Mai shari'a Jonathan Whitcomb, lauyan Lesley Groff, Yuni 5, 2020
"Ba ta sani ba."
Lesley Groff, wadda ta yi aiki a matsayin babbar mataimakiyar Jeffrey Epstein na dogon lokaci, ta kasance tana cewa ba ta da masaniya game da laifukansa. Don a zama abokin laifi a shari'a, dole ne ka san cewa kana taimakawa wajen aikata shi. Don zama abokin laifi a ɗabi'a, ma'auni ya fi ƙasa. Ba ka buƙatar ko da yin rawar gani. Kawai sanin laifin da ba ka yi komai ba ya isa.
Amma ta yaya za mu iya sanin abin da wani ya sani?
Ina tunanin duk lokutan da na kau da kai, na rufe tunani, ko na rufe ido ga wani abu mara kyau—ko babban bala'i ne na muhalli ko ƙaramin sata a gabana a babban kanti. Ina gaya wa kaina wani zai magance shi. Ba laifina ba ne ko alhakina ba. Ni ƙanƙanta ne da ba zan iya yin tasiri ba. A wani lokaci, na yanke shawarar kada in bar abin da na gani ko na ji ko na zato ya yi tushe a raina. A tsawon lokaci, na ga yana da sauƙi don rayuwa da abin da na sani idan ban yarda da shi ba—ko da a kaina.
Hirar FBI da Lesley Groff, Satumba 24, 2021
Groff ta sadu da wani mai neman ma'aikata, wanda ya gaya mata game da "aiki don tsara rayuwar mutum ɗaya. Wannan mutumin shine EPSTEIN, wani mashahurin Manhattan. GROFF bai taɓa jin labarin EPSTEIN ba kafin wannan."
Lesley Groff bai taɓa shirin zama mataimaki ba. Bayan kwaleji a Jami'ar Texas a Dallas, ta koma New Jersey tare da mijinta na farko. Ta yi aiki ga wani kamfanin kayan ofis na shekaru tara, ta sake aure, sannan ta yi aiki a matsayin mai siyarwa a Nordstrom. Ta sadu da mijinta na biyu a wani tseren triathlon kuma ta yanke shawarar cewa tana son samun aiki a matsayin mai shirya abubuwa a Wall Street. A shekara ta 2001, wani mai neman ma'aikata ya sami tarihin aikinta a Monster, wani shafin neman aiki, kuma ya shirya mata hira—sannan tana cikin shekarunta 30—don zama mataimaki ga wani attajiri mai kuɗi.
Don hira, Groff ta tafi ofisoshin Epstein a bene na 4 na 457 Madison Avenue, wani ɓangare na Villard Houses. Waɗannan gidaje ne na dutse masu kyau na ƙarni na 19 da aka gina kewaye da wani fili, kuma gidan wani otal mai alfarma. Ta sadu da Ghislaine Maxwell da Epstein, wanda wayarsa ke ci gaba da yin ringa a lokacin hira. Zai yi magana a takaice, sannan ya kashe. Groff ta tafi da ra'ayin wani wurin aiki mai cike da aiki da raye-raye.
Da ta sami aikin, Groff tana da nata ofishin kuma tana aiki tare da tawagar mataimakan Epstein, lauyoyi, da wani mai ciniki wanda tare suke sarrafa kuɗinsa da rayuwarsa. Bayan 'yan shekaru, ta fara aiki daga gidansa—wani gida mai hawa bakwai a East 71st Street kusa da 5th Avenue. A cikin falon tsakiya an rataye wani sassaka mai girman mutum na mace a cikin farar rigar aure tana riƙe da igiya.
Duba hoto a cikakken allo: Tsohon gidan Jeffrey Epstein a East 71st Street a New York. Hoton: Bill Tompkins/Getty Images
Groff ce ke kula da kalandar Epstein, tana yin alƙawuransa da shirya kiransa. Da ta fara, Maxwell ta gaya mata cewa Epstein yana yin tausa kowace rana. Epstein zai kira Groff da safe ya gaya mata, "Kira X ka ga ko za ta iya yin tausa da karfe 4," sannan ya ci gaba da kira kowane minti 15 har sai an shirya. Idan Groff ta kasa samun X, zai gaya mata ta kira Y. (Amsa ga tambayoyi game da waɗannan alƙawura, lauyanta, Michael Bachner, ya rubuta: "A lokacin aikinta, Lesley bai taɓa ganin ko an gaya masa wani abu ba bisa doka ba game da waɗannan tausa.")
Groff ta yi aiki ga Epstein na shekaru 18, daga 2001 har zuwa kama shi a Yuli 2019. Ba a taɓa kawo mata tuhuma ba (ko wani da ke da alaƙa da Epstein, ban da Maxwell). Tun bayan mutuwar Epstein a watan Agusta 2019, Groff ta kasance kusan ganuwa kuma tana magana ne kawai ta hanyar lauyoyinta. Hotuna na baya-bayan nan sun nuna tana zuwa Pilates ko tana tafiya da karenta kusa da gidanta a Connecticut—ba ta aiki kuma tana da nutsuwa. Idan aka kwatanta da sarakuna, 'yan siyasa, attajirai, da farfesoshi da suka bayyana a labarin Epstein, ta zama kamar ta ɓace a baya. E, Groff ba ta da matsayi—ba ta shahara ba kuma ba ta da suna na jama'a da za ta rasa. Amma idan ka bincika sunanta a cikin fayilolin, kana samun sakamako sama da 160,000, fiye da kowa. (Na karanta watakila 10,000 daga cikin waɗannan, wanda shine ƙaramin ɓangare kawai.) Babu wanda ya fi shi a cikin hulɗa ta yau da kullun tare da Epstein.
Bayan an fitar da fayilolin Epstein, kwamitin majalisar dokokin Amurka kan sa ido da sake fasalin gwamnati ya yanke shawarar bincika ko binciken gwamnatin tarayya game da laifukan Epstein da Maxwell an yi masa kuskure. A ranar 3 ga Maris, 2026, sun aika wa Groff wasiƙa suna neman ta zo Washington don hira a ranar 9 ga Yuni: "Kwamitin ya yi imani cewa kana da bayanai da za su taimaka a bincikensa." A wasu kalmomi, suna tsammanin Groff ya fi sanin abin da ta taɓa yarda.
Hira da Lesley Groff a cikin New York Times, Fabrairu 5, 2005:
"Ya zo ga haɗin kai. Na san abin da yake tunani kuma na san lokacin da nake buƙatar yin sauri. Yana da kyakkyawan yanayin da muke ciki."
Kasancewa babban mataimaki na gudanarwa yana nufin shiga cikin rawar gaba ɗaya. Aikin ya ƙunshi sarrafa ƙananan bayanai: kwanaki, lokuta, alƙawura, tafiye-tafiye, abinci, kyaututtuka, imel, da kira. Amma kuma yana buƙatar tsammanin waɗannan abubuwa—sanin abin da ake buƙata kafin a nemi shi. Don yin hakan, mataimaki dole ne ya fahimci tunanin maigidansu. A cikin tsari mai kyau, dangantakar tana kusa amma tana da iyakoki bayyanannu. Ita—kuma kusan koyaushe mace ce—za ta iya raba ra'ayinta ko ta ce a'a. Victoria Rabin, wacce ta kafa Ƙungiyar Mataimakan Gudanarwa, ta kira shi wani nau'in auren aiki. Ta gaya mini babu wata dangantaka ta sana'a da ke buƙatar amana ko kusanci kamar wannan. (Tsohon maigidanta ya kasance yana cewa ta fi saninsa fiye da matarsa kuma za ta iya lalata shi a cikin minti biyar.)
Ko da yake mataimaki na iya samun iko daga sanin abubuwa da yawa, ba haɗin gwiwa ba ne daidai. "Idan ka himmatu, kana sayar da ranka ga wannan mutumin," in ji Rabin. A cikin yanayin da ba shi da ƙwarewa, mataimaki ya zama mai mahimmanci ga rayuwar yau da kullun ta maigidanta—kuma gaba ɗaya a ƙarƙashin ikonsa—har ta zama ma'aikaci mara murya. Rowena Chiu, wacce ta yi aiki a takaice a matsayin mataimaki ga Harvey Weinstein, ta kwatanta rawar ta da wani mai hidima a cikin Downton Abbey, inda manyan dokokin suka kasance yi abin da aka gaya maka ka yi da kuma zama ganuwa. Chiu, wacce ta ce Weinstein ya yi mata fyade, ana gaya mata sau da yawa cewa za a iya maye gurbinta a cikin sa'a guda. Ta kan ji Weinstein yana ihu ga babban darektan a waya kuma ta yi tunani, idan zai iya bi da su haka, me zai iya yi mini? Ta ce ta kasance kamar "ƙwaro a kan giwa."
A tsawon shekaru, Epstein yana da mataimaka da yawa, amma Groff shine mafi girma kuma ya fi tsayi. Yayin da nake karanta imel ɗinta, na fara mamakin yadda take sarrafa lokacinsa da motsinsa, ko kuma ta zama mai tsaron ƙofarsa. Amma da gaske, ta kasance kamar wani yanki na shi da aka horar da shi sosai. A cikin wani labarin New York Times na 2005 game da mataimakan gudanarwa a Wall Street, inda aka yi hira da Groff da Epstein, Epstein ya kwatanta mataimakansa a matsayin "wani yanki na kwakwalwata" da "kayan taimako na zamantakewa"—ba mutane daban ba, amma ɓangare na tunaninsa da jikinsa.
[Hoto: Jeffrey Epstein a 2017, daga rajistar masu laifi na jihar New York. Hoton: AP]
Aikin Groff shine tabbatar da cewa rayuwar Epstein tana tafiya daidai yadda yake so. "Jeffrey ya nemi cewa kada a dame shi yayin da yake motsa jiki a dakin motsa jiki... ko da baƙo yana jira a nan," ta yi imel ga abokan aikinta a 2012. "Lokacin da Jeffrey ke jiran wani abu kuma ka san gaggawa da fakiti, ya kamata ka ba shi nan da nan idan zai yiwu," ta rubuta game da jinkirin sa'o'i biyu na isar da wasu kekuna a 2015. "Ya kira ni yana tambaya inda cannolis dinsa suke!?" A kowace rana, Groff za ta tashi daga gyara mashin tawul ("za mu iya samun wanda ya kula da wannan") zuwa gano yadda za ta...Ta kula da komai daga rashin lafiyar Epstein ("a bayyane yake fuskarsa ba daidai ba") zuwa tabbatar da cewa Steve Bannon ya sami agogon Apple da Epstein ya ba shi ("za ka iya tabbatar da cewa Steve yana da agogonsa?... Ina buƙatar komawa ga Jeffrey... yi hakuri da damuwa!"). Ta kasance mai kyau a aikinta—mai sauri, mai ladabi, kuma koyaushe tana farin ciki, ko da ayyukanta sun kasance marasa ma'ana, kamar ma'amala da "dodo" guda biyu na nama da aka tattara a jirgin Epstein ko gano yadda za a kwashe manyan gwangwani uku na ice cream Oreo ("JE's favorite") daga New York zuwa wani kadarorinsa ba tare da ya narke ba. Imel ɗinta suna cike da alamun mamaki, emoticons (musamman murmushin ido), da kalmomin farin ciki kamar "Tremendous!", "Super!", da "Terrific!". Lokacin da wani ɗan kasuwa na New York mai suna Jonathan Farkas ya gaya mata cewa ingancinta shine abin kishin sojojin Jamus, Groff ta tura imel ɗin zuwa ga mijinta, Ike, tana tambaya, "kana tunanin in tura wa JE???!!!" Ike ya amsa cewa ta ajiye shi a cikin fayilolinta, don kawai idan ta taɓa buƙatar wani aiki.
Epstein ya san Groff tana da iyawa, amma imel ɗinsa ba safai suke yarda da ƙoƙarinta ba sai wani "thx" na ɗan lokaci. Madadin haka, ya nuna godiyarsa da kuɗi. A cikin wata hira ta New York Times, ya ce lokacin da Groff ta gaya masa tana da juna biyu a 2004, ya ba da tayin biyan kuɗin reno kuma ya saya mata mota don sauƙaƙa tafiyarta daga Connecticut. "Babu yadda za a yi in rasa Lesley ga uwa," in ji shi. A cewar wani takardar albashi, ya kuma ninka albashinta daga $60,000 a 2004 zuwa $120,000 a 2005. Akwai kuma fa'idodi: a 2014, Epstein ya yi wa Groff imel yana ba da "hutu na Florida kamar yadda nake so, otal mai tauraro biyar duka." (Mijin Groff, Ike, ya tura imel ɗin ga wani, yana cewa, "Da gaske mafi kyawun maigida da aka taɓa samu.") A ranar soyayya a 2018, Epstein ya saya mata da wasu mataimaka alƙawura tare da Glam Squad, inda masu gyara gashi za su zo gidajensu don yin gashin kansu da kayan shafa ("mai daɗi sosai!" in ji Groff). Wata rana, a 2015, ta sami damar ziyartar jirginsa na sirri, ta hau helikwafta, kuma ta ɗauki jirgin ruwa zuwa tsibirinsa na sirri na Caribbean, Little St James, kafin ta zauna a wani otal mai alfarma. "Helikwafta na ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyawun sassa!" ta rubuta a cikin wani imel na rukuni ga danginta, waɗanda suka yi mamaki. "Ban san yana da helikwafta ba! WOW!" in ji ɗaya. "BA aiki mai ban gajiya ba!" in ji mahaifiyar Groff.
A shekara ta 2015, Groff tana samun $140,000 a shekara kuma ta sami wasu kyaututtuka da yawa, tafiyar Florida, da izinin siyan mota mai daraja har $45,000. Ta sami damar siya, sake ginawa, da kuma ƙawata wani gida na katako mai fari a New Canaan, Connecticut, wanda yanzu ake kiyasin darajarsa kusan dala miliyan 5. (Ko da yake imel ɗinta kuma sun nuna cewa ita da Ike sun ɗauki babban lamuni na gini daga banki don yin aikin.) A 2016, ta yi wa Ike imel ta gaya masa cewa albashinta ya tashi zuwa $150,000 tare da cek na kyauta na $7,500 ("ba mara kyau! :)") kuma ta ambaci wani lamuni da za ta ɗauka tare da Epstein: "Yana sa ni farin ciki!"
Groff ta zama kamar ta fahimci cewa karimcin Epstein yana da iyaka—ba shi ne saniya mai ba da kuɗi ba, ko aƙalla, kuɗin da ya bayar yana da nasa dokoki. Kafin wani ɗan hutu na iyali a New York, Ike ya ba da shawarar ta nemi Epstein ya samo musu tikitin wasan kwaikwayo. Kudin ba zai zama komai ga Epstein ba, amma Groff ta ji ba za ta iya ba da hujjar neman kujerun Hamilton na $500 ba kuma ta yi mamakin ko za ta iya samun Dear Evan Hansen maimakon.
Lokacin da Groff ta sami ƙarin albashi zuwa $140,000 a 2014, Ike, wanda ke aiki ga Tourmaline Partners, wani kamfanin ciniki, ya yi wasa yana cewa zai iya yin ritaya. ("Ha. Don Allah kada ka yi haka," Groff ta amsa.) An biya ta da kyau amma koyaushe tana sane da cewa tana rayuwa a wata duniyar tattalin arziki daban da maigidanta. A cikin hirar FBI, Groff ta tuna ganin wani lissafin kafet na jirginsa wanda ya fi abin da ta samu a shekara tsada.
Hirar FBI, 24 Satumba 2021
GROFF ta ji yana da ban mamaki ganin haka. Duk mutanen da Epstein ke hulɗa da su—a siyasa, talabijin, da sauransu—sun bar Groff tana mamaki. Kafin ta yi aiki ga Epstein, ba ta taɓa sanin wanda ya mallaki jirgin sama ko wani abu makamancin haka ba.
Imel ɗin Groff sun cika da mashahurai da mataimakansu. Akwai Amanda, wacce ke aiki ga Duchess na York a lokacin; Lauren, wacce ke aiki ga Bill Gates; Julie, wacce ke aiki ga Larry Summers; da Kathryn da Gini, waɗanda ke aiki ga Woody Allen. Dole ne ta duba lokacin ganawa da Naomi Campbell (wacce ta ƙare imel ɗinta da "Love & Light"), kuma aikin Groff ne ta gano wace mota za a ɗauki Duke da kuma abin da Woody da Soon Yi suke so don abincin dare. ("Woody zai so: Chicken dumpling with cilantro, da Piri piri chicken wings. Zan so grilled asparagus goma ae, eggplant shishito miso honey, da shrimp tempura and seasonal vegetables," in ji Soon Yi, wacce imel ɗinta daga wayarta sun zo da alamar balloon ja, yana sa kowannensu ya zama kamar ƙaramin biki.)
Tare da samun damar yin amfani da bayanan sirri da yawa, aikin Groff ya zo da ƙa'idodi masu tsauri. Ta gaya wa FBI cewa lokacin da Epstein ya ɗauke ta aiki, dole ne ta sanya hannu kan yarjejeniyar rashin bayyana sirri. Idan ta taɓa yin magana game da wani abu da ta koya daga mutanen da yake aiki da su, dole ne ta biya shi $100,000. Da farko, Maxwell ta gaya mata cewa tana nan don yin aiki, ba don yin hira ko saduwa da kowa da ta sadu da shi ta hanyar aikin ba, gami da Epstein. Misali, idan ta sayi tikitin Epstein don kallon fim, ta san kada ta tambaye shi washegari ko ya ji daɗinsa.
Ana sa ran Groff ta yi kamar ba ta san komai ba kuma ba ta san kowa ba. A cikin watanta na farko a aikin, ta gaya wa FBI, an gayyace ta zuwa wani biki ta hanyar aiki kuma ta tafi da mijinta, ta karya dokar rashin saduwa. "Epstein ya gano kuma ya 'ƙone ta' a ranar Litinin mai zuwa." Ya ce zai kore ta amma ya sanya ta a kan gwaji maimakon. Groff bai taɓa yin wani abu makamancin haka ba. Ta koyi cewa ba a yarda da kurakurai ba.
Ba sau ɗaya ba, Groff ta gaya wa FBI, ta yi "tattaunawa ta al'ada" da Epstein. Madadin haka, zai ba da yanke shawara guda ɗaya: e, a'a, "biya shi," "burgers." Kuma Groff za ta amsa da sauri, cikin farin ciki: "za a yi!!" Epstein ya san zai iya dogara da ita don yin komai da sauri da kyau. Lokacin da wani ma'aikaci ya ba da dogon jerin uzuri don rashin aikawa da wani zane daga Paris zuwa New Mexico, Epstein ya amsa da layi ɗaya: "ba da aikin ga lesley, na gode." Lokacin da Groff ta tafi hutu, ta tabbatar wa Epstein cewa za ta ɗauki BlackBerry dinta. Ya amsa ta gaya mata inda take buƙatar kasancewa a ranar da ta dawo: "71st on 20th" (ma'ana gidansa). Groff: "Tabbas!!!! Ba za a iya jira ba!"
A tsawon lokaci, na fara gane yanayin imel ɗin Groff ga Epstein. Sun tuna mini da saƙonnin da na aika a ayyukana na farko, a matakin mafi ƙanƙanta na ƙungiyoyi inda har yanzu ina tunanin cewa za a lura da kyakkyawan hali kuma a ba shi lada. Yanayin hidima ne, na san matsayinka da kuma son farantawa, sau da yawa mata matasa ke amfani da shi ga maza masu girma. Hakanan yanayin mai son kamala ne, wanda ke ƙoƙarin bayyana mara aibi, inda komai zai yiwu kuma babu abin da ya wuce gona da iri. Kana yin duk abin da aka umarce ka da kuma ƙari, kana gudu kamar na'ura mai ƙarfi da gajiya, kuma—mafi mahimmanci—ba ka taɓa cewa a'a ba.
Abokin aikin da ya kasa aikawa da zanen ya gaya wa Groff game da Epstein: "yana da wuya tare da shi." "Na tabbata," Groff ta amsa cikin tausayi. A 2014, Groff ta yi musayar imel tare da wani abokin aiki wanda ya karɓi imel daga Epstein wanda ya fi "mummunar duka... Yana zagi da gaya mini cewa ni abin kunya ne... A zahiri bai taɓa yin muni kamar wannan ba. Wannan yana nufin abubuwa da yawa." F ta yi ƙoƙarin ba da tallafi, sannan ta ba da shawarar mutumin "ya ɗauki bijimin da ƙahoni ya tafi!" Sun yi godiya ga ƙarfafawarta – "yana taimaka sosai." Don wani dalili, Groff bai taɓa bin shawarar kanta ba.
25 Janairu 2012, DOJ Epstein Library
Daga: Lesley Groff
Ina tabbatar da cewa kai da abokinka za ku zo ganin Jeffrey gobe a gidansa da karfe 7 na dare!
Na gode,
Lesley
(Menene sunan abokinka kuma, don kawai ina da shi)
25 Mayu 2012, DOJ Epstein Library
Daga: Lesley Groff
Sannu! Da fatan komai yana da kyau! Jeffrey zai kasance a New York mako mai zuwa, kuma Peter Mandelson zai kasance a kusa. Jeffrey yana tambaya ko kai da "abokinka" za ku iya zuwa ku hadu da Peter… Na gode, Lesley
5 Mayu 2015, DOJ Epstein Library
Daga: Lesley Groff
Sannu… watakila kai da/ko sabon abokinka za ku iya zuwa ganin Jeffrey gobe da karfe 2 na rana? Da fatan za a sanar da ni da zarar za ku iya! Na gode, Lesley
Imel ɗin Groff na gayyatar 'yan mata – kalmarta – don "ganin" Epstein duk sun bi tsari iri ɗaya. Sau da yawa, shirye-shiryen sun haɗa da aiki a kusa da jadawalin aikinsu ko kwaleji: "Talata ina makaranta har karfe 10 na dare – muna da gwajin ƙungiyar kade-kade don wasan kwaikwayo na Juma'a." Groff kuma ta karɓi imel daga masu shiga tsakani a madadin wasu 'yan mata: "Za ta iya tsallake wasu darussa kuma ta bar makaranta da karfe 1 na rana. Idan Jeffrey yana son ta da karfe 3.30 na rana, za ta iya yin shi." Groff ta amsa: "Ok, duk yana da kyau a sani… za mu bar JE ya yanke shawara. Na gode!"
Wani lokaci, Groff yana kokawa don samun wanda Epstein ya nema: "Jeffrey yana tunanin ya kamata in sami bayananta, amma ba zan iya samun ko ɗaya ba? Abokiyar wane ce? Ka sani?" Wani lokaci, za ta yi ƙoƙarin tsinkayar bukatun maigidanta: "Wane [REDACTED] JE yake so ya gani a Paris? Shin [REDACTED] ne? Daya daga cikinku ya sani?" (Abokin aikinta ya amsa: "Ina tsammanin watakila [REDACTED]. Kullum muna ganinta a Paris.") Wata rana, ta yi kwana ɗaya tana aika imel da wani a Rasha tana ƙoƙarin shirya lokaci don ta ga Epstein, kafin ta gane cewa yana nufin wani mutum daban da suna iri ɗaya. "Don haka babu damuwa! Yi magana da kai mako mai zuwa!"
Idan 'yan matan sun fito daga ketare, Groff ta shirya jiragen sama, biza, da masaukinsu. "Ta shirya duk wannan," Juliette Bryant ta gaya mini. Bryant wacce ta tsira ce wacce ta sadu da Epstein a Afirka ta Kudu sannan ta yi shekaru biyu a New York bayan Epstein ya yi mata alkawarin aikin samfurin. Epstein bai taɓa tuntuɓar Bryant kai tsaye ba, amma Groff za ta yi kira sau da yawa, ta ce "Sannu Juliette, ita ce Lesley," sannan ta sa Epstein a layi. "Ta kasance mai abokantaka," in ji Bryant, amma ba su taɓa yin magana da yawa ba fiye da farkon da ƙarshen kira. Ta sadu da Groff sau ɗaya kawai. Tabbas, Bryant ta yi tunani, Groff dole ne ya san wani abu ba daidai ba: "Idan ina aiki a wannan ofishin, da na ga abin ban mamaki," in ji ta, "tare da duk 'yan matan da ke shigowa da fita."
Duba hoto a cikakken allo
Jeffrey Epstein da Woody Allen a cikin wani hoto da aka ɓoye wani ɓangare wanda 'yan majalisar wakilai suka fitar. Hoton: 'Yan majalisar wakilai
Rukunin 'yan matan da ke canzawa sun haifar da wani nau'in takardu. Groff ta mayar da abubuwan da suka ɓace: "Don Allah a duba don wani bikini kore (irin bugu na daji) a cikin ɗaya daga cikin drawers… yarinyar da ta kasance a ƙarshe tana tsammanin ta bar shi a cikin drawer." Ta shirya biyan su a tsabar kuɗi, yawanci tsakanin $500 da $1,000, sau ɗaya musamman don "lokacin da aka yi a tsibirin." Za ta yi musu alƙawura a likitan haƙoransa na New York (Thomas Magnani) da kuma salon gashi, Frédéric Fekkai. (Kuma wani lokaci don kanta: a 2018, Groff ta yi aski, haskaka gashi, gyaran farce, da kuma gyaran gira mai daraja $825.) Wata rana, lokacin da ɗaya daga cikin masu lissafin Epstein ya yi tambaya game da biyan kuɗi ga wani likitan jijiyoyin jini na kwaskwarima kuma ya ba da shawarar wanda maganin zai kasance, Groff ta amsa, "Kai… da gaske ban sani ba! Ta yi kama da ƙanƙanta don haka!?"
Groff ba ita ce kawai mataimakiya da ta shirya waɗannan alƙawura ba. Rina Oh, wacce ta tsira daga cin zarafin Epstein, ta gaya mini cewa "sakatare daban-daban suna sadarwa da wasu 'yan mata," amma duk sun bi rubutu ɗaya: "'Mista Epstein yana son yin alƙawari don ganinka. Zai kasance a New York a kan irin waɗannan kwanakin. Kana da damar ganinsa da karfe 2 na rana?' Sannan dole ne in tabbatar, kuma za ta rubuta shi a kalandar."
Imel ɗin Groff ga 'yan matan a madadin Epstein yawanci na yau da kullun ne kuma masu ladabi, tare da harshe mai hankali da yanayi mai farin ciki. Amma amsoshin da ta samu na iya zama marasa tabbas. A ranar 5 ga Mayu, 2014, wata yarinya ta yi mata imel tana cewa abokinta ba za ta samu damar ganin Jeffrey a ranar 8 ga Mayu ba, "amma zan iya kawo wata yarinya… idan Jeffrey yana so! Sanar da ni." Groff ta tura imel ɗin zuwa ga Epstein: "Ƙasa daga [REDACTED]… don Allah ka ba da shawara."
Wani lokaci imel ɗin sun haɗa da hotuna. A ranar 18 ga Afrilu, 2012, wani ya yi imel don neman afuwa game da jinkiri kuma ya aika hotunan abokai biyu, "duka 'yan Rasha.;)))." "Babu damuwa… na gode," Groff ta amsa. A ranar 1 ga Mayu, 2012, wani ya yi imel don duba ko Groff ya karɓi "sabon hoto." Ba ta karɓa ba, don haka suka sake aikawa tare da taken "[REDACTED] daga Ukraine": "Darling, ga hotunan sabuwar yarinya. Tana da shekaru 21. Mai daɗi sosai kuma kyakkyawa. Bari in sani ka karɓa, don Allah. Na ɗauke su daga kundinta, don haka ingancin bazai yi kyau ba. Amma ina tsammanin har yanzu kana iya ganin komai.;)))" Groff ta tura imel ɗin zuwa ga Epstein ba tare da sharhi ba.
Groff kuma ta kula da tambayoyi da damuwar 'yan matan. Bayan ta shirya alƙawari tare da wata yarinya da abokinta don ganin Epstein a yammacin ranar 21 ga Oktoba, 2011, ta sami wannan imel daga yarinyar da karfe 3:45 na yamma a wannan rana:
"Hey Lesley, abokina ta dawo yanzu, kuma na yi magana da ita game da daren yau. Ba ta taɓa yin wani abu makamancin haka ba kafin yanzu kuma tana ɗan jin tsoro game da duka. Ban
