Billionaire's New Mexico ranch linked to investigation

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Mary Hudetz, Associated Press
Updated 11:15 pm CDT, Friday, July 12, 2019



Photo: AP

Jeffrey Epstein's Zorro Ranch in Stanley, N.M. is shown Monday, July 8, 2019. Epstein is entangled in two legal fights that span the East Coast, challenging his underage sexual abuse victims in a Florida court hours after he was indicted on sex trafficking charges in a separate case in New York. (KRQE via AP)


ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — At the center of Jeffrey Epstein's secluded New Mexico ranch sits a sprawling residence the financier built decades ago — complete with plans for a 4,000-square-foot (372-square-meter) courtyard, a living room roughly the size of the average American home and a nearby private airplane runway.

Known as the Zorro Ranch, the high-desert property is now tied to an investigation that the state attorney general's office says it has opened into Epstein with plans to forward findings to federal authorities in New York.

Epstein, who pleaded not guilty this week to federal sex trafficking charges in New York, has not faced criminal charges in New Mexico. But the scandal surrounding him has still sent a jolt through the rural Southwestern state as it comes under scrutiny for laws that allowed him to avoid registering as a sex offender following a guilty plea a decade ago in Florida.

"New Mexico continues to lag behind the rest of the country in strengthening outdated and weak laws that fail to protect our children from abuse," Balderas said in an emailed statement to The Associated Press. "This is a huge black eye for our state."

Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Billionaire-s-New-Mexico-ranch-linked-to-14092879.php

[Leghorn21]

1. Oh hey, Jeffrey Epstein, guess what

you’ll never see this place again as long as you live

not kidding

[rampartc]

26. don't count on it

this guy has the goods on plenty of powerful men.

[comradebillyboy]

2. I don't think any billionaires live in NM.

[Judi Lynn]

3. The Zorro Ranch in Stanley, New Mexico

The Zorro Ranch in Stanley, New Mexico with a 26,700-square-foot mansion that was reportedly the largest in the county

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Epstein purchased the Zorro Ranch in 1993 from former New Mexico Governor Bruce King. On the 7,500 acre property, he built a 26,700-square-foot mansion. According to Curbed, it was appraised at over $18 million in 2013.

According to a local report, at the time the mansion was built it was double the size of the second-largest home in the county. Epstein told Vanity Fair, that his property in New Mexico made his Manhattan townhouse "look like a shack."

More:
https://www.businessinsider.com/jeffrey-epstein-net-worth-a-multimillion-real-estate-portfolio-2019-7#the-zorro-ranch-in-stanley-new-mexico-with-a-26700-square-foot-mansion-that-was-reportedly-the-largest-in-the-county-4

[Judi Lynn]

4. Sex slave suit: NM was a location used

BY MARK OSWALD / JOURNAL STAFF WRITER
Tuesday, January 6th, 2015 at 12:05am

SANTA FE – Lawsuit claims about young female sex slaves allegedly kept by billionaire investor Jeffrey Epstein and offered to a worldwide list of the rich and famous have reached New Mexico.

In a new court filing in Florida, plaintiffs’ lawyers maintain that a woman identified as Jane Doe No. 3, said to have been coerced into Epstein’s camp when she was 15 years old, was frequently sexually abused by Epstein “not only in West Palm Beach (Fla.), but also in New York, New Mexico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, in international airspace on … Epstein’s private planes, and elsewhere.”

The same filing also alleges that Jane Doe No. 3 was forced by Epstein to have sex with famous attorney and Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz numerous times, again at locations around the world, including in New Mexico.

Epstein owns or has owned a 26,700-square-foot mansion near Stanley south of Santa Fe on 10,000 acres known as the Zorro Ranch. The court filings don’t say where specifically in New Mexico the alleged sexual assaults took place.

More:
https://www.abqjournal.com/521794/sex-slave-suit-nm-was-a-location-used.html

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Epstein's Zorro Ranch is near Santa Fe. Allegedly Alan Dershowitz molested underage girl(s) there when visiting Epstein.




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[SunSeeker]

9. So that was where Dershowitz went for a "massage," eh?

The one where he kept his underwear on?

[Judi Lynn]

11. In one article I saw, it said he claims he also took the Mrs. with him for a visit.

I doubt she would want to see what happens when her husband actually visits one of the world's biggest perverts.

[RANDYWILDMAN]

5. Shocked...shocked

[Brother Buzz]

6. This weird place cycled in the news years ago and I'd all but forgotten about it

Thank you for reminding me about it.

[BigmanPigman]

7. Is it also called "Pedophile Ranch"?

[Judi Lynn]

12. No doubt! Envision them all naked, and wearing cowboy hats and boots. n/t

[ck4829]

17. Oh God

[NNadir]

21. I'd rather not. n/t

[Duppers]

8. When does Dershowitz get charged?

And tRump and the rest of the horrible sleezebag p.o.s.?

There's enough sickness here to keep the tabloids busy for years, telling the truth for a change. And DA's and law enforcement must do their jobs without Alex Acosta type of interference.

[Judi Lynn]

13. This could really be heaven for Trump's friend at the National Enquirer, in simpler times! n/t

[Scarsdale]

10. If he gets out on bail,

we will know that "the fix is in". He has the goods on too many rich men to keep quiet. He will be dead in a very short time. Easy to believe that the girl was forced to entertain DirtyBits. He is as repulsive as tRump.

[Judi Lynn]

14. It's true, his photos actually do start looking different, the more we learn about him, it seems!

It's sorta like "The Picture of Dorian Gray."

[Judi Lynn]

15. Frustrated Subway Marketers Scrap $150 Million Jeffrey Epstein Ad Campaign

Tuesday 11:38am

MILFORD, CT—Bemoaning the tremendous loss of time and resources, frustrated executives at the Subway restaurant chain have scrapped a $150 million advertising campaign featuring Jeffrey Epstein, company officials confirmed Tuesday. “Goddammit, we were just gearing up to launch Jeffrey Epstein as the new face of Subway, and now all that work has gone down the toilet,” said chief brand and innovation officer Len Van Popering, explaining that sex-trafficking charges filed against Epstein yesterday had derailed Subway’s biggest advertising push in years, which was set to begin with ads introducing the billionaire financier as the brand’s new spokesperson.

More:
https://www.theonion.com/frustrated-subway-marketers-scrap-150-million-jeffrey-1836215976

[ck4829]

25. Ha

[True Blue American]

27. Yuck!

I seldom bought Subway, but for sure I will never buy Subs from them again! They had to know he was a registered sex offender!

[oasis]

28. The Onion. nt

[True Blue American]

29. I still do not like them.

The only reason I ever went there was because fellow workers liked them.

Wendy’s for me.

[ck4829]

16. K&R

[Pharlo]

18. I know it's nothing compared to what these girls were put through,

but that much green grass in a desert should be a water crime.

[ck4829]

24. Indeed

[Marie Marie]

19. Can these assets be seized?

Or is that only for drug offenses?

[Judi Lynn]

20. Dunno. Have read his parties were cocaine-fueled. n/t

[ck4829]

23. Maybe?

[Judi Lynn]

22. Jeffrey Epstein investigation expands into private island and New Mexico

By LAURA PODESTA CBS NEWS July 13, 2019, 6:46 PM

Jeffrey Epstein may have committed crimes in more places than investigators first thought. The wealthy financier was arrested last week, accused of sex trafficking. Prosecutors are now looking beyond Florida and New York to properites in New Mexico and the Carribean

This expansive compound -- reported to be worth $12 million -- nestled in the hills outside Santa Fe features manicured gardens and a nearby private runway.

. . .

A spokesperson for New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas said his office is interviewing multiple people who visited the property near Santa Fe.

Those findings will be sent to federal authorities in New York, where Epstein has pleaded "not guilty" to sex trafficking charges.

"There are plenty of people that ran in his circles who have information. And that's one of the things, if you have information, you observed something, you heard something, come and let us know," said Bradley Edwards, an attorney for Epstein's alleged victims.

. . .

But documents obtained by CBS News show that shortly after purchasing the ranch in 2010, Epstein walked into the sheriff's office in Santa Fe County and told detectives he'd been convicted for "procuring a person under the age of 18 for prostitution in Palm Beach, florida." And that woman "did massages."

More:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jeffrey-epstein-investigation-expands-into-private-island-and-new-mexico/

[lunatica]

30. Stanley, NM is about 50 miles from both Santa Fe and Albuquerque

It lies East of Albuquerque and south of Santa Fe. Stanley only has about 1,000 people in it and is unincorporated. The Zorro Ranch is basically in the middle of nowhere in the high desert. The articles make it sound like Epstein’s ranch is much closer to Santa Fe than it is.