A February 2020 federal grand jury subpoena from the Southern District of New York to Interlochen Center for the Arts seeking donor records related to Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.

This document is a cover email from an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York accompanying a grand jury subpoena to Interlochen Center for the Arts. The subpoena, dated February 6, 2020, requests records of donations, tuition payments, and any financial contributions made by Jeffrey Epstein or Ghislaine Maxwell to the prestigious Michigan arts camp and academy. The email emphasizes that Interlochen will keep the request confidential, indicating this was part of the active federal investigation into Maxwell that would eventually lead to her arrest and conviction.

Key Highlights

• •Federal prosecutors issued a subpoena to Interlochen seeking financial records about Epstein and Maxwell's donations
• •Epstein donated up to $500,000 to Interlochen between 1990-2003, including funding the 'Jeffrey Epstein Scholarship Lodge'
• •The lodge was built in 1994 near where 'junior girls' lived on campus
• •According to DOJ files, Epstein's first known victim was a 13-year-old girl he met at Interlochen in 1994
• •This subpoena was part of the SDNY investigation that led to Maxwell's 2020 arrest and 2021 conviction

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