House Democrats on Thursday (December 18) released a new batch of photos linked to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, including images that reference Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov’s controversial novel about the sexual exploitation of a young girl.
Some of the most disturbing images include photos of a woman with what appear to be handwritten excerpts from Lolita across her body.
“Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue on a trip,” reads one phrase written below a woman’s collarbone.
“It was Lo, plain Lo, in the morning, standing four foot ten in one sock,” written on the leg
“It was Lola in Pants”
“Was Dolly at school,” written on the woman’s neck
Another image shows a woman’s lower leg and foot on what appears to be a bed, with a paperback copy of Lolita in the background.
The disclosure comes just a day before the US Department of Justice is expected to release its full archive of Epstein-related documents.
The latest version includes dozens of photos drawn from a larger trove of about 95,000 images provided by Jeffrey Epstein’s estate last week.
Among them are heavily redacted passports from Ukraine, the Czech Republic and Russia, as well as a prescription for the urinary tract infection drug Phenazopyridine.
Several prominent figures also appear in the images, including billionaire Bill Gates, Google co-founder Sergey Brin and academic Noam Chomsky.
Context is still missing
According to lawmakers, the photos were turned over to Congress without details about when and where they were taken or the circumstances surrounding them.
The watchdog said it redacted personally identifiable information to protect victims and survivors.
Earlier editions
Previous series of photos released by House Democrats included images of Epstein with US President Donald Trump, former President Bill Clinton and conservative podcaster Steve Bannon.
Expected DOJ files
The latest revelation comes as anticipation builds on the Justice Department’s impending release of Epstein’s files.
The records are expected to shed more light on Epstein’s network and activities, which have long been the subject of intense public scrutiny and conspiracy theories.
With the deadline just hours away, pressure is mounting on federal authorities to fully release what they know about one of the most controversial criminal cases involving powerful figures in recent history.
