Victim or Accomplice? The Story of Jeffrey Epstein’s Pilot Girlfriend
The Documentary Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 19 May 2026
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Nadia Marcinko, originally Marcinková, was born in Slovakia and met Jeffrey Epstein as an 18-year-old model. Later, she became a successful aircraft pilot. For seven years, she was Epstein’s main girlfriend. And she’s one of four women that US prosecutors named in a 2008 plea deal as his “potential co-conspirators”. But she’s never been accused of any crime. And she’s described herself a victim who was abused physically and psychologically by Epstein. Now, a committee of the US Congress is beginning to address the sensitive question of whether it’s possible for someone to be both a victim and an accomplice, as it takes testimony from two of the “potential co-conspirators”, Epstein’s former assistants Sarah Kellen and Lesley Groff. Nadia Marcinko, who disappeared from public view several years ago, may also be called to testify.
BBC reporter Tim Whewell and independent Slovak journalist Jakub Pohle have talked to people who’ve known her, and dug deep into the Epstein files, to put together the most detailed account yet of her life.
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| 0:33.5 | Name redacted to J-E Vacation at Gmailation at gmail.com, August 9th, 2010. |
| 0:39.6 | I participated in your life, your idea of fun. I stood by you for years of legal battles and jail time. |
| 0:47.4 | There was nobody you could trust more or who loved you more. |
| 0:51.7 | I've been perfect. All I wanted was more time with you, closer relationship, |
| 0:57.9 | and a family with you. Memorandum to Jeffrey S. Berman, U.S. Attorney December 19, 2019, |
| 1:05.7 | re-investigation into potential co-conspirators of Jeffrey Epstein. Epstein controlled every aspect of Name Redacted's life, |
| 1:15.2 | including her physical appearance, her weight, and her clothing, for years, |
| 1:19.8 | forcing Name Redacted to have multiple plastic surgeries, |
| 1:23.8 | referring to her as his sex slave, |
| 1:26.5 | insulting her and physically abusing her, including by choking |
| 1:30.0 | her and throwing her down a set of stairs. |
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