Juan Alessi was Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime Palm Beach houseman, chauffeur, and property manager (early 1990s–2002). He ran household operations, prepared “massage” rooms with linens, lotions, and sex toys, handled large cash withdrawals (often $10,000+), and cleaned up after encounters.
He testified that Ghislaine Maxwell set strict rules for staff, directed him, and personally recruited Virginia Roberts Giuffre after spotting her working at the Mar-a-Lago spa, then bringing her to Epstein’s house.
Alessi described a steady flow of very young girls (some appearing 14–16) coming for “massages” once to three times a day and said Epstein paid them in cash. He also recalled high-profile visitors such as Donald Trump, while stating he never saw Trump with girls.
His sworn statements in civil proceedings, the Maxwell criminal trial, and the Palm Beach investigation are key corroboration of survivor accounts about recruitment, payments, logistics, Maxwell’s central role, and the ages of victims.
Sources
2009 civil deposition testimony; U.S. v. Ghislaine Maxwell trial testimony (2021, Case No. 20-cr-330 S.D.N.Y.); Palm Beach Police investigation materials; Contemporary press coverage; Epstein OSINT Database.