Anthony “Tony” Figueroa

UpdatedSeptember 4, 2026

ByEpsteinWiki

Snapshot

Anthony “Tony” Figueroa is a former boyfriend of Virginia Giuffre, a witness in Epstein related civil litigation, and an admitted participant in the paid referral system that brought girls to Jeffrey Epstein’s Palm Beach residence.

In a videotaped deposition taken on June 24, 2016, Figueroa testified that Epstein paid him to bring girls to the Palm Beach mansion for supposed massage work. He said he generally introduced them and left. He also described repeated demands from Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell for more girls and said some of the girls he drove appeared to be 16 or 17.

Figueroa’s evidence is important for two reasons. First, it describes the recruitment system from the perspective of a young man who participated in it. Second, it corroborates parts of Giuffre’s account of the pressure surrounding her, the expectation that she find more girls, and what she told him about being sent to meet Andrew Mountbatten Windsor.

Figueroa has not been publicly charged with an Epstein related crime. He was not one of the four women named as potential co-conspirators in Epstein’s 2007 federal non-prosecution agreement. His appearance in Maxwell trial materials did not make him a defendant, and he was not called as a trial witness.

Classification: Associate, paid recruiter, driver, civil deposition witness, and corroborating witness.

Evidence status: Figueroa’s own conduct is described primarily in sworn deposition testimony. His statements about what Giuffre told him are corroborating witness evidence, not personal observation of the alleged sexual encounters. His legal status must not be confused with that of Epstein or Maxwell, both of whom were criminally convicted.

Why Figueroa Matters

Epstein’s Palm Beach recruitment system depended on peer referrals. Young people were offered cash for bringing friends, classmates, coworkers, or acquaintances to perform massages. A girl who entered the mansion could become both a victim and a source of future referrals. The money moved through social relationships, allowing Epstein to reach new girls without placing a public advertisement or approaching each child himself.

Figueroa’s testimony helps show that this system was not limited to female recruiters. He said he drove girls to the house, described them as prospective masseuses, and received money after bringing them. He also described adults repeatedly asking him and Giuffre to locate more girls.

His role resists a simple label. Figueroa admitted helping supply Epstein with access to girls. At the same time, the record portrays him as a young person pulled into a system controlled by wealthy adults, dating a teenager whom prosecutors and courts later recognized as an Epstein survivor. Responsible reporting can acknowledge manipulation and unequal power without erasing individual participation.

That distinction is not an excuse. It is an accurate description of how recruitment chains work.

Relationship With Virginia Giuffre

Figueroa dated Virginia Roberts, later known as Virginia Giuffre, in the early 2000s. Giuffre was still a teenager and was moving between ordinary life in Palm Beach and the highly controlled world surrounding Epstein and Maxwell.

Figueroa later said Giuffre would spend part of each month with him and part traveling or working for Epstein. His account places him close enough to observe changes in her schedule, her access to money, the demands placed upon her, and the calls she received from Epstein’s circle.

Their relationship also made Figueroa a recipient of contemporaneous disclosures. He has said Giuffre called him from abroad and discussed the pressure she felt to have sexual contact with Andrew. These statements are significant because they were allegedly made near the time of the events, long before Giuffre’s claims became international news.

Figueroa was not present in the room during the alleged sexual encounter with Andrew. His testimony can corroborate that Giuffre made an early disclosure and appeared frightened. It cannot independently prove what occurred between Giuffre and Andrew.

Entry Into Epstein’s Recruitment System

The public record does not support a precise date for every interaction between Figueroa and Epstein. His 2016 deposition, however, places him within the Palm Beach operation during the period when he was dating Giuffre.

Figueroa testified that he brought girls he knew to Epstein’s house to work as masseuses. He said he would introduce them and leave. Epstein paid him a referral fee, commonly described in the transcript and reporting as $200 for each new girl. Some reporting summarizes the payments as ranging from $200 to $300.

The basic offer mirrored the recruitment structure described by numerous survivors and investigators. A person was told the job involved massage. If she brought another girl, the person making the referral received additional cash. Epstein thereby turned social networks into a renewable supply line.

Figueroa said he warned some girls that he did not know what Epstein might ask them to do. That statement is relevant because it suggests that Figueroa understood the appointment might involve something beyond an ordinary massage. It does not, by itself, establish exactly what he knew about Epstein’s sexual abuse or whether he knew what would happen to any particular girl.

Driving Girls to the Palm Beach Mansion

News reports based on the unsealed deposition describe Figueroa as a driver for Epstein and Maxwell. He testified that some girls he transported appeared to be approximately 16 or 17. He would drop them at the Palm Beach property and receive payment.

This evidence is more substantial than a name in an address book. It is an admission of conduct that contributed to Epstein’s access to young girls. It also shows why the words “driver” and “recruiter” cannot be treated as neutral job titles in this setting. Transportation, introductions, and referral fees were parts of the mechanism.

The available record does not establish that every girl Figueroa drove was a minor or that every visit resulted in abuse. One separate deposition excerpt shows an unidentified witness saying she did not know Anthony Figueroa and that he had not persuaded her to engage in sexual activity with Epstein. That record is important because it prevents researchers from attaching Figueroa to every victim or every recruitment path without evidence.

Repeated Demands for “More Girls”

Figueroa testified that conversations with Epstein and Maxwell frequently returned to the same subject: where Giuffre was and whether either Giuffre or Figueroa had found girls to bring to Epstein.

He also described Epstein, Maxwell, Giuffre, and himself going to clubs to look for girls. This testimony supports a picture of recruitment as a continuing activity, not an occasional favor. The adults at the center created the demand. Younger people within the network were pushed or paid to satisfy it.

Figueroa’s account is especially relevant to Maxwell’s role. It portrays her as someone who asked about girls and participated in efforts to find them. That description aligns with testimony from survivors who said Maxwell recruited, groomed, scheduled, and normalized Epstein’s conduct.

Maxwell denied recruiting underage girls and has continued disputing survivor accounts. A jury convicted her in 2021 of offenses including conspiracy, transporting a minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity, and sex trafficking of a minor. Figueroa’s deposition was part of the earlier civil record, not testimony delivered to the Maxwell criminal jury.

What Figueroa Said About Giuffre and Andrew

Figueroa has publicly said Giuffre told him Epstein was taking her to meet Andrew Mountbatten Windsor in London. He has described a frightened telephone call in which Giuffre said she felt unable to refuse because Andrew was a prince and Epstein was pressuring her.

Figueroa has also said he saw and handled the original photograph showing Giuffre with Andrew and Maxwell. The photograph later became one of the most recognizable pieces of evidence in the Epstein story. Andrew and his supporters questioned its authenticity, while Giuffre maintained it was genuine.

Giuffre alleged that Andrew sexually abused her on three occasions when she was 17. Andrew denied the allegations. Giuffre sued him in federal court in 2021, and the case settled in 2022 without an admission of liability.

Figueroa’s account is corroborative in a limited and specific way. If accurate, it supports that Giuffre discussed Andrew at the time and that the original photograph existed in her possession. It does not transform Figueroa into an eyewitness to the alleged abuse.

The June 24, 2016 Deposition

Figueroa gave a videotaped deposition in two volumes on June 24, 2016, during discovery in Virginia Giuffre v. Ghislaine Maxwell, No. 15-cv-07433 in the Southern District of New York.

The defamation case arose after Maxwell publicly called Giuffre’s allegations false. Discovery reached far beyond the wording of Maxwell’s statement because Giuffre needed evidence supporting the truth of what she had said about Epstein and Maxwell.

Figueroa’s deposition addressed:

his relationship with Giuffre;
payments for bringing girls to Epstein;
transporting prospective masseuses to the Palm Beach residence;
the apparent ages of some girls;
requests from Epstein and Maxwell for more girls;
outings to locate girls;
Giuffre’s statements about Andrew;
and credibility issues raised by Maxwell’s attorneys.

Lawyers for Giuffre cited Figueroa’s testimony in later briefing as evidence that Maxwell participated in procuring young girls for Epstein. Maxwell’s counsel attacked Giuffre’s credibility and used parts of Figueroa’s testimony in disputes over unrelated events from Giuffre’s youth.

The civil case settled in 2017. In January 2024, Judge Loretta Preska ordered additional records unsealed after years of litigation over public access. The release brought wider attention to testimony that had already existed for years.

Epstein’s Investigators Tried to Locate Him

An Epstein defense investigator’s November 2009 invoice records efforts to research and locate Anthony Figueroa and Preston Vinyard. The entries describe database searches, address checks, neighborhood canvassing, and attempts to contact Figueroa or people connected to possible addresses.

The invoice does not state why the defense wanted to find him or what investigators planned to ask. It does establish that people working for Epstein’s legal team treated Figueroa as a potential witness or investigative target years before his 2016 deposition.

This record must be read carefully. Being sought by a defense investigator is not proof that a person committed a crime. It is evidence that the defense considered information connected to that person potentially relevant.

Appearance in the Maxwell Criminal Case

Figueroa’s name appeared on a November 2021 list read to prospective jurors before Maxwell’s trial. Such a list helps identify jurors who may know a potential witness or person connected to the evidence.

The list did not accuse every named person of misconduct. It included survivors, relatives, employees, experts, investigators, and potential witnesses. Figueroa was not called to testify at the criminal trial.

His presence on the list shows that the parties considered his name potentially relevant to the evidence jurors might hear. It does not show that prosecutors designated him a co-conspirator or planned to charge him.

No Public Epstein Related Charge

Associated Press reporting on the 2024 unsealing stated that Figueroa had not been charged with criminal wrongdoing in connection with Epstein. No reliable public record reviewed for this page shows a later Epstein related charge.

Figueroa’s admission that he recruited and transported girls remains significant. Criminal charging, however, depends on admissible evidence, jurisdiction, applicable law, proof of knowledge and intent, and statutes of limitation. A lack of charges is not a declaration that every act was harmless. It also means EpsteinWiki must not call Figueroa a convicted recruiter, a convicted trafficker, or a charged co-conspirator.

The 2007 federal non-prosecution agreement expressly referenced Sarah Kellen, Adriana Ross, Lesley Groff, and Nadia Marcinkova as potential co-conspirators. It did not name Figueroa in that provision.

Accountability Without Flattening the Recruitment Chain

The Epstein operation often converted victims, vulnerable young people, employees, partners, and paid acquaintances into sources of access. Some people occupied more than one category. A person could be manipulated and still recruit someone else. A person could provide later evidence and still have participated in conduct that exposed girls to danger.

Figueroa’s page should therefore avoid two misleading extremes.

The first is absolution. His own testimony says he accepted money and brought girls to Epstein. That conduct helped the system function.

The second is exaggeration. The available evidence does not show that Figueroa was convicted, criminally charged, or found by a court to have known every detail of Epstein’s abuse. It does not connect him to every girl who entered the mansion.

The most accurate classification is admitted paid recruiter and driver, civil witness, and corroborating witness whose knowledge and intent remain only partly established in the public record.

Evidence Assessment

What the record establishes

Figueroa dated Virginia Giuffre in the early 2000s.
He gave a videotaped, two volume deposition on June 24, 2016.
He testified that Epstein paid him for bringing girls to the Palm Beach residence for massage work.
He said some girls he transported appeared to be 16 or 17.
He described repeated requests from Epstein and Maxwell to find more girls.
He said he and others went to clubs to locate girls for Epstein.
He received statements from Giuffre about Andrew and later discussed those statements publicly.
An Epstein defense investigator documented efforts to locate him in 2009.
His name appeared on the Maxwell trial voir dire list.
No reliable public record reviewed for this page shows an Epstein related criminal charge against him.

What the record does not establish

It does not establish that every person Figueroa transported was a minor.
It does not establish that every referral resulted in sexual abuse.
It does not prove what Figueroa knew about what would happen during each appointment.
It does not connect Figueroa to every survivor or every recruitment route.
It does not make him an eyewitness to Giuffre’s alleged encounters with Andrew.
It does not show that he testified at Maxwell’s criminal trial.
It does not support describing him as convicted or charged in the Epstein case.

Timeline

Date	Event	Evidence status
Early 2000s	Figueroa dates Virginia Roberts, later Virginia Giuffre, in Palm Beach	Deposition and public reporting
Early 2000s	Figueroa brings girls to Epstein’s Palm Beach residence for purported massage work and receives referral payments	Sworn deposition
Early 2000s	Figueroa says some girls he drove appeared to be 16 or 17	Sworn deposition
2001	According to Figueroa, Giuffre calls him and discusses pressure involving Andrew in London	Corroborating witness account, not eyewitness evidence
November 2009	Epstein defense investigators document efforts to locate Figueroa	Investigator invoice
June 24, 2016	Figueroa gives a two volume videotaped deposition in Giuffre v. Maxwell	Federal civil discovery record
2017	Giuffre v. Maxwell settles	Federal civil docket
November 2021	Figueroa appears on the list of names presented to potential Maxwell jurors	Federal criminal court exhibit
December 2021	Maxwell is convicted on five federal counts	Federal criminal verdict
January 2022	Figueroa discusses Giuffre’s account of Andrew in a television interview	Public statement
January 2024	Additional Giuffre v. Maxwell records, including Figueroa deposition material, become public	Unsealed federal court records
October 2025	Figueroa again speaks publicly about Giuffre, Andrew, the photograph, and his own regret	Public interview

Direct Epstein Data Records

These links open individual records in the searchable Epstein Data archive. A document’s presence proves that the record exists. It does not automatically prove every assertion made inside it. Read the surrounding pages, filing purpose, and speaker identity before drawing conclusions.

EFTA00090986: 2019 discovery index listing both volumes of Figueroa’s June 24, 2016 deposition and the related exhibits.
EFTA00090983: Related discovery inventory listing the Figueroa deposition and designated testimony.
EFTA00609476: November 2009 investigator invoice documenting attempts by Epstein’s defense team to research and locate Anthony Figueroa.
DOJ-OGR-00008871: Maxwell trial voir dire list containing Tony Figueroa’s name.
DOJ-OGR-00033013: Deposition excerpt in which a separate witness says she did not know Anthony Figueroa and was not induced by him to engage in sexual activity with Epstein.
DOJ-OGR-00022680: 2025 Justice Department interview excerpt in which Maxwell names Figueroa while advancing her own account of the recruitment chain. Maxwell’s statement is a disputed defense account, not a neutral finding.

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Editorial Note

This page uses Figueroa’s admitted conduct, sworn testimony, court records, and attributed public statements. It does not publish private contact information or unrelated personal details. It distinguishes personal observation from what Giuffre told him, and participation from criminal conviction.

Figueroa’s record is a useful example of why EpsteinWiki separates role, evidence, knowledge, intent, and legal outcome. A paid referral can be documented even when a person was never charged. A witness can corroborate a survivor without witnessing the underlying assault. A young participant can have been manipulated and still bear responsibility for conduct that exposed others to harm.

Last reviewed: August 24, 2026.

PostedDecember 8, 2025