In a shocking betrayal of safety at Donald Trump’s opulent Mar-a-Lago, teenage spa employees were repeatedly sent alone to Jeffrey Epstein’s nearby mansion for private massages and services—despite growing staff concerns and quiet warnings about the billionaire’s disturbing habit of exposing himself and making sexual advances. Former workers reveal the young women, some still in high school, passed frantic alerts among themselves to avoid the assignments, yet the practice continued for years because Trump had ordered staff to treat the non-member Epstein like elite royalty. The dangerous pipeline finally collapsed in 2003 when an 18-year-old returned traumatized, alleging Epstein demanded sex—triggering his quiet ban from the spa. Astonishingly, no one notified law enforcement. This chilling silence ignites fresh fury: How many red flags were ignored to protect a predator, and how many young lives were put at risk before one brave complaint stopped it?
In a revelation that exposes a profound betrayal of employee safety at Donald Trump’s opulent Mar-a-Lago resort, former staffers have disclosed that young spa workers—some still teenagers—were repeatedly dispatched alone to Jeffrey Epstein’s nearby Palm Beach mansion for private massages and beauty services. This occurred despite growing concerns and quiet, frantic warnings circulating among the employees about the financier’s disturbing habit of exposing himself and making explicit sexual advances during appointments.
According to a detailed Wall Street Journal investigation published December 30, 2025, Epstein was never a dues-paying member of the exclusive club, yet former employees recall Trump instructing staff to treat him like elite royalty. Epstein maintained an internal spa account, with appointments primarily booked by his associate Ghislaine Maxwell. Young women, often licensed cosmetologists or massage therapists in their late teens or early twenties—and some still in high school—were sent on these house calls to his estate just two miles away. The young workers passed along urgent alerts to one another, desperately trying to avoid the assignments due to Epstein’s known inappropriate behavior.
This dangerous pipeline directly intersected with Epstein’s predatory network. In 2000, Maxwell recruited 16-year-old Virginia Giuffre, then a spa attendant at Mar-a-Lago, offering her work as a massage therapist for Epstein—a role Giuffre later alleged led to years of sexual abuse and trafficking. The Journal also identified four additional former Mar-a-Lago employees in Epstein’s FBI-seized 2009 address book. Concerns about Epstein extended to the mid-1990s, when Trump’s then-wife, Marla Maples, reportedly warned staff and her husband that something felt “off” about him.
The perilous practice finally collapsed in 2003 when an 18-year-old beautician returned traumatized from a house call, reporting to managers that Epstein had pressured her for sex. A manager faxed the allegations to Trump, who reportedly described it as “a good letter” and ordered Epstein and Maxwell barred from spa services. Astonishingly, former employees and Palm Beach authorities confirmed the complaint was never reported to law enforcement. Local police only began investigating Epstein two years later, following a separate allegation involving a 14-year-old girl.
The White House has vehemently dismissed the Journal’s reporting as “fallacies and innuendo” intended to smear Trump. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt emphasized that “President Trump did nothing wrong and he kicked Jeffrey Epstein out of Mar-a-Lago for being a creep,” while noting that Trump’s Justice Department continues releasing Epstein-related documents.
Survivors’ advocates have ignited fresh fury over the years of ignored warnings and the chilling silence surrounding the 2003 incident, arguing that elite institutions like Mar-a-Lago enabled Epstein’s crimes by accommodating a high-profile figure. The disclosures emerge amid ongoing Justice Department releases of Epstein materials under the 2025 transparency law, with persistent criticism of redactions and delays.
This account reveals a prolonged failure to prioritize young workers’ safety in an environment of wealth and influence, where institutional deference to privilege allowed risks to endure far too long.
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