Breakups are messy. But most don’t involve a billionaire tech founder, a sex trafficker… and Jeffrey Epstein.

Before the courtrooms and the sex trafficking headlines, Ghislaine Maxwell was in a serious relationship with Ted Waitt — the billionaire founder of Gateway computers. Over the course of seven years, she spent time in California, New York, Florida and the Carribean with the man who was many times richer than Epstein.

Hello and welcome. My name is Lisa Tait and I’m a journalist who has been following the Epstein story since 2019. Thank you for listening to my show The Receipts.

Ghislaine Maxwell and Ted Waitt became entangled in 2003. I can imagine she was thinking she was living the dream.

At the time, he was one of the richest tech entrepreneurs in the United States, part of the wave of personal computing wealth that produced enormous fortunes in the 1990s.

Today I’m going to take you through Ted and Ghislaine’s emails from the Epstein files. They show a couple navigating love, lifestyle, and eventually, two very complicated splits, six years apart.

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The House Oversight Committee is expanding its Epstein inquiry and has requested a voluntary interview with Sarah Kellen, a former Epstein staffer, scheduled for June 3.

Sarah Kellen — described as one of Ghislaine Maxwell’s closest lieutenants — has largely stayed out of public view since securing immunity years ago. But she now maintains she was a victim of Epstein.

On this episode of The Receipts, we will visit the records from Sarah Kellen’s FBI proffer agreement statement, her emails with Epstein and her ex-husband’s emails to a survivor.

Some of this information is exclusive to the podcast and has not been reported by any other media outlet.

Sarah Kellen — also known as Sarah Bonk, Sarah Lyn Kensington and Sarah Vickers — was described in court filings as one of Epstein’s key coordinators.

According to public sources:

• From about 2001 to 2013, she worked for Epstein in his offices across the globe and handled calendars, travel logistics, and appointments; and
• She was named one of his unindicted co-conspirators in the 2008 Florida non-prosecution agreement.

In 2021, a federal judge later described Kellen as a “knowing participant in the criminal conspiracy” during Ghislaine Maxwell’s sentencing proceedings, highlighting how closely her activities were tied to the trafficking network.

But she now maintains she was one of Epstein’s many victims.

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There are four women who are repeatedly named in court documents tied to Epstein’s inner circle.

On this episode, you will hear straight from the Epstein Files from one of them, Lesley Groff, and her story of how she worked for the predator as his assistant for 20 years.

Who is Lesley Groff and How is She Linked to Epstein

Florida law enforcement listed her as an unindicted coconspirator in documents linked to Epstein’s 2008 criminal charges.

Inside her proffer agreement with the FBI she gives an explanation of how Epstein’s New York office operated over two decades.

Every appointment with Epstein went by Lesley Groff, she was the point of contact for the assistants of Elon Musk, Les Wexner, Leon Black, Jes Staley, Sarah Ferguson and other powerful people.

By the time the predator died in 2019, she was earning more than $200,000-a-year.

In this context, the proffer shows how Epstein allegedly used his network to attract powerful men, manage victims, and maintain control.

The Women Behind Epstein: Lesley Groff and the Assistant Network

Soon to come on the podcast, more on:

1. Sarah Kellen Epstein Assistant for more than 15 years
2. Adriana Ross: what happened to the computers in Florida
3. Nadia Marcinkova, pilot who met Epstein as a teen.

⚠️ Content warning: This episode contains material that may be confronting or distressing, particularly for survivors of abuse, violence, or childhood trauma. Listener discretion is advised.

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