The massive release of Jeffrey Epstein files has revealed a Northwest Florida connection to the federal investigation of the convicted sex offender—FBI agents traveled to Pensacola in February 2020 to interview one of Epstein’s former household employees.
- The interview, conducted at the Hilton Garden Inn on Airport Boulevard on Feb. 19, 2020, was part of the renewed federal investigation following Epstein’s arrest in July 2019 and subsequent death by suicide in his Manhattan jail cell. The witness, whose name has been redacted in the documents, worked for Epstein from the 1990s through 2002. See EFTA00019062 Houseman.
Background: The files, released in stages under the Epstein Files Transparency Act signed by President Trump in November 2025, include over 3.5 million pages of documents, 180,000 images, and 2,000 videos. The Department of Justice completed its latest major release on January 30, 2026, though bipartisan critics argue the agency has violated the law by withholding additional materials and over-redacting documents.
Transcript
According to the FBI interview transcript, the former houseman described transporting a young woman from her Bear Lakes home to Epstein’s residence. He recalled seeing her attend a late-night movie with Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, but stated he never witnessed her go upstairs or engage in “anything bad.” The witness told agents the girl had been hired to give massages, describing her as “an artist, a great singer and a very pretty girl” whom Epstein claimed to be helping with her career. Read FBI Husband_Wife.
The transcript reveals the witness observed numerous high-profile visitors at Epstein’s properties, including “Prince Andrew, Donald Trump, Robert Kennedy, mathematicians and many others.”
Despite his years of service, the former employee expressed relief about Epstein’s death, telling FBI agents that Epstein was “dangerous.”
The files document similar interviews with household staff across multiple jurisdictions, revealing an extensive network of employees who witnessed aspects of Epstein’s operation. One Florida employee told the FBI in 2007 about delivering flowers to a high school student and cleaning up after Epstein’s “frequent massages with young girls.”
The Pensacola interview represents one piece of thousands of witness statements collected during two decades of investigations that ultimately led to sex trafficking charges against Epstein in 2019 and his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell in 2021. Maxwell is currently serving a 20-year federal prison sentence for sexual exploitation and trafficking of children.
Another Pensacola Lead?
The Epstein files reveal a much more graphic interview with an alleged victim on July 24, 2006. Two of the leads from the interview were a housekeeper living in Milton and another in Cantonment.Housekeepers
