Federal authorities said 10 people acted as co-conspirators in Jeffrey Epstein’s international sex trafficking ring, but they aren’t pursuing additional prosecutions and the co-conspirators’ names are partially redacted in the latest dump of Epstein files.
At least seven people have been publicly named by prosecutors as suspects in helping Epstein traffic young women dating back to 2005. Most of the names revealed on the co-conspirator list are women.
Only one, Ghislaine Maxwell, has been prosecuted. She’s serving a 20-year prison sentence on charges of helping Epstein operate a sex trafficking ring involving dozens of underage girls.
According to top House Democrats, the Justice Department is no longer investigating additional co-conspirators. Democrats wrote to Attorney General Pam Bondi in November, citing a July 2025 memo from the Justice Department and FBI that declared they “did not uncover evidence that could predicate an investigation into uncharged third parties.”
The list includes two prominent men named as co-conspirators in 2019 Justice Department documents: Billionaire businessman Leslie Wexner and French modeling scout Jean-Luc Brunel. Mr. Wexner was a longtime Epstein business associate. Through his lawyer, Mr. Wexner said he’s been cleared of any wrongdoing. Brunel committed suicide in 2022.
More than a decade earlier, four additional Epstein co-conspirators were named by prosecutors. All of them are women who worked for Epstein.
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The names were uncovered by FBI agents and local law enforcement in Palm Beach, Florida, who by 2007 had built a case against Epstein that included 60 criminal counts related to sex trafficking of minors between 2001 and 2007.
Epstein cut a deal with prosecutors in September 2007 that would allow him to plead guilty to lesser, state charges of soliciting prostitution and soliciting prostitution from a minor.
The much-criticized deal gave Epstein and his co-conspirators special protection under a non-prosecution agreement. It shielded from further prosecution Epstein and four women: Sarah Kellen, Lesley Groff, Adriana Ross and Nadia Marcinkova.
The Justice Department prosecuted Epstein on federal sex trafficking charges more than a decade later but left the women alone. Some of them say they, too, were victims.
Ms. Kellen, now an interior designer, was living in Epstein’s Palm Beach mansion during his sex trafficking crimes, according to Epstein victims and court documents from Maxwell’s criminal trial. She has been described as Maxwell’s protege.
Ms. Kellen phoned underage female victims to arrange for them to come to the mansion to provide Epstein with massages and escorted girls into the room where Epstein was waiting to sexually assault them, according to a 2021 lawsuit filed by one of the victims. The victim said Ms. Kellen paid the girls after their massage sessions with Epstein and took nude photos of the underage victims on Epstein’s behalf and paid them for the pictures.
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At Maxwell’s sentencing hearing, District Judge Alison Nathan said Ms. Kellen “took over” some of Maxwell’s duties in carrying out the sex trafficking operation. Ms. Kellen was, Judge Nathan said, “a knowing participant in the criminal conspiracy,” and “a criminally responsible participant.”
Ms. Kellen was married to NASCAR driver Brian Vickers. He filed for divorce in February, according to the Palm Beach Post.
Ms. Kellen denies playing any role in Epstein’s sex trafficking ring and said she was also a victim of Epstein’s sexual abuse.
Lesley Groff served as Epstein’s executive assistant for two decades, scheduling his appointments, setting up high-level meetings and booking flights on Epstein’s private jet. Some of Epstein’s victims say Ms. Groff facilitated Epstein’s sexual abuse and paid the victims cash. She denies it and, through her attorney, said she never witnessed “anything improper or illegal.”
Polish model Adriana Ross, also known as Adriana Mucinska, turns up frequently in the flight logs of Epstein’s private plane, including on trips with former President Bill Clinton. She worked in Epstein’s Palm Beach mansion in the early 2000s.
Ms. Ross invoked her Fifth Amendment right to remain silent during depositions in civil litigation against Epstein.
The other woman identified as a co-conspirator is Nadia Marcinko.
According to Justice Department documents that cited Palm Beach police reports, Epstein paid Ms. Marcinko’s family in Slovakia “so he could bring her to the United States to be his sex slave.” Her family later denied this claim.
The lawsuits describe Ms. Marcinko as Epstein’s “traveling companion” who “participated in sex acts with minors and Epstein.”
When Epstein was serving jail time on the prostitution charge, Ms. Marcinko visited him four times in 13 days.
Ms. Marcinko, like Ms. Ross, refused to answer questions about Epstein or her actions during civil depositions. She earned her pilot’s license and founded Aviloop, which offers “a wide range of services designed to accelerate the growth of brands in the aviation industry through targeted marketing and promotions.”
She describes herself on LinkedIn as a speaker at “Global Girl” and a corporate pilot.
Her company provides no contact information. The Washington Times reached out to her lawyer, who provided a statement to CNN in 2019.
“Like other victims, Nadia Marcinko is and has been severely traumatized,” her lawyers, Erica T. Dubno and Aaron Mysliwiec, said. “She needs time to process and make sense of what she has been through before she is able to speak out.”
• Susan Ferrechio can be reached at sferrechio@washingtontimes.com.
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