," private investigator Ed Opperman said. "They are all connected through a money trail.”
According to financier Steven Hoffenberg, both Epstein and the predator's madame, Ghislaine Maxwell, were "taping" honey-trap videos of VIPs with underage girls in hopes of blackmailing powerful individuals.
Hoffenberg, who made the allegation before he died in 2022, said: "This puts a lot of high-powered people in very dangerous situations."
The 77-year-old, who served 18 years for a $475million Ponzi scheme, worked with the FBI and spoke out about Epstein's alleged connections to Israel’s national intelligence agency, Mossad.
More individuals connected to Epstein have died since his passing, including his final cellmate, Efrain "Stone" Reyes.
The Man Who Took Epstein's Black Book Is Dead
22 people in the pedophile's inner circle have died in several ways.
The 51-year-old died of COVID-19 in November 2020, just weeks after talking with federal investigators probing Epstein's death. Reyes had been transferred out of Epstein's cell one day before the sex beast's death.
Three women who accused Epstein of sexually assaulting them have also died, including Virginia Giuffre, who was found dead on April 25 of an apparent suicide.
Giuffre and the other two accusers, Carolyn Andriano and Leigh Skye Patrick, related to Epstein’s days in West Palm Beach, Florida, where he is believed to have abused and pimped out dozens of young girls. However, despite overwhelming evidence of his vile operation, the financier was allowed to plead guilty to two state prostitution charges and served only 13 months in a cushy county jail.
Joe Recarey, the Palm Beach police detective who led the Epstein investigation and pushed officials for justice, died May 25, 2018, after a brief illness at 50.
Epstein's ex-butler Alfredo Rodriguez, who took his former boss' infamous little black book and offered to sell it to an undercover FBI agent, also met his demise due to mesothelioma at 60
Epstein was found dead behind bars before he facing punishment for his crimes.
Other notable names connected to Epstein have died, including two investigative journalists who were investigating the former professor. Epstein book author John Connolly also passed away in January 2022 at 78, while celebrity biographer Wendy Leigh’s body was found under her London balcony in May 2016.
Suicide was suggested for Leigh's death, but that is also covered in mystery.
Six other Epstein associates have also died over the years, including Jean-Luc Brunel, a French modeling agency boss who hanged himself inside a Paris prison cell awaiting trial for allegedly trafficking girls to Epstein.
Meanwhile, Thomas Bowers, the head of the Deutsche Bank wealth management division that moved money for Epstein, was also found hanged inside his California home.
Will Epstein's Former Madame Be Released From Prison?
Former madame Maxwell is serving 20 years behind bars for assisting Epstein.
While Epstein never faced punishment for his crimes, Maxwell did, as she is currently serving a 20-year sentence on sex trafficking charges; however, she is said to be looking for a pardon from President Trump.
Trump was previously asked if he was considering pardoning the convict, and while he said he's "allowed to do it," he hasn't given it much thought.
In response, alleged victim Giuffre's family raged that Maxwell receiving any leniency would "go down in history as being one of the highest travesties of justice."
Trump has been ripped by critics over his handling of Epstein's case and his notorious files, which the Justice Department claimed didn't exist.
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The 79-year-old has done everything in his power to put the attention on others, including former President Bill Clinton, who once flew on Epstein's private jet, often referred to as the "Lolita Express."
