

The book included lengthy lists of groceries and high-end products the couple always expected to have at the ready, including 32 toiletries that Maxwell demanded for her personal bathroom, where toilet paper had to be folded in a “V.” Alessi said Epstein and Maxwell refused to call him “Juan,” calling him “John” instead. “Items in pockets must not create a bulge or be visible,” the rulebook dictated, while staff should also “avoid using strong perfume or aftershave lotion.” Staff had a strict uniform of blue pants and white golf shirts, replaced with long-sleeve white shirts “for dinner service.” They were instead told to say the likes of “with pleasure” and “You are quite right” - and if criticized, reply, “It was completely my fault I will make the changes immediately.”


Staff had a list of common words and phrases that were banned, including “yeah,” “sure,” “gotcha,” “you bet,” “I dunno” and even “no problem.” “You do not expound on the weather or any other subject” when entering bedrooms, the guide warned. The house phone “should be answered in three rings or less,” the book warned. Maxwell and their guests,” stressed the rules, which also forbade chewing gum and allowing cellphones to ring while dealing with the couple or their guests.
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The rulebook, which was full of UK spellings, did not go quite as far as Alessi’s claim that he was ordered to never look Epstein in the eyes.īut it gave a detailed list of instructions on how staff should ensure that they had a “polite ‘aim to please’ approach,” with a ban on discussing their “personal problems” and a rule to “be cautious of noise levels and noise.” Jeffrey Epstein’s ex-housekeeper, Juan Alessi, described the treatment of the staff as “very degrading.” Mirrorpix / MEGAĪlessi - who said the couple called him “John” instead of “Juan” - told jurors at Maxwell’s trial in Manhattan that he “was supposed to be blind, deaf and dumb and say nothing of their lives.” Other orders hinted at a sense of paranoia in 2005, which was before Epstein was convicted and jailed for sex offenses with underage girls. A separate bedroom was not listed for Maxwell, though she had her own bathroom.Īdditionally, staffers were ordered to keep a “gun placed in bedside table drawer.” The rules detailed a slew of instructions for each room, especially the master bedroom, which had to be kept at 60 degrees and have “JE and GM telephone directories” near the phone. “Remember that you see nothing, hear nothing, say nothing, except to answer a question directed at you,” it warned on the first page of orders.

REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg Maxwell’s list of rules included orders to “see nothing, hear nothing, say nothing” and to have a gun nearby. Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex-trafficking trial got to see the “Maxwell Household Manual” on Thursday. Maxwell and their guests,” stated the introduction of the manual, which made clear that disgraced media baron Robert Maxwell’s daughter was sharing the master bedroom with the perverted moneyman at the time. Staff needed to “anticipate the needs of Mr.
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The 2005 manual - which was entered into evidence - showed the lengths Maxwell, the 59-year-old “lady of the house,” went to in ensuring that Epstein’s mansion in Palm Beach, Fla., was “like a five-star hotel.” The accused madam’s sex-trafficking trial got to see the “Maxwell Household Manual” on Thursday as former housekeeper Juan Alessi testified about the “very degrading” way staff were treated. Ghislaine Maxwell kept a 58-page list of rules that ordered staff at Jeffrey Epstein’s estates to “see nothing, hear nothing, say nothing” - and to always make sure the couple had a gun nearby at night. Joe Rogan: Jeffrey Epstein may have been CIA or Mossad spy Jeffrey Epstein’s death three years later: What we know - and what’s still a mystery Ghislaine Maxwell is sued for nearly $900K in unpaid legal bills Meet Ghislaine Maxwell’s reported prison bestie - a ‘sadistic’ double murderer
