Newly released US Justice Department files have revived disturbing questions about Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged ‘baby ranch’ plan, raising fresh scrutiny
Jeffrey Epsteins Baby Ranch Idea Did He Plan to Father Children to Spread His DNA
Freshly released records from the United States Department of Justice have once again brought Jeffrey Epstein into public focus, reviving disturbing speculation about his personal life and crimes. Among the claims circulating in the newly disclosed material are allegations that the convicted sex offender may have secretly fathered children.
These claims have surfaced after the release of nearly three million documents this week. Although none of the allegations have been independently confirmed, certain references within the files, along with testimony from a former teenage victim, have renewed attention on Epstein’s long-documented obsession with reproduction, power, and legacy.
One of the most alarming allegations comes from a diary written by a woman who says she was abused by Epstein when she was a teenager.
According to The Times, the diary states that the woman gave birth to a baby girl around 2002, when she was about 16 or 17 years old. The entry reportedly includes a pregnancy scan dated at 20 weeks.
The woman alleges that her newborn was taken from her roughly ten minutes after delivery. She further claims that the removal was overseen by Epstein’s former girlfriend and associate, Ghislaine Maxwell.
While these claims remain unverified, they have added a deeply unsettling layer to the already serious questions surrounding Epstein’s conduct.
The renewed scrutiny is not entirely new. Years before these documents surfaced, investigative reports revealed that Epstein openly discussed plans to father multiple children.
In a 2019 investigation, The New York Times reported that Epstein told scientists and wealthy associates that he wanted to use his New Mexico property, Zorro Ranch, as a place where women would be inseminated with his sperm.
“He hoped to seed the human race with his DNA by impregnating women at his vast New Mexico ranch," The New York Times reported in an article by James B. Stewart, Matthew Goldstein and Jessica Silver-Greenberg.
There is no proof that such plans were ever carried out. However, several people told the newspaper that Epstein spoke about this idea repeatedly over a number of years.
Epstein’s idea of a so-called “baby ranch” was closely linked to his interest in eugenics and transhumanism.
According to Britannica, transhumanism promotes the use of technology, including genetic engineering and artificial intelligence, to enhance human abilities. Epstein reportedly discussed reproduction as something that could be optimised and controlled, particularly in conversations with scientists he financially supported.
He was also interested in cryonics—the belief that the human body can be frozen and revived in the future—and is reported to have said he wanted parts of his body preserved after death. His wealth allowed him to circulate these ideas in elite circles with little resistance.
As reported by The New York Times, Epstein hosted scientists at his Manhattan mansion, serving expensive wines and organising conferences he funded in the United States Virgin Islands. He also donated $6.5 million to support Harvard’s Program for Evolutionary Dynamics.
Prominent figures whose names later appeared in connection with Epstein’s gatherings included physicist Stephen Hawking, evolutionary biologist Stephen Jay Gould, MIT scientist Marvin Minsky, neurologist Oliver Sacks, and Nobel Prize–winning physicist Kip Thorne.
Through financial backing, Epstein positioned himself within influential academic spaces even as serious allegations followed him for years.
Epstein’s reported interest in controlling reproduction has been compared to a controversial real-world project known as the Repository for Germinal Choice.
According to Smithsonian Magazine, the initiative aimed to produce “super-kids” using sperm from high-achieving men, including Nobel Prize winners. Although the project was later abandoned and widely criticised, it raised ethical concerns similar to the ideas Epstein was said to promote.
Epstein was arrested and charged with sex trafficking of minors and conspiracy to commit sex trafficking. Prosecutors alleged that between 2002 and 2005, he abused dozens of underage girls, paying them to perform sex acts.
He was found dead in his jail cell on August 10, 2019, while awaiting trial.
The newly released Justice Department documents do not confirm that Epstein fathered children. However, the diary allegations, combined with his documented fixation on reproduction, have once again raised questions about how much remains unknown—and how wealth, influence, and secrecy allowed deeply troubling ideas to persist unchecked for years.
