Who Went to Zorro Ranch? Visitors, Survivors, Staff, and Flight Records
Snapshot
Jeffrey Epstein used Zorro Ranch, his property near Stanley, New Mexico, from 1993 until his death in 2019. Survivors described abuse there. Employees maintained the property, and Epstein invited guests from politics, science, business, and the arts.
No complete public guest register exists. This article identifies people whom testimony, photographs, statements, or communications place at the ranch. It separately identifies planned visits and passengers recorded on flights involving Albuquerque or Santa Fe. Those categories cannot be treated as interchangeable.
A person’s presence at Zorro Ranch does not establish that the person knew about, witnessed, or participated in abuse.
Key Takeaways
- Survivors’ firsthand accounts establish that girls and young women were brought to Zorro Ranch. One anonymous survivor told a federal court that Epstein molested her there in 2004, when she was 15.
- Communications establish completed visits that were missing from earlier versions of this article, including visits by Eduardo Teodorani Fabbri, Terry Kafka, and Warren Eisenstein.
- An August 2013 schedule places Martin Nowak, Ed Boyden, and Joshua Cooper Ramo in a planned ranch lunch. The schedule establishes the arrangement; it does not independently confirm that all three attended.
- The New Mexico Survivors’ Truth Commission counted 227 flights involving Albuquerque or Santa Fe on Epstein aircraft from December 1992 through May 2019. Eighty list no passenger information.
- The commission expressly cautioned that even a named passenger on a New Mexico flight cannot automatically be counted as a ranch visitor.
How to Read the Evidence
| Evidence level | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Documented presence | Firsthand testimony, a person’s acknowledgment, a message sent after a stay, or identified ranch imagery places the person at the property. |
| Reported presence | An identified witness says the person visited, but independent confirmation of that particular visit has not been established here. |
| Scheduled or arranged | Emails, bookings, or a calendar describe a proposed trip or meeting without establishing its completion. |
| New Mexico flight | A manifest places a person on an aircraft arriving at or departing from Albuquerque or Santa Fe. The person’s movements after the flight remain to be established. |
The New Mexico commission’s interim report applies the same central caution: flight records and correspondence are incomplete, and flight logs alone may be insufficient to prove a ranch visit.
Survivors and Other Women Who Described Being at Zorro Ranch
Maria Farmer described a 1990s visit connected to Epstein’s interest in art and her work. Her account is part of the early history of the property.
Annie Farmer described abuse by Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell in New Mexico. Her account became important evidence in the Maxwell prosecution.
Virginia Roberts Giuffre described being taken to the ranch during her time within Epstein’s network. Her accounts of the property should be read alongside the relevant testimony and flight records, without assuming that every person on the same aircraft entered the ranch or encountered her there.
Chauntae Davies, Juliette Bryant, and Rachel Benavidez have each publicly described experiences involving Epstein’s New Mexico property. Their accounts concern different circumstances and should remain distinct.
An anonymous Jane Doe told the court at a 2019 hearing that, when she was 15 in 2004, she flew on Epstein’s aircraft to Zorro Ranch and was molested there. The hearing transcript, EFTA00019994 records her own statement. She also recalled another girl at the property. The transcript does not identify that girl, so this article does not supply a name.
Additional civil filings and investigative material use pseudonyms including Jane Doe and Priscilla Doe. Identical or similar pseudonyms in different proceedings cannot safely be counted as separate people without checking the underlying records.
Epstein, Maxwell, and the People Who Ran the Property
Jeffrey Epstein owned and used the ranch. Ghislaine Maxwell was present there and figures in survivors’ accounts. The commission’s interim report Interim Report describes ranch management and staffing while noting that the full workforce remains unknown.
| Person | Connection supported by the record |
|---|---|
| Brice Gordon and Karen Gordon | Managed the New Mexico property and, later, other Epstein properties. The FBI interviewed Brice at the ranch in February 2007. |
| Manolito Royal | Ranch employee from 1996 until 2012 who handled maintenance and airport pickups. |
| Carlos Delgado and Norma Delgado | Employed at the ranch in 2012; the commission gives Norma’s employment as approximately one month. |
| Cynthia Cano | Hired as a ranch housekeeper in September 2012. |
| Bradley Royster | Ranch hand who lived on the property from 2012 into 2013. |
| Wendy Martinez | Worked on ranch operations until resigning in June 2012. |
| Wendy Nun | Ranch employee hired in 2005 and documented at least through 2010. |
| Steve Chavez | Identified as an employee of the ranch operating company beginning in 2009. |
| Amber Chavez | Hired as a security guard in 2012. She and Cynthia Cano contacted sheriff’s deputies about an attempted break in at the property in 2020. |
| David Richard Mullen | Chef identified in investigative material concerning the property. |
| Deirdre Stratton | Former housekeeper who has described people she says she saw there. |
| Juan Alessi | Former Epstein employee who testified about going to the ranch for cleaning and a seminar in the 1990s. |
| Larry Visoski | Epstein’s pilot, who testified that he visited the ranch roughly five or six times a year. |
| Larry Eugene Morrison | Pilot and flight engineer who described firsthand observations at the property. |
The commission also identifies a reflexologist whose name is redacted. She reported going to the ranch approximately 30 times between 1999 and 2008. Its report describes additional locally hired massage therapists whose names cannot be established from that description.
Casey Cook performed geological and water related work for the ranch. Records also refer to workers called Mike and Jeff in property task lists. Those partial names do not identify individuals reliably enough for a full name register. James and Nena Herrera were interviewed for possible management work, but the commission says it is unclear whether they were employed. They therefore are not counted here as confirmed staff.
The supporting records include the Gordon FBI interview, EFTA00269597, ranch employment material, EFTA01146572, and the reflexologist interview, EFTA00090046. The commission discusses those records and distinguishes employment, proposed employment, and occasional contract work.
Guests Whose Ranch Presence Is Documented
Eileen Guggenheim and the 1995 art visit
Eileen Guggenheim is identified in accounts of an art related ranch visit with Maria Farmer and other New York Academy of Art participants in 1995. The public account does not supply a reliable complete list of the accompanying artists. They remain unnamed here.
Bill Richardson
Pilot Larry Eugene Morrison recalled seeing Bill Richardson at the ranch’s central area before Richardson was escorted toward the house. Morrison’s deposition, EFTA01247021 records what he personally observed. His observation does not establish what happened later inside the house. archive.bened.works
A representative for Richardson also described a visit with his wife, Barbara Richardson. Barbara’s entry rests on that account rather than Morrison’s personal identification of her at the property.
Terry Kafka
Terry Kafka asked to stay at Zorro Ranch for two nights in July 2010 and sent a message afterward thanking Epstein for accommodating him at the ranch. The request in EFTA02413212 and subsequent thanks in EFTA02409985 establish a completed stay more firmly than an invitation alone.
Eduardo Teodorani Fabbri
Eduardo Teodorani Fabbri arranged to come to Zorro Ranch in August 2010. In a message to Peter Mandelson on August 15, Epstein said that Teodorani Fabbri and another guest whose identity is not established in that exchange were with him at the ranch. The arrangements appear in EFTA02410093, and Epstein’s later message appears in EFTA01982388. The later message establishes the visit; it does not identify the second guest.
Warren Eisenstein
Warren Eisenstein wrote in September 2013 that it had been five years since he visited Zorro. Epstein’s office then tracked an October stay, and Eisenstein thanked Epstein afterward for another ranch visit. His own reference suggests an earlier visit around 2008, while the records firmly document the October 2013 stay.
The sequence appears in EFTA01958564, EFTA00382352, and EFTA02576075. A separate 2009 message says Eisenstein was enjoying “the ranch” but does not name Zorro. It should not be used to assign a 2009 Zorro visit.
Jack Horner
Paleontologist Jack Horner has acknowledged going to Epstein’s New Mexico ranch in 2012 to present his dinosaur research. In his public account, he said he sent thanks after returning to Montana. His acknowledgment supplies stronger evidence of a completed visit than the original booking.
Frédéric Chaslin and Paula Heil Fisher
Conductor Frédéric Chaslin thanked Epstein after visiting the ranch in August 2012. His message in EFTA01873343 expressly refers to Epstein opening the ranch to him.
Paula Heil Fisher was involved in the arrangements. In EFTA02006935, Brice Gordon offered transportation to a correspondent signing as Paula, who answered that they had decided to drive themselves. The related correspondence in EFTA01875347 connects Paula Heil Fisher to this visit. Her transportation reply documents an intention to go; Chaslin’s later thanks independently confirms his completed visit. The records should not be made to say that his thanks independently confirms every person who traveled with him.
Noam Chomsky and Valeria Chomsky
Noam Chomsky and Valeria Chomsky visited the ranch in March 2015. The reconstruction of their trip places their pickup in Santa Fe, while ranch photographs identified in later reporting include Noam Chomsky. The records should be used to establish the visit, without inventing additional guests or conversations.
Joshua Cooper Ramo
Joshua Cooper Ramo told Reuters he visited the ranch once for a 2014 lunch involving professors from Harvard and MIT. His acknowledgment supports that visit. An August 2013 ranch calendar separately scheduled a lunch with Ramo, Martin Nowak, and Ed Boyden. Those are different dated records; the 2013 schedule cannot silently be treated as proof that the 2014 lunch involved the same professors.
Jes Staley
Jes Staley told the House Oversight Committee that he went to Zorro Ranch once. He said he was driven from Albuquerque, spent about an hour or an hour and a half at the property, and did not stay overnight. The House interview transcript provides his account. A staff message contemplated overnight arrangements, but an arrangement does not establish that he stayed.
Justin Nelson
Justin Nelson identified a January 2016 ranch visit in JPMorgan’s litigation interrogatory answers. This is a specific statement about entering the property, rather than an inference from his job or a flight.
Bruce Moskowitz and Marsha Moskowitz
Bruce Moskowitz and Marsha Moskowitz were included in arrangements for a June 2017 ranch stay. Bruce subsequently wrote about the setting and staff and thanked Epstein. The arrangements appear in EFTA00453888, with subsequent correspondence in EFTA02644874. Bruce’s own post visit message is direct confirmation of his stay; Marsha’s presence is supported by the joint arrangements and should be stated on that basis.
Woody Allen and Jean Luc Brunel
The Guardian’s review of ranch photographs identifies Woody Allen and Jean Luc Brunel among men pictured at the property. The archive also contains EFTA00004763, an image record labeled for Brunel at Zorro. Identification of a person in a ranch photograph supports presence. The image does not establish the date, duration, or purpose of every visit.
A Reported Visit That Requires Separate Attribution
Former housekeeper Deirdre Stratton said Prince Andrew stayed at Zorro Ranch for approximately three days around 2001. This is an identified witness’s account of a visit.
A pilot’s testimony places Andrew on a March 31, 2001 Santa Fe departure, but the manifest does not establish the length of a ranch stay. Stratton’s account and the flight record corroborate different parts of the proposed sequence; neither should be substituted for the other.
Trips and Ranch Meetings Found in Communications but Not Confirmed as Completed
| Person or people | What the record establishes | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Martin Nowak and Ed Boyden | August 2013 airline bookings, correspondence with the ranch office, and an Epstein calendar expecting their Albuquerque arrival and a ranch lunch. A completed visit has not been independently verified here. | EFTA02131384 and EFTA00284739 |
| Joshua Cooper Ramo, August 2013 | Listed for lunch with Nowak and Boyden on the ranch calendar. His separately acknowledged 2014 visit does not prove this scheduled 2013 lunch occurred. | EFTA00284739 |
| Leon Black and Debra Black | April 2013 travel and helicopter arrangements. A completed ranch visit for that itinerary remains to be established. | EFTA02140568 and EFTA02140913 |
| Roger Schank | Coordinated with Epstein and Sarah Kellen about an unidentified woman who wanted to ride at the ranch in January 2011. The exchange does not establish that Schank or the woman arrived. | EFTA00628313 |
| Geoffrey West | A ranch visit was discussed and scheduled in correspondence. Completion requires additional evidence. | Ranch scheduling correspondence |
| Joe Pagano | Ranch lodging and guest arrangements appear in correspondence. The available material needs to be reconciled with an arrival or postvisit record. | EFTA02322568 |
| A guest called “Danny” | Epstein’s office proposed July 2012 ranch dates. The first name in that invitation cannot safely be expanded to Danny Hillis without further identification. | Ranch invitation cited in the property record |
Other invitations or proposed meetings involving Deepak Chopra, Tom Pritzker, Ehud Barak, Robert Redford, Reid Hoffman, Joi Ito, and Peter Thiel belong in an invitation index unless a separate source places each person at the ranch. An invitation is evidence that Epstein sought a meeting, not evidence that it happened.
A photograph folder labeled for Danny Hillis at Zorro is a further image lead. The underlying image and its identification should be inspected before placing him in the documented presence category.
What the New Mexico Flight Logs Actually Show
The New Mexico Survivors’ Truth Commission counted 227 flights on Epstein aircraft to or from Albuquerque and Santa Fe from December 3, 1992, through May 27, 2019. Its figures are flight appearances, not numbers of ranch visits or separate trips.
| Passenger as counted by the commission | Flight appearances involving Albuquerque or Santa Fe |
|---|---|
| Jeffrey Epstein | 140 |
| Ghislaine Maxwell | 94 |
| Sarah Kellen | 44 |
| Nadia Marcinkova | 21 |
| Bill Richardson | 5 |
| Lesley Groff | 5 |
| Woody Allen and Soon Yi Previn | 2 |
| Bill Clinton | 1 |
Eighty flights list no passengers. The commission also identified evidence suggesting Epstein was in New Mexico on five further occasions without an available matching flight record. It warned that entries may be incomplete or inaccurate. These figures therefore cannot yield a complete guest list.
The flight evidence is particularly important for Sarah Kellen, Nadia Marcinkova, and Lesley Groff because it documents repeated New Mexico travel within Epstein’s operations. The figures alone do not establish which trips ended at the ranch. Richardson has separate ranch evidence from Morrison; Allen has separately identified ranch imagery. Soon Yi Previn and Bill Clinton are not established as ranch visitors by these flight counts.
The March 2001 Santa Fe Flights
Pilot David Rodgers identified passengers on a March 29, 2001 flight from Teterboro to Santa Fe as Epstein, Maxwell, Adam Perry Lang, Virginia Roberts, a woman he called Banu, Marvin Minsky, and Henry Jarecki.
He identified passengers on the March 31 return flight from Santa Fe to Palm Beach as Epstein, Maxwell, Prince Andrew, Virginia Roberts, Nadia Bjorlin, Henry Jarecki, and Marvin Minsky. The flight testimony discussed in the Minsky record gives the two lists.
These manifests support New Mexico travel. They do not independently place Lang, Banu, Minsky, Jarecki, or Bjorlin inside Zorro Ranch. Their names therefore do not appear in the documented ranch guest section.
A separate small aircraft record from November 2001 has been described as naming Tatiana Espinosa and two Italian painters on travel connected to Santa Fe and Zorro. The derived flight entry contains apparent aircraft labeling or passenger count problems. That original manifest requires inspection before its occupants can be classified further.
Unnamed People and Remaining Gaps
The named register does not capture everyone who entered the property. The record includes:
- An unidentified girl recalled by the anonymous survivor who described the 2004 ranch visit.
- Other survivors whose public records use pseudonyms or redactions.
- An unidentified guest whom Epstein said was with Eduardo Teodorani Fabbri in August 2010.
- Artists associated with the 1995 visit whose names have not been established here.
- Professors whom Joshua Cooper Ramo said attended the 2014 lunch but did not identify in that account.
- Locally hired massage therapists and a reflexologist whose identity is redacted.
- Workers identified only by first name or job description.
- Passengers omitted from the surviving manifests.
- People who could have arrived by road or on aircraft outside the surviving passenger records.
The commission’s discussion of its evidence limits Interim Report says the released emails capture only part of the relevant period. Its investigation and New Mexico’s criminal investigation may produce additional names and records.
Questions the Records Have Not Resolved
- Who were the passengers on the 80 New Mexico flights without passenger information?
- Which scheduled ranch visits resulted in a person entering the property?
- Who was the unidentified guest with Eduardo Teodorani Fabbri in August 2010?
- Who attended the 2014 lunch Joshua Cooper Ramo described?
- Can additional images, vehicle records, gate records, staff interviews, or original manifests establish further visitors?
- Which anonymous accounts describe distinct survivors, and which records concern the same person under different pseudonyms?
Source List
- New Mexico Survivors’ Truth Commission interim report, especially its personnel, flight, and visitor sections.
- 2019 federal hearing transcript, EFTA00019994, containing an anonymous survivor’s statement about the ranch in 2004.
- Larry Eugene Morrison deposition, EFTA01247021, concerning firsthand observations at the ranch.
- Larry Visoski testimony, EFTA00068582, concerning repeated ranch visits.
- Terry Kafka ranch request, EFTA02413212, and postvisit message, EFTA02409985.
- Eduardo Teodorani Fabbri arrangements, EFTA02410093, and Epstein’s August 2010 message, EFTA01982388.
- Warren Eisenstein ranch correspondence, EFTA01958564, office schedule, EFTA00382352, and postvisit thanks, EFTA02576075.
- Frédéric Chaslin postvisit message, EFTA01873343, Paula Heil Fisher correspondence, EFTA01875347, and ranch transportation exchange, EFTA02006935.
- August 2013 ranch schedule, EFTA00284739, and Nowak and Boyden itinerary exchange, EFTA02131384.
- Bruce and Marsha Moskowitz visit arrangements, EFTA00453888, and subsequent correspondence, EFTA02644874.
- House Oversight’s Jes Staley transcript release, containing his acknowledgment of one ranch visit.
- The Guardian’s ranch photograph review, identifying people pictured at the property.
- Reuters on the New Mexico investigation, including Joshua Cooper Ramo’s account of a 2014 lunch.
- EpsteinWiki’s flight logs explorer guide, explaining the searchable flight records and their evidentiary limits.