A disturbing new video of Jeffrey Epstein chasing young women around the kitchen of his home on the notorious paedophile’s island has been released as part of a trove of new files relating to the disgraced financier.
The footage shows Epstein laughing as he runs after two young women inside his house on Little Saint James, the private Caribbean island at the centre of his abuse scandal.
In the video, the financier is seen wearing a white polo shirt, joggers and slippers as the women scream and try to evade him. Their faces have been blurred to protect their identities.
At one point, Epstein is shown jumping up onto a kitchen counter as he appears to lunge towards one of the women, while continuing to laugh.
It is not clear when the footage was filmed or who recorded it.
The emergence of the video comes after the Department of Justice released millions of newly unsealed documents related to Epstein on Friday.
The latest tranche includes references to a number of high-profile figures previously linked to Epstein, including Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Microsoft founder Bill Gates, though neither is accused of criminal wrongdoing in the files.
The former Duke of York features prominently in over 3 million pages, 180,000 images and 2,000 videos released by US authorities.
Among the files were images which appear to show Andrew kneeling over an unidentified woman with his hand on her abdomen and emails in which Epstein offered to introduce him to a 26-year-old Russian woman.
Alleged messages inviting the convicted sex offender to Buckingham Palace for dinner barely a month after his release from house arrest are also included in the files.
The former prince is now under mounting pressure to co-operate with US officials investigating Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes, with sources saying it is a ‘matter of personal conscience’ as well as his public duty.
While Buckingham Palace has declined to comment on the latest revelations from the US Department of Justice file dump, royal sources told the Daily Mail last night that ‘providing testimony is now a matter for Andrew and his conscience’.
Insiders also said it was always a principle that those who have relevant information should ‘participate in any lawful inquiry on any subject’.
The development added fuel to the fire of calls for the former prince to break his self-imposed silence and publicly co-operate with officials investigating Epstein’s crimes – and the network of contacts that aided and abetted him.
However, despite being seen driving and riding around Windsor – where he was, astonishingly, photographed smiling and waving to onlookers without an apparent care in the world yesterday – there continued to be a deafening silence from the former royal.
It is understood King Charles was not aware of the level of detail in the latest files, which reveal the depths of the relationship between his brother and the paedophile.
Buckingham Palace appears to be learning about the new material at the same time as the public.
The documents also shed new light on Epstein’s continued contact with members of the royal family, including Andrew’s ex-wife Sarah Ferguson.
In 2010, Ms Ferguson told the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to ‘just marry me’ six months after he was released from prison, according to the newly released emails.
Epstein had been released from Palm Beach County Jail in July 2009, having served 13 months of an 18-month sentence for soliciting sex from girls as young as 14.
In the email, Ms Ferguson wrote: ‘You are a legend. I really don’t have the words to describe, my love, gratitude for your generosity and kindness. Xx I am at your service. Just marry me.’
The context of the message is not explained in the files.
Other messages in the cache suggest the former Duchess of York offered Epstein and his friends VIP tours of Buckingham Palace.
In June 2009, while Epstein was still serving his sentence, she told him ‘I can organise anything’ after he asked about arranging a ‘VIP tour’ or ‘access to something special’ in London for the daughter of his lawyer, Alan Dershowitz.
The correspondence appears to reference potential access to Buckingham Palace, though it is unclear whether any such visit ever took place.
In another email, dated September 2009, Ms Ferguson made further remarks about marriage, suggesting Epstein wed an unnamed woman with a ‘great body’, adding: ‘Ok well marry me and then we will employ her.’
Ferguson’s charity on Monday announced it will ‘regretfully’ close for the ‘foreseeable future’ – just days after revelations came to light about the former duchess’s friendship with Epstein.
