Chicago-based contractor James Both shared his professional thoughts on the building’s door with
Business Insider.
“It’s styled like what you might see on a castle, with what appears to be a reinforcing lock bar across the face,” he said.
“What makes it peculiar is that if you wanted to keep people out, the bar would be placed inside the building, (but the) locking bar appears to be placed on the outside … as if it were intended to lock people in.”
The front of the building is flanked by statues painted in gold; one that appears to be Poseidon, Greek god of the sea, and another that looks like a pair of birds. It is surrounded by a line of palm trees and a terrace with a labyrinth motif.
A small structure downhill from the building has led some to believe it serves as a second entrance and suggests the space extends underground.
‘UNDERGROUND LAIR’
“It is absolutely possible to install a dwelling and elevator underneath the structure,” Mr Both said.
“If an elevator was built there, (it) would most likely be a record with the vendor who installed the elevator, as they typically require yearly maintenance and inspection.”
Other curious details about the building have since emerged.
It was constructed sometime between 2009 and 2013 after Epstein’s 2008 guilty plea of soliciting and procuring a minor for prostitution.
The billionaire financier maintained a low profile after he received a lenient plea deal over claims he paid girls for sexual massages.
Many began to believe his need for privacy appeared more sinister.
The palm-fringed paradise became the subject of lurid rumours.
Security guards keep watch along the island’s shores, and those who worked for Epstein in constructing the buildings, when approached by media, said they signed lengthy nondisclosure agreements.
Jeffrey Epstein’s secret high society ‘paedo island’ focus of investigation
