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New Epstein Photos Reveal He Wrote Lines From Lolita on Girls’ Bodies

New Epstein Photos Reveal He Wrote Lines From Lolita on Girls’ Bodies

By Kim Browne

Culture

Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released new photos from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate Thursday, and in some of them, handwritten lines from the book Lolita are visible on the bodies of unidentified girls or women.

One of the photos shows “Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth” written on someone’s collarbone, above her chest. A passage on a foot reads “She was Lo, plain Lo, in the morning, standing four feet ten in one sock.” “She was Lola in slacks” is visible on another person’s body, and a message written on someone’s neck reads “She was Dolly at school.” And visible, written vertically along a person’s back, is the line “She was Delores on the dotted line.

splitscreen: "Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth," written on a girl or woman's chest. On the other side "She was bolores on the dotted line," down a girl or woman's spine. (Should be Dolores.)

The photos were released through a Dropbox account, and nothing in the upload indicates who the photos are of or when they were taken. Lolita, written in 1955 by Vladimir Nabakov, is about a professor who kidnaps and sexually abuses a 12-year-old girl, which seems on-the-nose for a convicted sex-offender and trafficker like Epstein.

"She was Polly at school," written on a girl's neck (face unpictured, brunette hair)
"She was Lo, plain Lo, int he morning, standing four feet ten in one sock," written on a woman or girl's foot lying on a bed. In the background is the book Lolita.

Other photos released Thursday include redacted passports from Ukraine, Czech Republic, and Russia, as well as new photos of New York Timescolumnist David Brooks. There are also additional photos of Noam Chomsky, Bill Gates, Sergey Brin, Woody Allen, and Bill Gates, following earlier releases of photos with them.

New York Times columnist David Brooks speaks, smiling, at a table with others. One man, the only one pictured, looks over at him.

This release comes just one day before the Trump administration is required to release its full archive of Epstein documents from its federal investigation into the billionaire sex trafficker. House Speaker Mike Johnson has sent legislators home a day early, probably to try and avoid negative attention. Regarding tomorrow’s release, however, there’s no telling how much of the files the White House will try to redact or keep hidden.

View the latest batch of photos released by the House Oversight Democrats here.

Originally published by newrepublic.com. Syndicated material does not necessarily reflect the views of Grazia British.

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