Who is Paula in the Epstein files?

There is no single Paula. The name covers several people. The largest group of emails is between Epstein's assistant Lesley Groff and Paula Garrity, a friend or acquaintance who is addressed along with a Pat Garrity. Other Paulas include Paula Heil Fisher of Millennial Arts, Paula Sherman at J. Epstein & Company in 1992, and Epstein's mother, Paula.

Did Paula communicate with Jeffrey Epstein directly?

In the Millennial Arts emails of late 2014, Lesley Groff writes to Paula Heil Fisher on Epstein's behalf. She relays that Epstein will attend a performance with two guests and, in one message, asks whether she should tell Paula he will attend with three. Epstein is Groff's relayed principal here. These emails do not show him writing to Paula himself.

Is the Paula in the Epstein files his mother?

Only in some documents. A book chapter in the files names Epstein's mother as Paula, the daughter of Max and Lena Stolofsky. Most of the emails that name Paula concern other people, such as Paula Garrity. The files do not support treating every Paula as the same person.

Does Paula appear on the flight logs?

One flight manifest dated August 23, 1995 lists "PAULA" with no surname in the text shown. The manifest alone does not show who this is, and it should not be linked to any other Paula in the files.

Do the documents suggest any wrongdoing by Paula?

No. The correspondence with Paula Garrity and Paula Heil Fisher is social or event-related. One other document, a police report, mentions a 13-year-old called Paula, but it concerns a different case. The files do not tie that person to Epstein.

Who is Paula in the Epstein files?

There is no single Paula. The name covers several people. The largest group of emails is between Epstein's assistant Lesley Groff and Paula Garrity, a friend or acquaintance who is addressed along with a Pat Garrity. Other Paulas include Paula Heil Fisher of Millennial Arts, Paula Sherman at J. Epstein & Company in 1992, and Epstein's mother, Paula.

Did Paula communicate with Jeffrey Epstein directly?

In the Millennial Arts emails of late 2014, Lesley Groff writes to Paula Heil Fisher on Epstein's behalf. She relays that Epstein will attend a performance with two guests and, in one message, asks whether she should tell Paula he will attend with three. Epstein is Groff's relayed principal here. These emails do not show him writing to Paula himself.

Is the Paula in the Epstein files his mother?

Only in some documents. A book chapter in the files names Epstein's mother as Paula, the daughter of Max and Lena Stolofsky. Most of the emails that name Paula concern other people, such as Paula Garrity. The files do not support treating every Paula as the same person.

Does Paula appear on the flight logs?

One flight manifest dated August 23, 1995 lists "PAULA" with no surname in the text shown. The manifest alone does not show who this is, and it should not be linked to any other Paula in the files.

Do the documents suggest any wrongdoing by Paula?

No. The correspondence with Paula Garrity and Paula Heil Fisher is social or event-related. One other document, a police report, mentions a 13-year-old called Paula, but it concerns a different case. The files do not tie that person to Epstein.

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Narrated from the AI-generated summary of the documents. Numbers reflect the archive at generation time.

"Paula" is a first-name label that the archive applies to several unrelated people, so it does not point to one person. The most substantive threads are Lesley Groff's emails with Paula Garrity, a Dec 2014 exchange with Paula Heil Fisher of Millennial Arts about Jeffrey Epstein attending a performance, and references to Epstein's mother, Paula.

422 documents mention "Paula", 381 of them emails, and 154 emails carry the name in the From/To/Cc header. Most of these are 2012–2015 messages between Epstein's assistant Lesley Groff and Paula Garrity, which are social and household in tone (meeting for a drink, a carpet installation, a friend's move). Others show a Paula from a performing-arts organization arranging tickets for Epstein and guests in December 2014. Separate documents name Epstein's mother, Paula, in a book chapter and in a Ghislaine Maxwell interview transcript. A 1995 flight manifest lists a "PAULA", with no surname in the text shown. A few financial records contain the name only as scanning noise, and some other hits are unrelated people.

Key Highlights

•Many emails are between Lesley Groff and Paula Garrity (also addressed as "Paula And Pat Garrity"). They cover meeting for a drink in February 2012, a carpet install in June 2015, and an emotional December 2014 exchange in which Groff writes that her "heart was ripped out" over a move. They read as personal friendship, not business.
•In November–December 2014, Groff wrote to Paula Heil Fisher of Millennial Arts about Epstein attending a performance. Groff later reported that Epstein "WILL attend... him plus 2", and in another message asked whether to tell Paula he would attend "you plus 3".
•Epstein's mother was named Paula. A book chapter on Epstein's early life (HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_022058) says she was the daughter of Max and Lena Stolofsky, Lithuanian refugees. A July 2025 Maxwell interview transcript also mentions a "mother, Paula" who was in a serious car crash.
•A flight manifest dated 1995-08-23 (FLIGHT_MANIFEST_1512) lists "PAULA" with no surname in the text shown. The documents alone do not identify who this is.
•A 1992 letter from the Interlochen Center for the Arts is addressed to "Paula Sherman" at J. Epstein & Company, Inc. It proposes a pre-concert party.
•A May 2019 travel email thread begins "Hi Paula!!" and discusses flights held from Tampa to Nassau.
•Several hits are unrelated: an FBI staff directory entry, a person named in a news-style piece on the Clinton-era scandals, a medical-journal essay about the author's wife, and a police report involving a 13-year-old identified only as "Paula" in another case.
•In several bank and financial records, "Paula" is almost certainly garbled scanner text and not a person's name.

Frequently Asked Questions

Books for Further Reading

Paula: My Story So Far

Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story

Julie K. Brown

Investigative journalism that broke the Epstein case open

Filthy Rich: The Jeffrey Epstein Story

James Patterson

Bestselling account of Epstein's crimes and network

Document Mentions (20 of 422)

072913 DN.pdf

HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_021718 - HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_021728

Jul 29, 2013Source: House Oversight Committee

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H Christine M. Flowers one say rafting?) Vince Foster? (Personal tragedy, nothing more.) And then came the stream of women: Gennifer (no relation,) Paula (a genu- ine victim) and, of course, “A little bit of Monica.” Anyone who thought that Hillary was going to let the Bimbo Bombs destroy her carefull

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James Patterson 2_4.pdf

HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_022058 - HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_022117

Sep 28, 2016Source: House Oversight Committee

1 mention

CHAPTER 20 i Jeffrey Epstein: 1953-1969 effrey Epstein’s mother, Paula, was the daughter of Max and Lena Stolofsky, who arrived in the United States as Lithua- nian refugees. Relatives on that side of the family who re

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HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_029981

Source: House Oversight Committee

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il.com> Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2013 01:41:30 +0100 To: paula Subject: Re: Studio come afterward, i have intere

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DOJ-OGR-00022985.WAV

DOJ-OGR-00022985

Source: DOJ First Production

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hen it may still not have worked, but his mother, Paula, had been in a very serious car crash, and she ha

FLIGHT_MANIFEST_1512

Aug 23, 1995Source: Epstein Flight Logs

1 mention

PAULA

EFTA01285812.pdf

EFTA01285812

1 mention

7.57 11-20 p POS Purthase (671.33 ) 8.466.24 MERCHANT PURCHASE TERMINAL 449398 AT T BILL PAYMENT 800 331 0 TX 11-19-15 SEQ 11-30 .. Interest Paula:in 1.07 8.467.31 Ending Balance as of November 30.2015 (8.133.87 ) 51.07 $3.467.31 All items an credited subject to final collection and recei

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EFTA00159909.pdf

EFTA00159909

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e interview with Anne, police obtained a warrant and searched John's home. When they arrived to execute the warrant, they found Sarah (aged 15) and Paula (13) partially clothed and hiding with John in a back room which contained cameras on tripods and other photographic equipment. They also found sev

EFTA00166147.pdf

EFTA00166147

1 mention

ni Name JEFFREY EPSTEIN Account Numbs. Base Currency USO Mummy Amount m Lees CCY Com in Teem CCY Paszed Amount a, uS0 02•30120IS 03/00015 Paula. 5*10 Purcitam PURCHASE OF SECURITY DEUTSCHE GOVERNMENT CASH INSTITUTIONAL SHARES T00.00000 03951201S oTertzeis °mercy ExaMeme PURCHASE FOREIG

EFTA00175200.pdf

EFTA00175200

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bi.sgov.gov>; Alexander, John Bruce C. (CD) (FBI) <[email protected]>; Alexander, Lawrence R. (CD) (FBI) <[email protected]>; Alfonso, Paula (NSB) (FBI) <[email protected]>; Allan, Aaron E. (BF) (FBI) <[email protected]>; Allebach, Lisa M. (MM) (FBI) <[email protected]>; AL

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EFTA01313688.pdf

EFTA01313688

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EFTA01317889.pdf

EFTA01317889

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EFTA01339156.pdf

EFTA01339156

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esanauon Rate/ Type Minutes Used Ammo Charges 1Di Addmonal Charges Total Charges 491 62/ I P M 0 m5luded (I (XI 0 00. 492 1,12 P M Paula, PA 20 included 0 On 0 00, .027 491 627 253 PSI as I 0 : included a 00 000 . 494 .6:27 103 P M 16sVegss, NV 7.0 inclurkd 000 0.00 49

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EFTA00263223.pdf

EFTA00263223

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e", the officers alleged that they had arranged sexual liaisons for Clinton back when he was governor of Arkansas. The story mentioned a woman named Paula, a reference to Paula Jones. Brock later apologized to Clinton, saying the article was politically motivated "bad journalism", and that "the troope

EFTA00270362.pdf

EFTA00270362

1 mention

EFTA00358928.pdf

EFTA00358928

1 mention

Original Message » From: !mailto• » Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2014 9:40 AM » To: Nicole Busby » Cc: tiby Perkins; Lotten and Jason Milligan; Paula And Pat Garrity; Diane & » Bill Rasso » Subject: Tonight's Championship Party :) >> » Also, Lets start tonight at 7:30.I know the Busby's can't g

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EFTA00359151.pdf

EFTA00359151

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Darren 12:00pm PHONE DATE iv/NMI= will call you at noon) 1:00pm Appt w/Ben Goertzel 2:15pm Appt w/Paul Morris, Daniel Sabba and Stewart Oldfield (Paula) 3-4:30pm Screening of Woody Allen's movie MANHATTAN FILM CENTER (212.355.5880) 575 Park Avenue, btwn 62nd & 63M JE, JOJO TO DRIVE YOU 5:30pm Ap

EFTA00364092.pdf

EFTA00364092

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sage From: > Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2014 5:24 PM > To: George > Subject: Re: New Samsung TV > • Fantastic! I will! And can I tell my friend Paula you can come to her as > well on Tues 26th? As long as it doesn't take you to long to hook us up? > Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 19, 2014, at 4:52

EFTA00364194.pdf

EFTA00364194

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Original Message From: Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2014 5:24 PM To: George Subject: Re: New Samsung TV Fantastic! I will! And can I tell my friend Paula you can come to her as well on Tues 26th? As long as it doesn't take you to long to hook us up? Sent from my iPhone On Aug 19, 2014, at 4:52 PM, G

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EFTA00368751.pdf

EFTA00368751

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ase let me know what you need in order to get this booked. We have a reservation at the Royal Towers from the 7th-10th of Paula Garrity. Thank you, Paula EFTA00368753

110912 DN.pdf

HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_018862 - HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_018871

Nov 9, 2012Source: House Oversight Committee

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erated Martinez Self-Service until 1980 when they retired and moved to their birthplace of Culebra, where they lived until Gildo passed away in 2005. Paula relocated to Atlanta, Ga., where she lived with her daughter Sonia M. Greaux and son-in-law, Roland H. Paula Gonzalez Martinez FOR THE RECORD Poli

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