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Jeffrey Epstein’s infamous “Lolita Express” private jet has been rotting in a Georgia boneyard for a decade— but, dark reminders of the late pedophile’s depraved lifestyle still remain frozen in time.
The Post uncovered the eerie evidence this week during a rare tour of the 133-foot-long Boeing 727, which Epstein once used to shuttle his young sex-trafficking victims around the globe, according to prosecutors.
New photos show the jet corroding and falling apart on an outdoor slab, where it has been left exposed to the elements for years.
Insects and mildew coat parts of the once-luxurious interior, which features a bedroom, three separate sitting areas, a kitchen and two bathrooms – all finished with polished wood, high-pile carpeting and other upscale features.
The plane — N908JE, the last two digits a nod to the perv’s initials — ferried former President Bill Clinton, ex Treasury Secretary Larry Summers and other VIPs.
It was also used for sex trafficking Epstein’s victims, and Virginia Giuffre recounted being raped on board.
Disturbingly, among moldy shaving cream cans, used toothbrushes and orange-and-yellow hair ties, The Post discovered Johnson’s-brand baby lotion and baby powder tucked into bathroom cabinets.
Other spine-chilling remnants included a disassembled satellite phone hidden in a nightstand, dirty towels and paper napkins monogrammed with the tail number of Epstein’s private plane.
Stacks of crisp black-and-white linen placemats neatly stored in a galley cabinet offered yet another reminder of the jet’s former luxury – and the sinister purpose it reportedly served.
Entering through the always-open rear staircase are hit with a nose-curdling musty stench, worsened by southern humidity and near-total darkness, as the plane has been without power since its final flight in July 2016.
Just inside, a sleek bathroom where the baby products were found sits immediately to the left. A few steps ahead lies the jet’s lone bedroom, where three emergency air masks dangled overhead while a king-sized mattress was still neatly made with a plush white comforter.
The bed set and padded floors were installed so Epstein and his pals could have sex mid-flight – while the former financier also committed many acts of sexual abuse aboard the aircraft, his victims have previously said.
Beyond the bedroom, a doorless opening leads into a sitting room adorned almost entirely with lurid red crushed velvet – covering the walls, a couch and two armchairs. Only a lone white-and-beige chair, separated by a bright red table, escapes the bizarre upholstery.
Farther down the cabin, two grey half-moon couches face each other in another sitting room before the galley and kitchen come into view.
A final seating area separating the kitchen from the cockpit features plush, couch-style benches and armchairs, a long wooden table and mirrored walls.
Today, empty water bottles, an instant coffee can and other crusted everyday items litter the jet, in which closets, filing cabinets and drawers still remain stuffed with books and binders containing flight manuals and other aviation documents.
Inside the flight deck, a black landline phone with its cord clearly ripped from the wall was found shoved into a drawer.
From the outside, dark grey streaks stain the once-pristine white fuselage of the jet, which is sandwiched between aircraft formerly owned by actor John Travolta and disgraced fashion mogul Peter Nygard.
The owner of the boneyard said the nearly 60-year-old plane will never fly again, in part because it was stripped of its three engines back in 2016.
“It’s in a significantly degraded condition, it’s sat there for 10 years, it has no engines…any airplane in that degraded of a condition would never fly again,” he told The Post, adding that to repair the plane would be a “monumental” and costly effort.
According to its title history obtained by The Post, the jet was acquired by JEGE Inc. — a company tied to Epstein and his convicted sex-trafficking accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell, per court papers — in January 2001.
Old photos show Epstein and Maxwell lounging on the plane, and Clinton smiling in one of the red chairs while an unidentified woman perches on his lap.
Nearly 18 years later — and just months before his arrest on federal sex crime charges and subsequent suicide — Epstein quietly sold the aircraft to the Medley, Florida-based company World Aviation Services LLC in December 2018, the records show.
The self-described owner of that company, Julio Ramos, declined to comment when reached by The Post.
In July 2024, the jet changed hands again when it was purchased by Jet Assets Incorporated, a Laramie, Wyoming-based company for which little information is publicly available.
The Post could not reach anybody associated with the company for comment.
Upon its arrival at the boneyard in 2016, the plane was initially going to get “cut up” and scrapped, according to Stambaugh — but those plans mysteriously changed somewhere down the line.
Instead, the dormant aircraft has just been racking up tens of thousands of dollars in storage fees over the year.
Stambaugh says he’s looking forward to the day when he can finally scrap the creepy heap.
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