Jeffrey Epstein appeared obsessed with a ‘tunnel’ at his Caribbean island lair, emails released by the Department of Justice suggest.
For years, the late pedophile took a great personal interest in the tunnel, sending emails to staff to check on renovations.
The first message about it in millions of files released by the DOJ appears to have been in August 2009 when Epstein received an email discussing plans for a Virgin Islands architecture firm to do work at his home on the island of Little Saint James.
The email referred to a previous ‘team that added tunnels and office below the main house’ in the past.
The architecture firm subsequently confirmed it was contracted to build a ‘subterranean screening room,’ but it severed ties with Epstein and that was never built.
In 2012, Epstein sent a message to an aide saying: ‘Thanks, i want the floor done in the wood tunnel. all the equptent m=ved out floor done on thurs left till monday. thanks.’
Then, in a flurry of emails, starting in April 2015, he was told by an aide: ‘Tunnel floor completed.’
Two months later, he was sent an email headed ‘tunnel/ maint’ which said: ‘As requested, floor plans of the existing “tunnel” building and m=intenance building with square footages.’
Several months after that, he asked an aide ‘why are the rusty lockers still there? and was told ‘I’ll throw them out in the morning.’
In November 2017, Epstein sent an email to two others convening a conference about the tunnel.
He wrote: ‘id like to have a c=ll with you both, today.. i need help thinking about ho= to reorganie the island. move laundry, ? addtiona= staff. . ? tunnel move.’
He later followed up with: ‘tunnel with cots ? ballet room? co=t you less. . be generous with those that work.’
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