Google Calendar is Google's automated calendar notification system that sent 11,230 email notifications to Jeffrey Epstein's email accounts and staff between March 2011 and January 2024. These automated emails provide a detailed record of Epstein's schedule, including appointments with high-profile individuals, travel to his properties, reminders about legal obligations, and operational tasks. The calendar notifications were primarily received by Lesley Groff, Epstein's longtime assistant, who managed his calendar through the account [email protected]. The notifications document meetings with figures including Leon Black, Senator George Mitchell, Woody Allen, Ehud Barak, George Church, and Leon Botstein, as well as frequent trips to Epstein's private island and coordination of travel for young women.
The calendar system functioned as a administrative backbone for Epstein's operations, with notifications covering everything from sex offender registration deadlines to appointments with unidentified individuals to island travel logistics. The archive reveals how Epstein's daily schedule was meticulously managed through this automated system, providing investigators with timestamped documentation of his activities until shortly before his July 2019 arrest.
Background#
Google Calendar is a time-management and scheduling service developed by Google that allows users to create events, set reminders, and receive automated email notifications. The service can send notifications to users' email addresses at specified times before scheduled events. In Epstein's network, Google Calendar notifications were sent from the address [email protected] to email accounts associated with Epstein and his staff, particularly Lesley Groff's personal Gmail account ([email protected]) and Epstein's [email protected] account.
The release of Epstein documents by the Department of Justice in 2026 included calendar entries showing scheduled meetings with various individuals, including a "ELON MUSK TO ISLAND DEC. 6TH" entry and a daily schedule noting "Reminder: Elon Musk to island Dec. 6 (is this still happening?)". Recent reporting has highlighted how calendar records documented appointments with doctors at Epstein's Manhattan townhouse, including late-night visits.
Correspondence with Epstein#
The archive contains 11,230 automated notifications from Google Calendar spanning from March 23, 2011 to January 12, 2024. The overwhelming majority (11,196) were sent by the automated system, with only 34 instances where Google Calendar appears as a recipient of forwarded reminders. The notifications were primarily sent to Lesley Groff, who managed Epstein's calendar and received automated reminders for scheduled events.
The calendar notifications document a wide range of activities:
High-Profile Appointments: Reminders documented meetings with prominent individuals, including 10:30am appointments with Leon Black on December 15, 2013 and May 6, 2013, lunch with George Church on June 21, 2014, dinner with Woody Allen on September 4, 2013, lunch with Senator George Mitchell on November 6, 2013, lunch with Ehud Barak on June 4, 2013, lunch with Sultan bin Sulayem and Steve Sinofsky on September 25, 2013, and dinner with Leon Botstein on February 21, 2013.
Island Travel Coordination: Multiple notifications referenced trips to "the island" (Little St. James), including "Trip to island" on May 23, 2019, "Trip to island" on May 24, 2019, "call Paul Gandy -when can he come to the island" on May 29, 2019, "3BIS asking to visit island Feb. 2-5, hotels...are we purchasing for them?" on January 22, 2019, and "booked Francis to the island on the 14th...can she send his details? does Brice know?" on July 12, 2021.
Travel for Young Women: Calendar entries documented coordination of travel and accommodations for women with Eastern European names, including "need deimante's tickets...let island know of her arrival. give her apt number, etc" on April 6, 2019, "does JE want me to purchase ticket for Karyna or [redacted]" on December 10, 2023, and "does JE want food purchased for [redacted] arriving June 3? someone to pick her up?" on May 28, 2013.
Sex Offender Registration: Notifications served as reminders for Epstein's legal obligations, including "remind JE: If JE will be in FL anytime during Jan. you must RE- Register at the FL Stockade" on December 28, 2023 and "Reminder to register at the FL Stockade. If JE will be in FL anytime during July" on June 1, 2023. These references to "the FL Stockade" appear to relate to Florida sex offender registration requirements.
Legal Matters: Calendar entries tracked litigation deadlines, including "je's response to edward's request to produce and interrogatories re JE damages" on November 28, 2023 and "remind D: Privilege log re attorney's bills, Lilly to adv..." on March 12, 2012. A February 21, 2014 reminder noted "Oral Argument before the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta on the CVRA case".
Appointments with Unidentified Individuals: Many calendar reminders referenced appointments with individuals whose names were redacted, including "1:00 Appt w/ [REDACTED]" on December 8, 2023, "2:00 Appt w/ [redacted]'s friend" on June 25, 2013, and "1:00 Appt w/ [redacted] (Kira's friend) (Michaela)" on August 22, 2013.
Operational Details: Notifications tracked mundane logistics including "pay Visa bill $18,421.16 due June 21", "tell JE, Sonam, Karyna that Borge would like sushi" on June 13, 2019, "what does Borge want to eat for dinner?" on June 13, 2019, and "check on Fed Ex to Gianni 7754 4593 7510 (should arrive by 6pm in Monaco)" on June 13, 2019.
Flight Alerts: Google Calendar also generated automatic flight notifications based on emails received in Gmail, with alerts for flights to Saint Thomas (BB 3529, B6 1236, AA 936), Albuquerque (B6 65), San Juan (9K 8081), Paris (TK 1823), Moscow (SU 103), and West Palm Beach (DL 898).
The final notification in the archive was sent on January 12, 2024, reminding Groff to "send JE his schedule" — more than four years after Epstein's death in August 2019, suggesting Groff continued maintaining the calendar system after his death, possibly for estate-related purposes or force of habit.
Connections#
The calendar notifications were primarily sent to and managed by Lesley Groff, Epstein's longtime executive assistant, with whom the system shared 3,550 emails. The notifications occasionally involved other Epstein staff and associates, including Darren Indyke (3 shared emails), Karyna Shuliak (1 shared email), and various email addresses associated with Groff's management of Epstein's affairs.
The calendar entries documented Epstein's interactions with dozens of prominent individuals, including financiers (Leon Black), politicians (George Mitchell, Ehud Barak), academics (George Church, Leon Botstein), and cultural figures (Woody Allen). The notifications also referenced staff members managing properties and logistics, including multiple mentions of "Brice" coordinating island visits.
Document References#
The calendar notifications appear extensively throughout the DOJ document release. The archive includes automated flight alert notifications generated when Google Calendar detected flight information in incoming emails, creating calendar events automatically. These flight alerts documented travel patterns to Epstein's properties in Saint Thomas (near his private island), West Palm Beach (near his Florida residence), Albuquerque (near his New Mexico ranch), and international destinations.
Calendar documents also reveal the system's integration with other services, showing how medical appointment notifications tracked procedures at specific addresses ("8:30am ARRIVE for procedure 9:00am Procedure w/Dr. Krumholtz 535 5th Ave (5th and 44th) 5th floor JOJO TO DRIVE YOU!" on May 31, 2017) and how Disney trip planning was managed through calendar events ("Go to Disney's Magical Express on Side B, Level 1, Ground Transportation area of the airport" on June 25, 2017).
The calendar notifications frequently appear in investigative contexts alongside other evidence. For example, calendar entries about island visits often correspond with flight manifests, financial records for ticket purchases, and email correspondence arranging logistics. The automated nature of these notifications — with precise timestamps and event details — makes them particularly valuable as contemporaneous documentation of Epstein's schedule and activities.
Visits to Epstein Properties#
The Google Calendar notifications document numerous visits and planned visits to Epstein's properties:
Little St. James Island (U.S. Virgin Islands): Multiple documented trips
- May 23, 2019 - "Trip to island" calendar notification to Lesley Groff
- May 24, 2019 - "Trip to island" calendar notification
- May 29, 2019 - Reminder to "call Paul Gandy -when can he come to the island"
- January 22, 2019 - "3BIS asking to visit island Feb. 2-5, hotels...are we purchasing for them?"
- July 12, 2021 - "booked Francis to the island on the 14th...can she send his details? does Brice know?" (post-mortem calendar entry, suggesting continued operations or data entry)
- April 6, 2019 - "need deimante's tickets...let island know of her arrival. give her apt number, etc"
Manhattan Townhouse (9 East 71st Street): Hundreds of documented appointments
- The calendar system tracked daily appointments at Epstein's Manhattan residence, including meetings with prominent individuals listed above and numerous redacted appointments
Palm Beach Residence: Travel documented through flight alerts
- Multiple flight notifications to West Palm Beach documented travel to Florida property, with corresponding reminders about sex offender registration requirements at "the FL Stockade"
New Mexico Ranch (Zorro Ranch): Travel documented through flight alerts
- Flight notifications to Albuquerque (nearest airport to the ranch) documented trips to the New Mexico property
Paris Apartment: Travel documented through flight alerts
- Notifications for flights to Paris and calendar entries including "jb paris" on March 4, 2015
Criminal Activity#
Jmail believes society has a moral obligation to fully investigate all potential perpetrators in Epstein's extensive network.
The calendar notifications document conduct that falls within the scope of several federal statutes:
The system documented coordination of travel for young women to Epstein's island, including arranging tickets and notifying island staff of arrivals. A April 6, 2019 notification stated "need deimante's tickets...let island know of her arrival. give her apt number, etc", and a December 10, 2023 reminder asked "does JE want me to purchase ticket for Karyna or [redacted]". Such coordination of interstate and international travel for individuals in connection with Epstein's operations is relevant to 18 U.S.C. § 2421-2423 (Mann Act violations, transportation for illegal sexual activity) and 18 U.S.C. § 1591 (sex trafficking).
Calendar entries documenting appointments with unidentified individuals, particularly young women described as friends of others, at Epstein's residences constitute evidence potentially relevant to 18 U.S.C. § 1591 (sex trafficking) and 18 U.S.C. § 2 (aiding and abetting). The calendar notations about "1:00 Appt w/ [redacted] (Kira's friend)" and similar entries created documentation of meetings that investigators have examined in the context of Epstein's abuse.
The continuation of calendar operations and maintenance years after Epstein's death — with notifications sent as late as January 2024 — raises questions about record preservation and potential obstruction. The systematic nature of calendar management, combined with evidence of redacted names and appointments, is relevant to 18 U.S.C. § 1512 (witness tampering and obstruction) and 18 U.S.C. § 4 (misprision of felony), particularly regarding staff members' knowledge and facilitation of Epstein's activities.