Accused child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein has kept mum about his travel itinerary over the last several years — but his chief pilot’s now-deleted Instagram account may have given away a lot more than either of them planned.
According to The Washington Examiner, Epstein pilot Larry Visoski’s Instagram account detailed dozens of trips over the last five years to places across the U.S. and around the globe, including Europe, the Middle East, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean islands.
While Visoski didn’t mention Epstein in his Instagram posts, many of the planes, helicopters, and islands mentioned by the pilot and depicted in his photos belong to Epstein or can be connected to him.
A flight risk
The Examiner reports that Visoski’s Instagram account could have played a role in the denial of bail for Epstein, who pleaded not guilty earlier this month to charges related to child sex trafficking. A judge determined that the billionaire’s extensive global travel made him a flight risk and remanded him to custody awaiting trial.
For his part, Visoski, whose Instagram handle was reportedly “@CaptBigDog,” has been loyal to his employer and hasn’t implicated him in any testimony over the years. When asked in 2009 whether he recalled Bill Clinton being on any flights with Epstein, Visoski said he remembered nearly two dozen, but stopped short of admitting that former president was in the presence of “younger girls,” the Examiner reported.
The pilot has not been charged with any crimes for his role in Epstein’s travel.
Cutting ties with Kellyanne
Visoski reportedly deleted his Instagram account earlier this week over a selfie he took in 2016 with Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway. Many of Visoski’s posts also contained hashtags promoting Trump’s “Make America Great Again” agenda, although there is no evidence the pilot ever knew or had contact with President Donald Trump.
For her part, Conway said that she didn’t remember Visoski, who lived in Palm Beach and often flew from Florida to Epstein’s homes in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Conway said she often allowed people she didn’t know to take selfies with her at the Palm Beach International Airport “after she arrived from New York for meetings with the then president-elect,” the Examiner reported.
The Lolita Express
Photos of Epstein’s Boeing 727 jet, nicknamed the “Lolita Express,” were also shown on Visoski’s Instagram account. The jet features a large seating area with couches, a kitchen for preparing food, and a bedroom.
Victims have testified that Epstein had a large bed installed in the jet in 2015, where guests had group sex with underage girls. Visoski’s photos did not show this addition, however.
Recent court filings suggest that Epstein sold the jet weeks before his arrest, although it seems to still be registered to Epstein’s company, JEGE Inc., the Daily Mail reported.
It remains unclear just how much Visoski actually knows about Epstein’s escapades on the “Lolita Express” and other aircraft. But whether the pilot likes it or not, it looks like his Instagram posts may be giving ammunition to his boss’ prosecution.
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