Newly Released Epstein Records Detail Ghislaine Maxwell’s Role in Purchasing Counterfeit Luxury Watches

A newly released document from the Jeffrey Epstein case files offers a revealing glimpse into the everyday criminal conduct of Ghislaine Maxwell, longtime associate of Jeffrey Epstein, including her direct involvement in sourcing counterfeit luxury watches from China.

The document, dated September 2002, consists of an email exchange in which Maxwell openly discusses purchasing large quantities of fake watches bearing the names of major luxury brands. In the correspondence, Maxwell lists brands including Panerai, Franck Muller, and Cartier, explaining that she paid roughly $20 per watch after negotiating a bulk purchase of approximately 100 pieces. She notes that the watches were deliberately selected for their weight, stating that their heaviness made people believe they were authentic, and remarks that many who tried them on assumed they were real.

In the email, Maxwell describes the watches as mostly men’s models, reflecting her personal preference for larger timepieces, and adds that she had already given many of them away. The exchange references travel to China specifically for the purpose of sourcing these counterfeit goods, underscoring how casually and methodically such illegal activity was conducted within Epstein’s inner circle.  

The release of this document is part of the latest tranche of Epstein-related records made public through ongoing court-ordered disclosures. While these newly unsealed materials continue to shed light on the culture of impunity surrounding Epstein and Maxwell, they represent only a fraction of the total archive. Court filings and prior statements from involved parties indicate that thousands of additional pages of documents, emails, depositions, and exhibits tied to Epstein’s network remain sealed or unreleased.

Victims’ advocates and legal observers have repeatedly noted that the incremental nature of these disclosures means the public still lacks a complete picture of the financial dealings, enablers, and operational logistics that sustained Epstein’s activities for years. As further releases are anticipated, each new document—however mundane it may appear—adds to a growing record of normalized criminal behavior that extended well beyond the crimes for which Maxwell was ultimately convicted.

For now, the latest release reinforces a central theme of the Epstein files: that the wrongdoing was not limited to extraordinary acts behind closed doors, but also included routine, openly discussed criminal conduct carried out with apparent confidence that there would be no consequences.