Epstein documents show he targeted college student in Duluth for 5 years
DULUTH, Minn. — One year after Jeffrey Epstein’s release from a Florida prison for procuring an underage girl for prostitution, he was arranging flights in and out of Duluth for a St. Scholastica nursing student.
Emails and text messages included in the
Department of Justice’s partial release of the Epstein files
include correspondence with the female student from 2010 to 2015.
The communications followed a pattern described by many Epstein victims: young women drawn into his orbit through exposure to lavish lifestyles and promises to help them achieve their career goals.
The student, who will not be named to protect her identity as a victim, was sent lavish gifts, including a phone and jewelry box delivered to her Duluth residence.
Flights arranged by Epstein’s assistants included trips to Paris, New York and his ranch in New Mexico. One flight log from 2011 shows the student on a flight to Little St. John’s, otherwise known as Epstein Island.
The file includes one unredacted mention of the student in Epstein’s financial documents, showing a bank transfer on Jan. 28, 2011, although records do not include the purpose of the payment. The amount is redacted.
The files do not explicitly state Epstein funded her St. Scholastica education. Yet communications indicate he did provide support, in one way or another.
“Thought you’d like to know I got accepted into the nursing honor society!,” a text message sent to Epstein on April 3, 2011 states. “Thank you for all your help and I hope you are having a wonderful time in Paris!”
The pattern of movement between Duluth and destinations dictated by Epstein’s team were weaved within the student’s schedule. Correspondence with Epstein’s associates ensured the student would be back from weekend trips in time for class.
Back in the halls of St. Scholastica, it was business as usual.
A classmate, who asked not to be named for this story, told Forum News Service she seemed like a typical Duluth college student, who studied hard and enjoyed being with friends. There was no indication that she was involved in a global sex trafficking scheme.
The student’s mention in the file ends in 2015, with no explanation given for why the communication stopped.
The last email in the files detailed a round trip flight from Duluth to New Mexico in 2015.
The notorious global sex trafficking scheme touched all corners of the world, including Minnesota.
Though it’s unclear how the St. Scholastica student met Epstein, investigative files show her older sister, also of Minnesota, was among his many assistants.
Her sister appeared in flight logs as early as 2004 — and was listed as a beneficiary in Epstein’s trust in 2006.
Flight logs show the student traveled with her sister to Epstein’s island in 2011, alongside New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson and his chief of staff, Bill Condit.
The flight to the island came roughly one year after Epstein began sending the student emails and text messages.
An Aug. 19, 2010 email confirmed a meeting between the student and Epstein. One month later, she sent an email to Epstein, writing “I look forward to talking to you soon! I hope everything is going well and the island is okay!”
Emails show flights were arranged for the student to make it home in time for Christmas from a trip to New York. She returned twice within the next two weeks.
From 2011 to 2012, the student used a phone gifted by Epstein to send photos and updates on.
The first text, on April 3, 2011 read:
“Thank you so, so very much!! It is unbelievable to actually have this phone! I can’t thank you enough! I hope you are having a great time in Europe and I look forward to talking and seeing you!”
The last text message on the thread was a 2012 photo of her at Zorro Ranch in New Mexico.
Roughly five years after the Duluth student began communicating with Epstein and his team — and flying around the world — the messages seemed to halt.
A Dec. 20, 2015 email between a travel agent and Epstein’s assistant show an effort to fly the student from Duluth to his ranch in New Mexico. At the end of the thread, after telling the agent she was going to run the plan by Epstein, the assistant ended it by saying: “We can forget this ticket!”
Publicly available documents sorted through by Forum News Service do not appear to indicate correspondence beyond that date. An attempt to reach the woman was unsuccessful.
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Exploring Documented Records
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