'Downright disturbing': Miami store shocks consumers with item worn by Jeffrey Epstein

A U.S. Virgin Islands, Department of Justice, photo of Jeffrey Epstein photo from February 2015

President Donald Trump continues to be dogged by a controversy he wishes would go away: the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) files on the late billionaire financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Survivors of Epstein's sex crimes described their ordeals during a bipartisan Wednesday, September 4 press conference that Rep. Ro Khanna (D-California) and Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Kentucky) held on Capitol Hill. Trump described the event as a "Democrat hoax," which only made the controversy worse.

Now, in Miami, a memorabilia store is generating shockwaves by selling a sweatshirt it says once belonged to Epstein.

The Miami New Times' Naomi Feinstein, in an article published on September 5, reports, "Vintage and memorabilia stores sell plenty of wild things: serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer's prison glasses, O.J. Simpson's Florida driver's license, Abraham Lincoln's blood-stained gloves, and President Donald Trump's 2005 wedding cake. But one item available for sale at a Miami shop is downright disturbing. A Miami clothing store identified as @restricted.lifestyle on Instagram appears to be selling a navy blue quarter zip sweatshirt that once belonged to convicted sex offender and disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein."

The @restricted.lifestyle post on Instagram reads, "1of1 worn JEFFREY EPSTEIN quarter zip museum fr...straight from Mar A Lago. This piece is very controversial and iconic. 100 percent authentic size M."

Feinstein notes, "The navy sweatshirt is personalized with Epstein's monogrammed initials 'JEE (Jeffrey Edward Epstein), and an American flag patch on the left arm sleeve. Epstein wore the sweatshirt for a Radar Magazine launch party at Hotel QT on May 18, 2005, in New York City. He was frequently photographed wearing his monogrammed quarter-zips over the years. A photo of the sweatshirt's collar included in the Instagram post appears to show that the sweatshirt is from Sports Authority, the sporting goods retailer that went out of business in 2016."

The Epstein sweatshirt is generating a lot of comments on X, formerly Twitter.

"The OpenMinded Thinker Show" tweeted, "The seller has not disclosed how they obtained the item. May be remade in the republic of China."

Stay Grounded TV observed, "Resellers are now selling Jeffrey Epstein's worn clothing Someone paid $11,000 for this quarter zip that was 'previously worn by Jeffrey Epstein.'"

Journalist Lesley Abravanel posted, "Miami Store Is Selling Jeffrey Epstein's Sweatshirt for Some Reason: '1of1 worn JEFFREY EPSTEIN quarter zip museum piece fr...straight from Mar A Lago,' the store's Instagram post reads."

Read Naomi Feinstein's full Miami New Times article at this link.