Longtime Epstein assistant paints late sex offender as master manipulator and denies knowing about his crimes
Groff said she believed the appointments she arranged were for therapists and was never charged after the 2008 nonprosecution deal named her as a potential co-conspirator.
- On Tuesday, Lesley Groff told the House Oversight Committee she was unaware of Jeffrey Epstein's crimes, describing him as a 'master manipulator' who kept his conduct secret from her.
- Beginning in 2001, Groff managed Epstein's schedule and travel, claiming she worked as 'part of a professional staff that included in-house attorneys, accountants, and other office staff.'
- Multiple victims identified Groff as the contact for scheduling massage appointments with Epstein, though she claimed she believed these were with massage therapists, calling it 'another appointment she had to make for Epstein.'
- Law enforcement opted not to charge Groff in late 2021 after she maintained she 'never witnessed anything improper or illegal,' and she testified that Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell insisted his business affairs were not her concern.
- As one of the most notable members of Epstein's inner orbit to testify during the ongoing Congressional investigation, Groff told lawmakers she has been shunned by friends and her family has faced harassment.
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Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime executive assistant told the House Oversight Committee Tuesday that she regularly arranged phone calls between Donald Trump and Epstein, although she added that she was unaware of Epstein’s sex trafficking crimes during the 18 years that she worked for him. Lesley Groff underwent several hours of questioning behind closed doors on Capitol Hill Tuesday. Sources told CNN that Groff described Epstein as a master manipulat…
Longtime Epstein assistant paints late sex offender as master manipulator and denies knowing about his crimes
One of Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime assistants told members of the House Oversight Committee on Tuesday morning that she did not know about the late convicted sex offender’s crimes, describing him as a master manipulator who had every reason to keep them a secret from her, according to two sources familiar with the testimony.
Epstein Assistant Denies Knowing of Abuse
“One of Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime assistants told members of the House Oversight Committee on Tuesday morning that she did not know about the late convicted sex offender’s crimes, describing him as a master manipulator who had every reason to keep them a secret from her,“ CNN reports. “As a way to try to demonstrate her ignorance about Epstein’s wrongdoing, Lesley Groff, Epstein’s former executive assistant, said she believed the massage appoin…
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