Motion-detecting hidden cameras installed the same day they were bought
On February 5, 2014, Epstein's fixer drove to the Spy Store in Fort Lauderdale and purchased three motion-detecting hidden cameras. The follow-up message: "amazing how small they are, the size of Thumb nail drive, 64 hour recording." The cameras were installed in Kleenex boxes the same day they were purchased.
Epstein's handwritten strike-through of "cameras in massage room" language
Epstein emailed his fixer: "lets get three motion detected hidden cameras that record." The response: "I already two purchased the Motion sensor camera from the Spy Store in fort Lauderdale... I'm installing them into Kleenex boxes now." Motion-activated, 64-hour recording, thumb-drive sized.
Seven years before the 2014 purchase, Epstein's own defense attorneys drafted a letter that included language about "cameras in the massage room." Epstein personally struck the passage and wrote in the margin: "IT would be illegal." The edit demonstrates awareness that recording victims without consent was criminal — awareness that did not stop the installations.
Follow-up correspondence confirming same-day Kleenex box installation
In 2006, reviewing a Dershowitz defense letter draft, Epstein wrote: "I would amend the place where it says he wishes I had cameras in the massage room... IT would be illegal." He knew the law — and bought cameras anyway.
The Spy Store purchase appears in email correspondence recovered from Epstein's accounts. The specificity — store name, location, product description, same-day installation — suggests routine procurement rather than a one-time event. Investigators found no inventory of where all cameras were ultimately placed.
Trial exhibit showing folder structure of DVDs from Epstein safe
