Overview
- BBC reporting published Friday drew on newly released US Justice Department records to identify four flats in Kensington and Chelsea that housed women who later reported abuse.
- The files show at least 53 Eurostar tickets moving women between London and Paris from 2011 to 2019, including 33 purchased after a 2015 complaint and multiple trips in Epstein’s final six months.
- The Metropolitan Police interviewed Virginia Giuffre in 2015 and 2016 but chose in November 2016 not to open a full UK investigation, and it now says a National Police Chiefs’ Council review of possible airport transit routes is ongoing.
- Documents indicate the National Crime Agency sent the FBI intelligence in 2020, including Coutts bank payments covering rent for a Chelsea flat linked to alleged victims.
- Survivors and lawyers are urging a public inquiry as emails and bills describe overcrowded flats, student visas and tuition payments for at least five women, and pressure on residents to recruit others.