Epstein housed alleged victims in London after Met declined to investigate him, reports say

Source: The Guardian

Fri 24 Apr 2026 06.18 EDT
Last modified on Fri 24 Apr 2026 07.53 EDT


Jeffrey Epstein housed some of his alleged abuse victims in flats in London after police in the UK decided against investigating him, according to reports.

The BBC said it had uncovered evidence of four flats in Kensington and Chelsea in receipts, emails and bank records contained within the Epstein files. Six women who stayed in the properties have since accused the late financier of sexually abusing them, the broadcaster said.

Some of the women – including some from Russia and eastern Europe – were brought to the UK after the Metropolitan police decided not to investigate Virginia Giuffre’s 2015 allegation that she had been a victim of international trafficking to London, the BBC said. Giuffre was one of Epstein’s most high-profile accusers, alleging the convicted child sex offender abused and trafficked her.

She claimed in a 2021 US lawsuit that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor had sex with her at a home in London in 2001 when she was 17 after she had been trafficked by Epstein. Mountbatten Windsor has denied the allegations. The BBC reported various details from the files dated around 2018 and 2019 – after Giuffre’s allegation – that show Epstein corresponding with women housed in flats in affluent areas of London.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/24/epstein-housed-alleged-victims-in-london-after-met-declined-to-investigate-him-say-reports