EFTA00075882: Epstein Household Manual (2005)
Snapshot
Document: EFTA00075882 through EFTA00075940
Direct evidence link: View EFTA00075882
Date created: February 14, 2005. The shopping pages are dated March 3, 2005.
Date sent or filed: The manual was later introduced as Government Exhibit 606 during the 2021 criminal trial of Ghislaine Maxwell.
Date released: January 30, 2026, in Department of Justice Data Set 9.
Author or creator: Unknown. The document does not identify its writer. Ghislaine Maxwell’s lawyers disputed any claim that she authored it.
Sender: Not applicable.
Recipient: Household employees working at Jeffrey Epstein’s Palm Beach residence.
Custodian or producing source: United States Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Evidence type: Household operations manual, staff instruction book, cleaning schedule, service checklist, security protocol, and federal criminal trial exhibit.
Length and format: 59 page PDF. The manual contains 58 numbered pages followed by an apparently blank final PDF page.
Case or investigation: United States v. Ghislaine Maxwell, No. 20 Cr. 330, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. The document also concerns household operations at the center of the Palm Beach investigation of Jeffrey Epstein.
People named: Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, household employees, an Estate Manager, unnamed guests, a person identified as David, and Max, the household dog. Juan Alessi and Janusz Banasiak are important authentication witnesses but do not appear as named authors of the manual.
Organizations named: Good Samaritan Hospital, Bloomberg, FedEx, newspapers, household suppliers, and service vendors.
Locations named: 358 El Brillo Way, Palm Beach, Florida; Palm Beach County; West Palm Beach; New York.
Content warning: This record concerns a residence associated with sexual abuse and trafficking. It contains instructions about massages, employee silence, guest privacy, handling personal belongings, and placing a gun in a bedroom drawer.
Key takeaway: The manual provides unusually detailed evidence of the controlled service, privacy, security, massage, travel, communications, and household practices maintained at Epstein’s Palm Beach residence. It repeatedly treats Epstein and Maxwell as the two principals of the household and assigns Maxwell a visible operational and security role. The manual does not, by itself, prove that Maxwell wrote it or that every listed task was performed.
What Is This Record?
EFTA00075882 is a detailed household manual for Jeffrey Epstein’s residence at 358 El Brillo Way in Palm Beach, Florida. It governed how employees were expected to dress, speak, answer telephones, prepare guest rooms, handle luggage, clean private spaces, maintain vehicles, manage mail, prepare for massages, protect household privacy, and respond to emergencies.
Most pages are dated February 14, 2005. The shopping lists are dated March 3, 2005. The timing places the manual near the beginning of the Palm Beach investigation that ultimately exposed Epstein’s abuse of girls and young women.
The document is not simply a cleaning list. It describes an integrated system of household control. Employees were expected to observe guests, anticipate needs, preserve secrecy, remain available at all hours, and follow detailed instructions covering almost every part of the residence.
The manual was introduced as Government Exhibit 606 during the federal prosecution of Ghislaine Maxwell. Former house manager Juan Alessi testified about an earlier household handbook and identified substantial similarities between the manual he remembered and the 2005 exhibit.
The released copy begins with the evidence identifier “MM02 RECORDS 000005” and EFTA00075882. Its visible pages begin with the contents rather than a complete title page. Other preserved copies identify the document as the household manual for 358 El Brillo Way.
Source and Provenance
Primary source: EFTA00075882 on Epstein Data
Epstein Data record: The PDF contains EFTA00075882 through EFTA00075940 and preserves the manual as released in Department of Justice Data Set 9.
Official or court source: Department of Justice copy of EFTA00075882
Official Maxwell case records: United States Department of Justice court records for United States v. Maxwell
Federal docket: United States v. Maxwell docket on CourtListener
Archived copy: Government Exhibit 606 at the Internet Archive
The manual survives in several substantially overlapping EFTA releases. These include EFTA00066372, EFTA00066093, EFTA00159394, and EFTA02825890.
The duplicate copies strengthen confidence that this is a preserved evidentiary document rather than a later transcription. Differences between releases may reflect scanning, redaction, compilation, or exhibit processing. They should be compared before treating a missing name or line as absent from every version.
The surviving record does not disclose a complete drafting history. It does not identify who typed the manual, who approved it, when its procedures first took effect, or whether the 2005 version replaced an earlier handbook.
What the Record Contains
Introduction and Purpose
The introduction says the manual was created to help household employees perform their duties at a consistently high level of service.
Employees were expected to gather information, listen, observe, anticipate needs, and use the provided checklists so that no detail would be overlooked. The stated goal was not merely cleanliness. It was constant preparation for Epstein, Maxwell, and their guests.
Grooming and Guest Relations
The manual required staff to maintain personal cleanliness, polished presentation, and an attitude centered on pleasing the household and its guests.
Employees were instructed to anticipate needs and pamper guests. They were told not to discuss personal problems, to keep noise low, and to remain unobtrusive.
One of the most significant instructions told employees to “see nothing, hear nothing, say nothing.” Staff were directed to answer only questions specifically put to them and to respect the privacy of Epstein, Maxwell, and their guests.
The manual required dark blue trousers and white golf shirts for ordinary service. Long sleeve white shirts were required for dinner service. Employees were told not to place their hands in their pockets, eat or drink in front of guests, chew gum, wear strong perfume, or allow personal telephones to create noise.
Questions were supposed to pass through the Estate Manager.
Proper Language
The manual prohibited casual expressions such as “yeah,” “sure,” “no problem,” “gotcha,” “right,” and “I dunno.”
Staff were expected to use deferential language, ask permission before entering a room, perform the requested service, and leave. Employees were discouraged from starting conversations about the weather or other ordinary subjects unless a guest first invited the discussion.
These instructions created a formal boundary between household principals, guests, and service employees.
Telephone Procedures and Information Control
Employees were ordered to answer the telephone within three rings and identify the number as the Epstein or Maxwell residence.
When Epstein or Maxwell was unavailable, staff were required to record the caller’s name, date, time, telephone number, and area code. Epstein’s messages were placed on the pantry countertop. Maxwell’s messages were placed on her desk.
Copies of Epstein’s and Maxwell’s telephone directories were to be positioned near household telephones with notepads, pens, reading glasses, and extension cards. Directories were to be updated every six months.
Employees were forbidden to disclose Epstein’s or Maxwell’s activities or location. Strange calls, suspicious inquiries, and unusual behavior were to be reported to Maxwell.
The manual said household security and the safety of Epstein, Maxwell, and their guests were the first consideration. Gates were supposed to remain closed when Epstein was absent.
Guest Information and Travel
Employees were instructed to obtain a guest list and travel itinerary at least 24 hours before an arrival.
The household was expected to collect information about special requests, dietary needs, gifts, transportation, party size, arrival times, and departure details.
Staff assigned to airport pickup were instructed to wait at the terminal gate, verify the itinerary, carry luggage, escort guests to the vehicle, and keep conversation to a minimum. Signs could be used when employees did not recognize a guest.
After arrival, guests were escorted to assigned rooms and offered assistance with unpacking. Employees were instructed to explain the telephones and television, ask for emergency contact information, determine whether the guest had food allergies, and ask what the guest wanted for breakfast.
These procedures show systematic collection of guest information. The released manual does not contain a completed guest register.
Preparation of Epstein’s Bedroom
The manual required Epstein’s bedroom to be cooled to 60 degrees and its shutters closed.
The room was to contain telephone directories, a clock, illuminated pens, ordinary pens, Epstein notepads, reading glasses, eye masks, tissues, a flashlight, water, and drinking glasses.
One instruction states that a gun was to be placed in a bedside table drawer.
The manual does not identify the gun’s owner, type, serial number, legal status, loading condition, or security mechanism. It does not identify the employee responsible for placing it there. The instruction establishes that a weapon was contemplated as part of preparing Epstein’s bedroom, but it does not establish unlawful possession.
Epstein’s Bathroom and Massage Preparation
Epstein’s bathroom had a detailed preparation checklist covering hot water, soap, towels, toothbrushes, and toiletries.
Employees were instructed to have three large blue towels and one hand towel ready for a massage. The daily duties repeat this requirement.
The cleaning schedule also required massage tables to be wiped and sanitized weekly.
These entries show that massage preparation was institutionalized within household operations. The manual does not identify who provided massages, who received them, how frequently they occurred, or whether any particular massage involved criminal conduct.
Maxwell’s Bathroom and Personal Areas
The manual contains a separate preparation list for Maxwell’s bathroom and toiletries.
Employees were told to unlock closets and place photographs in the room. The manual does not identify the photographs, the people depicted, or the reason they were moved.
Maxwell also had a dedicated desk with a computer, copier, writing materials, directories, and tissues. Her telephone messages and correspondence were routed separately to her.
These provisions reinforce that Maxwell was treated as a principal of the residence rather than an occasional visitor.
Guest Bedrooms and Bathrooms
Guest rooms were to contain fresh linens, working lights, a functioning television, water, fruit, flowers, gifts when appropriate, and personalized Epstein notepads.
Closets were to be cleared for visitors. Staff were expected to clean the rooms, straighten clothing, arrange laundry, and handle private belongings.
Guest bathrooms were stocked with dental products, grooming supplies, toiletries, menstrual products, common medicines, towels, and other personal items.
The level of preparation demonstrates that guests were expected frequently enough to justify standardized arrival procedures. The manual does not identify those guests or establish what any guest knew about Epstein’s abuse.
Exterior, Pool, and Cabana
The pool was to remain between 82 and 88 degrees. Staff were instructed to prepare pool toys, towels, telephones, and other supplies.
The cabana included computer access to the internet and Bloomberg. Employees were told to tidy the desk but not discard papers.
Fencing and other precautions were included for Max, the household dog.
Vehicles and Cash
Vehicles were supposed to be driven, fueled, cleaned, and prepared before Epstein, Maxwell, or guests arrived.
Each vehicle was to contain water, directories, reading glasses, notepads, sunglasses, and $100 in the glove compartment or center console.
The manual does not state how this cash was accounted for or whether it was ever used for any improper purpose.
Daily Duties
Daily responsibilities included placing newspapers, checking vehicles, replenishing cash and water, confirming that telephones worked, maintaining the pool and cabana, cleaning the kitchen, preparing bedrooms, laundering clothing, replacing toiletries, and readying massage towels.
In the evening, employees were expected to turn on lights, prepare bedrooms, provide water, perform turn down service, lock doors and garages, and bring Max inside.
Shopping and Household Supplies
The shopping pages are dated March 3, 2005. They contain detailed lists of food, beverages, alcohol, cleaning products, toiletries, medicines, dog supplies, and household necessities.
Employees were instructed to replace opened packages after each visit regardless of how much remained.
The medical supplies listed include ordinary household products such as aspirin, Tylenol, Aleve, cold remedies, topical antibiotic products, vitamins, bandages, antiseptic supplies, Echinacea, and zinc lozenges. Their presence does not establish drugging or pharmaceutical misconduct.
Cleaning and Maintenance
The manual divides cleaning responsibilities into daily, weekly, monthly, and semiannual schedules.
Tasks included cleaning bedrooms and bathrooms, replacing linens, laundering clothing, maintaining appliances, inspecting alarms, checking fire extinguishers, monitoring plumbing and heating systems, examining locks, inspecting awnings and fencing, and reviewing the roof, foundation, wiring, and garage.
Many checklist pages include spaces for dates and employee signatures. The released copy is largely blank. The existence of those fields demonstrates an intended accountability system, but blank forms do not prove that the listed tasks were completed.
Office Supplies, Mail, and Deliveries
The office inventory included paper, toner, pens, markers, photographic print paper, disposable cameras, and film.
Cards and invitations were to be placed on the pantry countertop. Maxwell’s correspondence was placed on her desk.
When Epstein or Maxwell was absent, assistants were supposed to be notified about packages. Invoices, bank statements, and other general mail were sent to New York by FedEx twice each week.
An alternate copy identifies Eric Gany in connection with the New York mail procedure. The corresponding area in EFTA00075882 is not clearly readable and should not be reconstructed from inference alone.
Standby Duties
Employees placed on standby were required to remain within one hour of their home base. They were expected to be available at any time of day or night and to maintain contact with the Estate Manager.
This provision shows that household service extended beyond normal daytime working hours.
Emergency Procedures
The manual includes instructions for fires, hurricanes, and medical emergencies. Good Samaritan Hospital in West Palm Beach is identified as a medical facility.
The contents page refers to a supplement containing contact numbers. The released copy ends with an uncompleted emergency contact form and does not visibly preserve a completed contact list.
Key Evidence Points
- The manual establishes a formal and highly controlled household management system at 358 El Brillo Way.
- Epstein and Maxwell are repeatedly treated as the two principals of the residence.
- Staff were required to protect information about both Epstein and Maxwell, including their activities and whereabouts.
- Suspicious calls, inquiries, and behavior were to be reported directly to Maxwell.
- Maxwell maintained a separate desk, telephone message system, correspondence route, directory, bathroom checklist, and personal supplies.
- Employees were told to remain unobtrusive and to “see nothing, hear nothing, say nothing.”
- Staff were expected to collect guest itineraries, dietary requirements, emergency contacts, allergies, breakfast preferences, and transportation information.
- Epstein’s bedroom preparation included placing a gun in a bedside table drawer.
- Massage towels were part of Epstein’s daily room preparation.
- Massage tables were included in the household’s recurring sanitation schedule.
- Employees were expected to enter private rooms, handle clothing, manage laundry, and interact with guests’ personal belongings.
- Vehicles were prepared with cash, water, directories, notepads, glasses, and other supplies.
- Telephone directories for both Epstein and Maxwell were strategically placed around the residence and updated every six months.
- The manual contemplated round the clock employee availability through standby duties.
- Signature and date fields indicate that the manual was designed as an accountability tool, although the released copy contains few or no completed entries.
- Former employees independently recognized the manual or its procedures during the Maxwell investigation.
- The document became Government Exhibit 606 in Maxwell’s federal criminal trial.
What the Record Does and Does Not Prove
What It Establishes
The record establishes that a detailed household operations manual existed for Epstein’s Palm Beach residence.
It establishes that the household was organized around service to both Epstein and Maxwell.
It establishes that staff were directed to guard information about Epstein, Maxwell, and their guests.
It establishes that Maxwell received telephone messages and correspondence at the residence and was designated as the person to whom suspicious communications or behavior should be reported.
It establishes that guest movements and personal preferences were systematically collected before and during visits.
It establishes that massage preparation formed part of the residence’s daily and weekly service routines.
It establishes that a gun was supposed to be placed in Epstein’s bedside table as part of bedroom preparation.
It establishes that employees were expected to use formal language, minimize conversation, remain unobtrusive, and avoid discussing what they observed.
It establishes that the manual was considered sufficiently relevant and authenticated to be used as Government Exhibit 606 during Maxwell’s trial.
It also establishes that former employees recognized important portions of the manual or the procedures contained within it.
What It Does Not Establish
The manual does not establish who wrote it.
It does not prove that Maxwell personally drafted, typed, or approved every instruction.
It does not prove that Epstein wrote it.
It does not prove that every employee received a copy or followed every procedure.
It does not prove that every checklist task was completed.
It does not identify individual survivors.
It does not identify the ages of guests or massage providers.
It does not explicitly describe sexual abuse, trafficking, recruitment, or payment for sexual activity.
It does not prove that the privacy instructions were written specifically to conceal crimes. Similar confidentiality rules can exist in wealthy households, although the language takes on greater evidentiary significance when considered with testimony and proven criminal conduct.
It does not establish that the bedside gun was unlawfully possessed, loaded, unsecured, or used in a crime.
It does not identify the photographs staff were instructed to place in Maxwell’s bathroom.
It does not prove that the cash stored in vehicles was connected to criminal activity.
It does not establish that ordinary medicines and household products were used improperly.
It does not prove that every guest knew about Epstein’s abuse.
Unresolved Questions
- Who drafted the manual?
- Who ordered its creation or revision?
- Was Maxwell involved in approving its language or procedures?
- Was Epstein involved in approving its language or procedures?
- Did an earlier version exist during the late 1990s, as Juan Alessi recalled?
- Was the 2005 manual copied from the earlier booklet Alessi described?
- Who was the outside household management instructor associated with the earlier version?
- Why does the released copy begin without a complete title page?
- What does the record designation “MM02 RECORDS” represent?
- Where and when was this copy obtained by investigators?
- What is its complete chain of custody?
- Which employees received the 2005 version?
- Were completed and signed checklist copies preserved?
- Which telephone directories accompanied the manual?
- What photographs were to be placed in Maxwell’s bathroom?
- Who owned the gun referenced in the bedroom checklist?
- What type of gun was it, and how was it stored?
- Who was responsible for placing the gun in the drawer?
- Which massages required the listed towels and sanitation procedures?
- Do completed guest information forms survive?
- Who served as Estate Manager when this version was in use?
- Who was the person identified as David in the shopping material?
- What information was removed, redacted, or omitted from the mail instructions?
- Why is the completed emergency contact supplement absent?
- Are the differences among the released copies merely scanning differences, or do they reflect substantive revisions?
- Which precise copy was marked and admitted as Government Exhibit 606?
- What findings did the trial judge make concerning authentication and admissibility?
- What other household records were maintained alongside the manual?
People and Entities Appearing in the Record
Jeffrey Epstein
Jeffrey Epstein is one of the two household principals around whom the manual is organized. His bedroom, bathroom, telephone messages, directories, stationery, guest arrangements, vehicles, and personal preferences receive detailed treatment.
Ghislaine Maxwell
Ghislaine Maxwell is repeatedly presented as a principal of the residence. She had dedicated personal areas, correspondence procedures, telephone directories, message handling, toiletries, and office equipment.
The manual directed staff to report suspicious calls and behavior to Maxwell. This is important evidence of operational authority, although it does not establish that she wrote the manual.
Juan Alessi
Juan Alessi managed Epstein’s Palm Beach residence before leaving in 2002.
In federal preparation notes dated November 30, 2021, Alessi recognized Government Exhibit 606 as substantially consistent with rules and checklists he remembered from an earlier household booklet. He recalled that Maxwell gave him and his wife the earlier booklet and that Maxwell became angry when he resisted completing its checklists.
Alessi said staff were supposed to work while remaining invisible and were not supposed to discuss Epstein, Maxwell, or their guests. He also recognized telephone procedures, bathroom cleaning requirements, breakfast preference questions, and the weekly sanitation of massage tables.
The preparation notes are not themselves sworn trial testimony. They are nevertheless important corroborating records and can be reviewed in EFTA00016590.
Janusz Banasiak
Janusz Banasiak worked for Epstein from approximately 2005 until 2017.
During an FBI interview on October 19, 2021, Banasiak said the household manual existed when he began working at the residence and that he read it on his first day. He recognized the manual when investigators showed it to him.
Banasiak recalled the telephone and bathroom instructions and said Maxwell communicated telephone procedures and other preferences. He did not remember being required to sign the checklist pages. His interview is preserved in EFTA00144187.
Estate Manager and Household Employees
The Estate Manager functioned as the central point for questions, standby assignments, and household coordination.
The released manual does not consistently identify the people who occupied that position. Employees were expected to follow the manual, maintain discretion, and document work through checklist signature fields.
Unnamed Guests
The manual refers repeatedly to guests but does not provide a guest list. It requires staff to collect their itineraries, preferences, allergies, emergency contacts, transportation details, and meal requests.
A person’s appearance as a guest in another record would not, without additional evidence, establish knowledge of or participation in Epstein’s crimes.
Eric Gany
An alternate copy of the manual appears to identify Eric Gany in the procedure for sending general mail to New York. That name is not clearly visible in the corresponding portion of EFTA00075882 and should be attributed to the alternate copy.
Good Samaritan Hospital
Good Samaritan Hospital in West Palm Beach appears in the emergency procedures as a medical facility.
Government Exhibit 606
Government Exhibit 606 was the trial designation assigned to the household manual in the Maxwell prosecution. The exhibit connected the physical document to employee testimony about household rules, secrecy, massages, and Maxwell’s authority.
Timeline Significance
Late 1990s
Juan Alessi recalled receiving an earlier household booklet from Maxwell during his employment. He associated it with household management instruction provided by a woman from England.
2002
Alessi left Epstein’s employment. This means he could authenticate remembered practices and an earlier manual, but he was not employed at the residence when the dated 2005 copy was created.
February 14, 2005
Most pages of the surviving manual carry this date.
March 3, 2005
The shopping pages carry a later date, indicating that the manual may have been assembled or revised in stages.
March 2005
Palm Beach authorities began investigating Epstein following a report involving a minor. The manual therefore belongs to the operational period immediately surrounding the beginning of that investigation.
October 19, 2021
The FBI interviewed Janusz Banasiak. He recognized the manual and confirmed that it existed when he started working for Epstein in 2005.
November 30, 2021
Federal investigators and prosecutors prepared Juan Alessi for testimony. He compared Government Exhibit 606 with the earlier household rules and checklists he remembered.
December 2021
The government used the manual during Maxwell’s criminal trial. Maxwell’s defense challenged its foundation, relevance, date, and alleged connection to Maxwell.
December 29, 2021
A jury convicted Maxwell on five federal counts connected to the sexual abuse and exploitation of minors.
June 28, 2022
The court sentenced Maxwell to 20 years in federal prison.
September 17, 2024
The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed Maxwell’s conviction.
October 6, 2025
The United States Supreme Court declined to review Maxwell’s case.
January 30, 2026
The Department of Justice released additional Epstein related materials, including the EFTA00075882 copy of the household manual.
Related Evidence
EFTA00016590
EFTA00016590 contains federal preparation notes concerning Juan Alessi. The notes connect Alessi’s recollection of an earlier household booklet to Government Exhibit 606.
This is one of the strongest corroborating records because it documents which portions Alessi recognized, which portions he did not remember, and why the date of the 2005 copy required explanation.
EFTA00144187
EFTA00144187 records the FBI interview of Janusz Banasiak.
Banasiak’s account supports the conclusion that a household manual was present and used when he began working for Epstein in 2005. His inability to identify the author preserves an important limitation.
EFTA00066372
EFTA00066372 is another 59 page copy of the manual. It can help resolve portions that are unclear or obscured in EFTA00075882.
EFTA00066093
EFTA00066093 preserves another overlapping copy.
EFTA00159394
EFTA00159394 includes interview material followed by a copy of the manual. One interviewed employee reportedly did not remember seeing the manual, demonstrating that familiarity was not uniform across all household workers.
EFTA02825890
EFTA02825890 is another exhibit related copy associated with Government Exhibit 606.
Maxwell Defense Motion
Maxwell’s defense sought to exclude the manual. The defense argued that the government had not established that Maxwell wrote it, that its 2005 date fell outside portions of the charged period, and that the document presented foundation, hearsay, and relevance problems.
The defense filing can be reviewed as Document 396.
The defense challenge is important because it prevents an accurate article from casually labeling the manual “Maxwell’s manual” or stating that she authored it.
Government Position
The government used employee testimony to connect the manual with household practices. Its filings said Alessi’s testimony was corroborated by Government Exhibit 606.
The evidentiary value therefore came from the document together with witness recognition and testimony, not from the document standing alone.
Reliability and Limitations
The manual is a strong primary source for the household procedures it describes. It is preserved in an official federal release, appears in multiple EFTA copies, and was used as a government exhibit in a criminal trial.
Its reliability is strengthened by Juan Alessi and Janusz Banasiak, both of whom recognized the manual or substantial portions of its procedures.
However, important limitations remain.
The document does not identify its author. Its title page is not completely preserved in the EFTA00075882 scan. The pages contain more than one date. Many checklist fields are blank. The released copy does not show whether staff signed or completed another working copy.
Alessi left the household before the date printed on the surviving version. His testimony is therefore most probative as evidence that similar rules existed earlier and that Maxwell communicated or enforced household procedures. It does not prove that Alessi personally used the February 2005 version.
Banasiak recognized the manual but could not say who wrote it or who gave it to him. His evidence supports the manual’s presence and use but not its authorship.
At least one other interviewed employee reportedly did not remember seeing the manual. That does not disprove the accounts of Alessi or Banasiak, but it warns against claiming that every employee received or followed it.
The privacy language is significant in the context of Epstein’s and Maxwell’s proven conduct. It is not standalone proof of a criminal concealment agreement.
The massage provisions are also significant because massage activity became central to survivor accounts and the criminal evidence. The checklist entries alone do not identify a victim, perpetrator, or unlawful act.
The instruction involving a gun warrants attention but does not establish unlawful possession or use.
Survivor Safety and Privacy Review
This manual does not name survivors, and this article does not attempt to identify unnamed guests, massage providers, employees, or private individuals through speculation.
The household’s massage procedures must be interpreted with care. The record shows that towels and table sanitation were incorporated into routine operations. It does not establish that every massage was abusive or that every person associated with a massage was a survivor, witness, or participant in criminal conduct.
The same caution applies to guest records. Epstein entertained many people, and presence at a residence does not automatically establish knowledge of his crimes.
The instruction that staff should “see nothing, hear nothing, say nothing” is relevant because survivors described abuse occurring within environments controlled by Epstein and Maxwell. Even so, the sentence should be evaluated with testimony and other evidence rather than presented as an independent confession of criminal intent.
Survivor accounts remain the essential evidence for understanding how ordinary appearing household practices could intersect with recruitment, grooming, sexual abuse, and concealment. The manual documents infrastructure. It does not replace survivor testimony.
Why This Record Matters
The importance of EFTA00075882 lies in its detail.
The manual shows how Epstein’s Palm Beach residence operated as a controlled environment. Staff language, clothing, movement, observation, communications, guest preparation, room access, privacy, and availability were all regulated.
It also demonstrates that Maxwell occupied an operational position inside that environment. She was not described merely as a social guest. Staff handled her messages and correspondence, prepared her rooms and office, maintained her directories, and reported suspicious communications to her.
The manual is especially important when combined with employee testimony. Alessi’s account connects the rules to an earlier period and attributes enforcement of similar procedures to Maxwell. Banasiak confirms that the manual was present when he began work in 2005.
The massage provisions connect ordinary household operations to an activity repeatedly described in survivor accounts and criminal testimony. That connection requires careful wording. The manual proves institutional preparation for massages, not the illegality of any particular encounter.
The gun instruction, vehicle cash, telephone directories, guest information gathering, private mail system, and constant standby duties further illustrate the residence’s controlled and unusually prepared character.
Most importantly, the document helps researchers distinguish infrastructure from inference. It is strong evidence of household organization, secrecy, and Maxwell’s operational status. It is not a complete account of what happened inside the residence, who authored every rule, or which procedures were used in connection with abuse.
Fact Check
Verification status: Verified as an official Department of Justice release and as a copy of the household manual associated with Government Exhibit 606 in United States v. Maxwell.
The following points are directly verified from the document:
- The manual concerns household operations at 358 El Brillo Way.
- Most pages are dated February 14, 2005.
- The shopping pages are dated March 3, 2005.
- Epstein and Maxwell are both treated as household principals.
- Staff were told not to disclose their activities or whereabouts.
- Suspicious calls and behavior were to be reported to Maxwell.
- The manual contains massage preparation and sanitation instructions.
- The manual directs that a gun be placed in a bedside table drawer.
- The manual contains guest, travel, cleaning, mail, vehicle, security, and emergency procedures.
- The released PDF contains 59 pages, including an apparently blank final page.
The following points are supported by related investigative or court records:
- Juan Alessi recognized substantial portions of the manual as consistent with earlier household rules.
- Janusz Banasiak recognized the manual and said it existed when he began employment in 2005.
- The manual was designated Government Exhibit 606.
- Maxwell’s defense disputed authorship, foundation, relevance, and admissibility.
- The government used witness testimony to connect the document to household practices.
The following claims are not established and should not be stated as fact:
- That Maxwell personally wrote the manual.
- That Epstein personally wrote the manual.
- That every listed task was completed.
- That every massage referenced in the manual involved abuse.
- That the bedside gun was unlawfully owned or possessed.
- That every household employee saw the manual.
- That every guest at the residence knew about Epstein’s crimes.
Last checked: September 11, 2026.
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Source List
- EFTA00075882 primary evidence record
- Official Department of Justice PDF
- Department of Justice Maxwell court records
- United States v. Maxwell federal docket
- Government Exhibit 606 archived copy
- EFTA00016590, Juan Alessi preparation notes
- EFTA00144187, FBI interview of Janusz Banasiak
- EFTA00066372, alternate household manual copy
- EFTA00066093, alternate household manual copy
- EFTA00159394, interview material and household manual
- EFTA02825890, Government Exhibit 606 copy
- Maxwell defense motion, Document 396
- Second Circuit opinion affirming Maxwell’s conviction
- Associated Press report on the 2026 document release
- The New Yorker report discussing Alessi’s testimony and the household rules