Which known associates of Jeffrey Epstein traveled with or visited New Mexico with him?
Executive summary
Documents and reporting show a mix of confirmed visitors, travel manifests, invitations, and disputed recollections linking prominent figures to Jeffrey Epstein’s New Mexico property—Zorro Ranch—and to travel there; among the clearest confirmations are former New Mexico governor Bill Richardson and, on a flight manifest, filmmaker Woody Allen and Soon‑Yi Previn, while other high‑profile names appear in email invitations or witness recollections whose meaning is contested in the record [1] [2] [3]. Reporting and released files frequently stop short of proving that an invitation became an actual visit, so distinctions between “invited,” “documented on a manifest,” and “recalled as present” are central to any accurate account [3] [4] [5].
1. Bill Richardson — documented meetings and at least one New Mexico visit
Records released by U.S. authorities and reporting in New Mexico show former governor Bill Richardson met with Epstein multiple times after Epstein’s 2008 conviction and arranged at least one visit to Epstein’s private island; Richardson’s name and a spokesman’s statements also place Richardson in New Mexico in connection with Epstein, with some sources saying Richardson recalls visiting Epstein’s ranch during his 2002 gubernatorial campaign and others describing multiple scheduled meetings in Epstein’s New York and other properties [1] [6] [7].
2. Woody Allen and Soon‑Yi Previn — on a flight manifest tied to travel to an Albuquerque property
A flight passenger manifest released by the House Oversight Committee lists Jeffrey Epstein together with Woody Allen and Soon‑Yi Previn and other redactions, and Epstein’s calendar entries and reporting tie some of those flights and calendar notations to travel that included a New Mexico property described as a ranch in the Albuquerque/Santa Fe area, indicating the manifest is a direct documentary link showing Allen and Previn traveled with Epstein on at least one trip that the calendar associates with New Mexico [2].
3. Invitations and email offers: Chomsky, Deepak Chopra, Tom Pritzker, Ehud Barak, others — invited but visits often unclear
Epstein’s released emails show he invited a range of intellectuals and public figures—Noam Chomsky, Deepak Chopra, Tom Pritzker, former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak and filmmaker Bill Sieger among them—to visit his New Mexico property, and in at least one exchange Epstein explicitly wrote to Chomsky about visiting New Mexico “again,” which suggests prior contact but does not, in the published materials, definitively prove each invitee accepted or visited [3] [4]. Reporting and email excerpts therefore establish interest and overtures rather than consistent proof of physical attendance for many named figures [3].
4. Prince Andrew, royal connection alleged by a former housekeeper — a witness recollection
A former Epstein housekeeper is reported to have said that Andrew Mountbatten‑Windsor (then Prince Andrew, Duke of York) visited the ranch in 2001 for three days, a factual assertion reported in aggregated sources about the ranch’s guest list; this is a witness recollection cited in public accounts, but it rests on that individual’s statement rather than contemporaneous travel manifests published in the released files cited here [5].
5. Academic, institutional and local ties — university site visits and contractors appear in the record
University of New Mexico staff and a PhD candidate appear in planning documents and email chains linked to Epstein’s attempt to stage a “site visit” of his Zorro Ranch, and land and lease documents tied to Epstein’s Cypress Inc. show formal interactions with New Mexico agencies and contractors that document his presence and activity in the state even when guest lists are ambiguous [8] [9]. These files corroborate that Epstein used institutional and local networks in New Mexico to support and staff his ranch activities [8].
6. What reporting does not prove — invitations vs. attendance and the limits of the released files
The available sources repeatedly blur invitations, calendar notations, witness recollections, and manifest entries; many email lists show invitations to prominent people without evidence they accepted, while some manifests are redacted, and local investigative and state records focus on the ranch’s operation and alleged victim interviews rather than conclusively enumerating every visitor—so the safest factual frame is to separate confirmed travel/manifested presence (e.g., Allen/Previn, Richardson) from invitations and recollections that remain unresolved in the public file [2] [1] [3] [5].