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Day No. 5 is a wrap

By Ben Feuerherd

The trial broke for the weekend soon after 5 p.m. Friday after a former police officer and current sergeant from the Palm Beach Police Department testified about serving a search warrant at Epstein's Florida mansion in 2005.

Prosecutors brought out a massage table seized from a second-floor bathroom in the raid, which former officer Gregory Parkinson identified.

Sergeant Michael Dawson then testified they recovered a pair of sex toys known as "Twin Torpedo" during the search.

The trial will resume on Monday morning.

Jurors view video of Epstein mansion search

By Ben Feuerherd

Former Palm Beach Police officer Gregory Parkinson resumed testimony after the lunch break, and prosecutors are asking him questions about a video he recorded while executing a search warrant at Epstein's estate in 2005.

The video shows one photo of Epstein with Pope John Paul and another with Fidel Castro, Parkinson said.

On Thursday, Epstein housekeeper Juan Alessi testified he saw photos of Epstein with notable figures at the mansion, including the pontiff and the Cuban dictator.

Friday lunch break

By Ben Feuerherd

The trial broke for a 45-minute lunch break just before 12:30 p.m.

Before the break, Gregory Parkinson, the former crime scene manager for the Palm Beach Police, was testifying about a 2005 search he and other police officers conducted at Epstein's mansion.

Parkinson had identified photos of the house's kitchen that were shown to him by Assistant US Attorney Maurene Comey.

Sketches from Day 5 of the trial

By Post Staff
Juan Alessi is cross-examined by defense attorney Jeffrey Pagliuca during the Ghislaine Maxwell trial on Friday, Dec. 3, 2021.
Juan Alessi is cross-examined by defense attorney Jeffrey Pagliuca during the Ghislaine Maxwell trial on Friday, Dec. 3, 2021. REUTERS
Ghislaine Maxwell enters court on Friday, Dec. 3, 2021.
Ghislaine Maxwell enters court on Friday, Dec. 3, 2021. REUTERS
Ghislaine Maxwell in court as her trial continues on Friday, Dec. 3, 2021.
Ghislaine Maxwell in court as her trial continues on Friday, Dec. 3, 2021. REUTERS

Law enforcement witness takes stand

By Ben Feuerherd

Epstein's longtime housekeeper, Juan Alessi, finished his testimony Friday morning and the former crime scene manager for the Palm Beach Police Department took the stand.

The police officer, Gregory Parkinson, is testifying about a search he conducted of Epstein's Florida mansion in 2005.

Before the jury entered the courtroom Friday morning, Assistant US Attorney Alison Moe said prosecutors expected law enforcement witnesses to speak about sexualized photos and of underage girls they saw at Epstein's properties.

Housekeeper grilled about stealing from Epstein

By Ben Feuerherd

Epstein's longtime housekeeper, Juan Alessi, was grilled by defense attorney Jeffrey Pagliuca about breaking into the financier's home and swiping cash about two years after he stopped working for him.

Alessi told prosecutors yesterday that he stole $6,300 after entering Epstein's Palm Beach home one night in 2004 because he was going broke.

On Friday, Pagliuca pointed Alessi to testimony he gave under oath in 2009. The housekeeper said in that testimony that he actually entered the house twice. Alessi said Friday he stole the cash to pay for immigration papers for one of his friends.

Expected early Friday morning

By Ben Feuerherd

Returning to the stand this morning will be Jeffrey Epstein's longtime housekeeper, Juan Alessi. He'll face questions from Maxwell's defense team.

On Thursday, Alessi testified that he found a "large dildo" several times while cleaning up after Epstein's massages in the mid 1990s.

The sex toy, Alessi said, was kept in a basket in Maxwell's closet at the estate, which also had pornographic tapes and a leather black costume. Maxwell lorded over employees at the estate as the "lady of the house," he added.

TGIF

By Post Staff

Happy Friday! We are nearing the end of the first week of Ghislaine Maxwell's long-anticipated sex-trafficking trial in Manhattan.

Post reporter Ben Feuerherd will be back at it.

Stay here for the latest -- and catch up on what's happened so far this busy week:

-- Jeffrey Epstein's long-time pilot recalled flying famous men including former Presidents Trump and Clinton and Prince Andrew on the pedophile's planes

-- "Jane," the first accuser to take the stand, said massages would often turn into orgies with Maxwell and Epstein

-- The defense will try to convince jurors Maxwell is just a scapegoat for Epstein's crimes

-- But prosecutors painted the pair as "partners in crime" in their alleged quest to sexually abuse young women

-- Jurors have gotten a glimpse into Epstein and Maxwell's high-flying lives through various photos of his mansions and jets

Day No. 4 is a wrap

By Ben Feuerherd and Tamar Lapin

The trial ended for the day at about 4:50 p.m., with Ghislaine Maxwell's attorneys set to begin cross-examination of Epstein's longtime housekeeper, Juan Alessi, Friday morning.

Alessi testified Thursday about cleaning up a two-headed dildo after a number of Epstein's massages at his Palm Beach mansion.

He said the dildo was kept in a wicker basket in Ghislaine Maxwell's closet. He also saw pornographic tapes and a leather black costume in the basket, Alessi said.

'Large dildo'

By Ben Feuerherd and Tamar Lapin

Epstein's former housekeeper described cleaning up after his boss' massages and finding a "large dildo" -- which he put away in Ghislaine Maxwell's basket of sex toys.

"I remember finding a large dildo," Juan Alessi told the court. "It looked like a huge man's penis with two heads."

Asked how he knew where it went, Alessi said, "That's the place it was kept all the time."

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