A cement truck worth $50,000 was shipped express to financier Jeffrey Epstein’s multimillion private Caribbean island home last November, according to reports.
The cement truck was delivered on Nov. 7 last year, just three weeks before a series of articles titled ‘Perversion of Justice’ were published by the Miami Herald.
The damning reports ultimately led to his arrest on July 6. At the time of his death, Epstein was being held without bail and faced up to 45 years in prison on federal sex trafficking and conspiracy charges unsealed in July.
Epstein, on Aug. 10 apparently suicided in his cell while awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charges. The possibility that he intended to use the machine to “literally cover up evidence cannot be discounted,” shipping experts told the outlet.
According to court documents, the 66-year-old sexually exploited and abused dozens of underage girls—some as young as 14—at his homes in New York City and in Palm Beach, Florida, among other locations.
A dentist’s chair was also shipped to Epstein’s home in September 2013. He also sent a carpet and tile extractor that weighed 191 pounds to his New York home, according to the outlet.
The cement mixer can hold 7,600 liters of cement in its drum as well as 600 liters in its loading shovel. It arrived at Epstein’s home 23 days before the financier began his attempts to pay off witnesses, George explained.
It was also delivered using an Express Bill Of Lading to ensure it arrived as quickly as possible. Epstein also agreed to terms that he would be held responsible if the machine were to sustain damage while in transit.
