330 gallons of sulphuric acid was purchased for Epstein Island on the day the FBI opened investigation into the paedophile’s trafficking charges, newly released files appear to show
Documents within the Epstein files appear to show that 330 gallons of sulphuric acid were purchased for the paedophile’s island on the day the FBI opened its investigation into the billionaire’s trafficking charges.
According to a receipt and several email exchanges buried within the millions of files that were released on January 30, Epstein had six 55-gallon drums of the chemical delivered to Little St. James (LSJ) – his private island.
The sulphuric acid was purchased for £4,373 on June 12, 2018, coinciding with the date the FBI opened a federal investigation into Epstein’s trafficking activities.
The request on the form reads: ‘x 6 55 gal drums sulphuric acid w/fuel and insurance charge for transport; materials for conductivity probes; replacement pH and cable – RO Plant – LSJ’.
The revelation about the sulphuric acid sparked wild speculation on social media as to what Epstein needed it for, including to ‘destroy evidence or even human remains’ – despite there being no evidence of criminal use.
‘One Epstein files email they requested 6 55 gallon drums of sulphuric acid, the only thing that is used for is to dissolve bodies,’ one social media user speculated.
But further emails in the documents, dating back to 2013, suggest Epstein used sulphuric acid on the private island to purify water.
RO stands for Reverse Osmosis – a water purification system – while sulphuric acid is widely used in water treatment, specifically to soften, adjust pH, and enhance the efficiency of other chemicals during purification processes.
According to a receipt and several email exchanges buried within the millions of files released on January 30, Epstein had six 55-gallon drums of the chemical delivered to Little St. James (LSJ) – the financier’s private island
The financier was accused of running ‘a vast network’ of underage girls for sex, with files recently released by the US Department of Justice, including photos, videos and emails taken from his private computers
Little St. James, a small private island formerly owned by the late financier Jeffrey Epstein and later sold by his estate to settle lawsuits, in the US Virgin Islands, November 29, 2025
Other than water treatment and RO system maintenance, no other explanation for the sulphuric acid is provided in the records.
Epstein died in a New York jail cell in 2019 while he awaited his trial on sex trafficking charges.
He was denied bail after being convicted for soliciting prostitution from a minor, for which he was registered as a sex offender.
The financier was accused of running ‘a vast network’ of underage girls for sex, with files recently released by the US Department of Justice, including photos, videos, and emails taken from his private computers.
The department said it would release more than three million pages of documents along with more than 2,000 videos and 180,000 images.
Within the newly released documents, Epstein emailed a woman asking her to purchase a Snow White costume just weeks before the former Barclays chief executive allegedly emailed him about the Disney princess.
In a message dated June 20, 2010, Epstein wrote to the unidentified woman: ‘I would love to take photos of you in a Snow White costume. You can get it from the costume store,’ to which she replied: ‘Will get it!’
The exchange took place just three weeks before Jes Staley is alleged to have emailed Epstein on July 10, writing ‘that was fun. Say hi to Snow White’.
This email – which Staley denies knowledge of – has since become one of the most controversial communications between the two men, whose relationship Staley has long insisted was strictly professional.
Another chilling email from what appears to be a second person, dated the same day, stated: ‘The snow white was f***** twice as soon as she put her costume.’
The correspondence provides no information on the ages of the women involved, and there is nothing in the newly disclosed emails to suggest Staley was copied into or aware of the exchanges.
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Epstein is pictured with a young woman who appears to be in her underwear in a photograph released as part of the Epstein files
More than three million new documents relating to the late sex offender were released by the US Department of Justice on January 30
It is also unclear whether all references to ‘Snow White’ relate to the same individual.
The files also include documents involving Epstein’s relationship with disgraced royal Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.
It comes after it was revealed that Andrew knowingly shared confidential information with Epstein from his official work as a trade envoy in Asia.
Emails in the files show the former prince passing on secret details of investment opportunities to the convicted paedophile following his visits to Singapore, Hong Kong, and Vietnam in 2010 and 2011.
This was after Epstein was first convicted for soliciting a prostitute and procuring a child for prostitution in 2008, for which he was jailed for 18 months.
Trade envoys are legally bound to confidentiality over sensitive, commercial, or political information from their visits abroad.
Emails suggest Andrew had told Epstein of his official upcoming trips to Singapore, Vietnam, Shenzhen in China, and Hong Kong on October 7, 2010.
He was then accompanied by business associates of Epstein on these visits, the BBC reported.
After the trip, he forwarded official reports of the visits to Epstein on November 30, five minutes after he had been sent them by his then special adviser Amit Patel.
A photo from the Epstein files appears to show Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor leering over an unidentified woman in what looks to be Epstein’s New York home
Jeffrey Epstein pictured with two unidentified women as part of a trove of files released by the US Department of Justice
In further emails from the files dated Christmas Eve 2010, it appears he sent Epstein a confidential briefing on investment opportunities in the reconstruction of Helmand Province, Afghanistan, which was being managed by the British armed forces and funded by UK government money.
The messages contradict Andrew’s claim that he broke off his friendship with the paedophile in December 2010, which he asserted in his disastrous BBC Newsnight interview in 2019.
Another email has also opposed this claim, as it appears Andrew suggested Epstein should invest in a private equity firm he had visited a week before, on February 9, 2011.
Epstein was a convicted child sex offender at the time that all of these emails were sent.
Buckingham Palace also confirmed it stands ‘ready to support’ police in any investigation of Andrew.
King Charles issued an unprecedented statement expressing his ‘profound concern’ at mounting allegations against his brother last night as the royal household stated it would, if asked, ‘support’ a police inquiry.
Hours earlier, the Prince and Princess of Wales made their first public comment on the scandal, saying they were ‘deeply concerned by developments’ and their ‘thoughts remain focused on the victims’.
