Tourists have been flocking to the Manhattan mansion formerly owned by Jeffrey Epstein, where neighbors said new owners are fighting off vandals with a predilection for spreading blood and excrement on the building’s golden facade.
Three groups of people were seen taking selfies outside the house on East 71st Street during a random visit by The Post on Wednesday afternoon, a few hours before potentially explosive court documents containing the identities of more than 170 associates of the late pedophile were set to be made public.
All photographers acknowledged that they stopped at Tony Dives expressly because of its connection to Epstein.
A visitor from the UK in his 30s said he was “doing touristy things on vacation” while in the Big Apple.
The other groups, including a family with children and a young couple, declined to comment.
After Epstein’s 2019 arrest for sex trafficking and subsequent prison suicide, the luxurious home where he once preyed on underage women and entertained some of the world’s most powerful men languished on the market for $88 million.
It was finally snatched up in the spring of 2021 by former Goldman Sachs executive Michael Daffey, who shelled out $51 million – a steal for one of Manhattan’s largest houses.
Daffey undertook a “complete, physical and spiritual renovation” inside the house, sources said at the time, but the extensive work apparently failed to erase the city’s memories of what happened on that block.
The neighbor remembered seeing Epstein regularly when he lived on the street, adding that “he wasn’t so friendly”, although the pervert sometimes stopped to chat.
Epstein’s former home could see an increase in visitors in the coming weeks, as a series of new court documents released Wednesday night are expected to reveal the names of more than 170 people who were associated, conspired, or were victims of Epstein.
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