Jeffrey Epstein's crimes shocked the world when they first came to light.
But investigators thought they knew the full extent of his depravity.
And new witnesses just blew the lid off Jeffrey Epstein's twisted ranch experiments.
Witnesses Describe Waking Up Around Medical Equipment
Epstein's sprawling New Mexico estate has always been shrouded in mystery compared to his more notorious properties.
The 8,000-acre Zorro Ranch sat isolated in the high desert 40 miles south of Santa Fe with its own airstrip, multiple buildings, and complete privacy from prying eyes.
New witnesses are now coming forward with allegations that make previous accusations look tame by comparison.
"We have people coming forward saying they were drugged, had sex organs and sperm harvested from their bodies, and woke up around medical equipment not knowing where they were or what happened to them," New Mexico state Representative Andrea Romero told the Daily Mail.¹
One witness claims she was experimented on at Zorro Ranch as a toddler, alleging her sex organs were medically manipulated.
Other witnesses describe waking up disoriented near medical equipment with no memory of what procedures were performed on them.
The claims echo Epstein's well-documented obsession with eugenics and his stated plans to use the ranch as a breeding facility to "seed the human race" with his DNA.
Before his death in 2019, Epstein openly discussed plans to impregnate up to 20 women at a time at the isolated compound.
Democrat Governor Sold Epstein His Private Playground
Here's what makes this story even more disturbing.
Epstein bought Zorro Ranch in 1993 from Democrat Governor Bruce King for $12 million.
But the sale wasn't a normal real estate transaction.
King kept ownership of the land surrounding the ranch, giving Epstein his own isolated compound with airstrip and grazing rights to keep Zorro as private as possible.
The deal allowed Epstein to fly in guests and girls with no questions asked.
Without Gov. King's help, Epstein would never have been able to perpetrate his abuses in New Mexico.
Unlike New York and Florida, Epstein had no ties to the state and no obvious reason to build a compound there.
Then there's Democrat Governor Bill Richardson, who became one of Epstein's biggest political allies in the state.
Richardson took $50,000 in campaign donations from Epstein and was named by victim Virginia Giuffre as one of the men Epstein trafficked her to at Zorro Ranch.
Richardson denied the allegations until his death in 2023.
But Epstein also donated to New Mexico Attorney General Gary King — son of Bruce King, the governor who sold him the ranch — along with Land Commissioner Jim Baca and Santa Fe County Sheriff Greg Solano.
Why was a career criminal so interested in donating to local law enforcement officials who could investigate him?
State Investigators Buried The Evidence For Six Years
New Mexico lawmakers announced plans in late October for a "truth commission" to investigate what really happened at Epstein's ranch during his decades of ownership.
The proposed commission would have subpoena power and a $2.5 million budget to gather testimony, document abuses, and make recommendations for institutional reform.
Representative Romero has received 25 to 30 tips and firsthand accounts since announcing the investigation.
"It's so dark and perplexing, and I know that if you mention this to someone, it sounds very conspiratorial," Romero said. "But we need to get down to the truth of what really happened here in our own backyard."²
Republican state Representative Andrea Reeb agreed to sit on the commission.
"Zorro Ranch has given New Mexico a black eye," Reeb said. "We as a state haven't been aggressive enough on figuring out what happened there."³
The state's track record on Epstein makes that understatement look generous.
When Epstein got arrested in 2019, Democrat Attorney General Hector Balderas finally opened a criminal investigation.
It went absolutely nowhere. Balderas closed the case after a year and never filed charges.
Balderas released some documents after a public records request came through, but nearly everything got blacked out.
The American Prospect dug into those redactions and found they were hiding politically sensitive details about which New Mexico officials helped Epstein operate freely.
Democrat Attorney General Gary King — whose family sold Epstein the ranch — served from 2007 to 2015 when allegations against Epstein were mounting.
King never investigated Epstein despite taking $35,000 in campaign donations from him.
In 2010, Epstein was briefly added to New Mexico's sex offender registry after his 2008 Florida conviction.
Two days later, he was removed because of a loophole in state law.
Nobody questioned why a convicted sex offender was getting special treatment.
FBI Never Searched The Ranch Where Experiments Allegedly Occurred
What makes these new medical experiment allegations particularly disturbing is how thoroughly law enforcement avoided investigating Zorro Ranch.
While FBI agents raided Epstein's mansions in Manhattan and the Virgin Islands after his arrest, they never searched the New Mexico property.
Former Attorney General Balderas confirmed in 2019 his office gathered documents and interviewed possible victims who visited the ranch.
But he insisted their role was merely to "refer evidence to federal prosecutors" and no state charges were ever filed.
The ranch's day-to-day operations were managed by a New Zealand couple, Karen and Brice Gordon, who reportedly fled the country after Epstein's death.
Several former ranch employees describe the couple as efficient managers who treated workers well.
But they also observed a steady flow of young women guests they were told were models and were encouraged not to ask questions about their activities.
"If I were them, I'd disappear, too," said Renee Burns, who worked as a maid at the ranch from 2005 to 2010. "Nobody wants to be associated with the ranch and that scumbag who owned it."⁴
Manolito Royal, who did maintenance work on the property for 17 years, declined to share names of prominent male guests he observed there.
"It's hard to say what's behind the door when you haven't opened it," Royal said.⁵
President Trump recently ordered Attorney General Pam Bondi and the Justice Department to investigate Epstein's ties to prominent Democrats, including Bill Clinton, after Democrats tried to use newly released Epstein emails to attack Trump.
The truth commission in New Mexico would finally force accountability for the Democrat officials who spent decades protecting Epstein while he allegedly conducted twisted medical experiments on his victims.
¹ Laura Collins, "Shocking new HUMAN EXPERIMENT claims emerge from Epstein's Zorro Ranch," Daily Mail, November 17, 2025.
² Ibid.
³ Ibid.
⁴ Ibid.
⁵ Ibid.
