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File 80 - How Mar-a-Lago and Five-Star Hotels Became Epstein's Recruiting Ground

The Epstein Files

Island Investigation

February 16, 2026

Show Notes

In 1998, Virginia Giuffre was a teenager working at Mar-a-Lago when Ghislaine Maxwell walked in and pitched paid massage work for Jeffrey Epstein. That recruitment was the front end of a repeatable system built inside elite service venues. This episode follows how luxury hotels and private clubs became recruitment infrastructure where service hierarchies and deference to wealthy clients reduced scrutiny. Sources for this episode are available at: https://epsteinfiles.fm/?episode=ep80 About Th...
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