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A photo of Sarah Kellen and Jeffrey Epstein entered into evidence in Ghislaine Maxwell's trial. They're standing in front of one of Epstein's jets.
  • Jeffrey Epstein frequently withdrew tens of thousands of dollars in cash from his JPMorgan accounts.
  • At the time, there were reports that he paid cash to girls for "massages" — a code word for sex.
  • When asked about the large withdrawals, Epstein said he needed to pay for jet fuel.

Jeffrey Epstein needed an excuse.

He was withdrawing a lot of cash from his bank accounts with JPMorgan Chase.

Starting from August 2006, he withdrew tens of thousands of dollars at a time, usually multiple times per month.