Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell are seen in this image released by the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., on December 19, 2025, as part of a new trove of documents from its investigations into the late financier and convicted sex offender Epstein.
FBI agents prepared handwritten interview notes that contain names of possible corroborating witnesses and other information detailing a woman’s accusations that Jeffrey Epstein lured her into his deviant orbit whenshe was a teen on Hilton Head Islandand sexually abused her.
The Post and Courier reviewed 30 pages of FBI agents’ notes, which have not been publicly released. The notes, made by agents in a series of 2019 interviews, offer a few new details about her claim that she traveled with Epstein to the New York area in the 1980s. She alleged that she encountered Donald Trump during a visit and was once forced into a sex act. The White House has assailed her claim, describing it as backed by no evidence.
The agents’ unredacted notes were not disclosed in the millions of Epstein documents released so far by the U.S. Department of Justice. They flesh out some aspects of herclaims that she crossed paths with Epsteinin the Lowcountry before he built a global sex-trafficking operation.
The Post and Courier compared the notes with official summaries, known as 302s, that agents prepared after the interviews. Some details in the handwritten notes never made it into the prepared summaries, which were heavily redacted by the Justice Department before their public release as required by law.
During one interview, for instance, an agent scribbled that the woman provided the names of four young teen girls who, by her account, attended a pool party on Hilton Head when Epstein came by. This was during the time when, she alleged, Epstein was sexually assaulting her and plying her with drugs and alcohol. Details about the four friends were not visible in theFBI’s 302 reportsand may have been redacted in an effort to protect victim privacy.
It is unclear whether the FBI ever pursued leads offered by the alleged victim. One of the women identified in the interview notes as a high school friend told The Post and Courier that she was never contacted by the FBI.
Agents’ notes from a fourth interview with the alleged victim in 2019 were not available for The Post and Courier to review.
The DOJ’s handling of the notes and other materials continued to be a point of focus as President Trump ousted Attorney General Pam Bondi on April 2. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche replaced her on an interim basis.
Responding to Post and Courier questions about its review of the FBI agents’ notes, a Justice Department spokesperson issued a statement saying “there are no missing pages” among the records released by the department. The DOJ has said some records are considered “duplicative” with what is available elsewhere and for members of Congress to view in private.
“This production may include fake or falsely submitted images, documents or videos, as everything that was sent to the FBI by the public was included in the production that is responsive to the Act,” the statement said.
Most of the FBI notes are written in cursive handwriting, with random jottings as conversations unfolded. The scribblings have the disorganized feel of a personal notebook, with items that may only make sense to the writer.
FBI interviews are intended to build narrative reconstructions of events and are not conducted under oath. Agents do not usually tape interviews, although the agents asked for permission to “audio record” the victim in the fourth interview. Her attorney was not present. She “advised she was not comfortable” being taped, agents wrote in a summary of the interview.
The notes include a few clarifying details about the victim’s alleged trips with Epstein to visit Trump.
In the 302s, her account reflects uncertainty about her travel with Epstein “off the island,” apparently referring to Hilton Head, at least once when she was 13 to 15 years old. “He drove her and/or flew her to either New York or New Jersey,” the report said. “She was introduced to someone with money, money, money…It was Donald Trump.”
