Surrey Police Open 2 New Investigations After Epstein Document Release

Police in Surrey, England, have opened two new investigations into allegations of historical child mistreatment, following the release of documents related to the late financier Jeffrey Epstein. The inquiries, which are not linked, relate to separate time periods and locations within the county.

According to a statement from Surrey Police, one report concerns alleged incidents in Surrey and Berkshire between the mid-1990s and 2000. The other relates to the mid-to-late 1980s in West Surrey. No arrests have been made in connection with these new lines of inquiry.

The investigations follow the unsealing of thousands of pages of court documents by the U.S. Department of Justice earlier this year. Among the released material was a 2020 FBI report containing an unverified allegation from an unnamed individual. That person claimed to have been taken as a child to what they described as "paedophile ring parties" in Surrey in the mid-1990s, including one alleged incident at Frogmore Cottage on the Windsor estate. The individual described being restrained and subjected to electric shocks. Police have stated there is no evidence these specific allegations were reported to them at the time.