How Norfolk bathrobe company came to be in Epstein files

Karyna Shuliak bought the products from the Bathrobe Company, which was based in Blo' Norton, near Diss, in July 2018 - a year before the disgraced financier was found dead in his jail cell.

The purchase has been revealed through an invoice emailed to Ms Shuliak which has been published by the US Department of Justice as part of its latest release of around 3.5m documents relating to the paedophile.

A document that was included in the U.S. Department of Justice release of the Jeffrey Epstein files shows the report when Epstein was taken into custody on July 6, 2019. (Image: AP)

According to the document, Ms Shuliak spent £1,960 on the 10 luxury bathrobes, which cost between £200 and £265 and shipped them to Epstein's Manhattan townhouse.

A screenshot of the invoice sent to Karyna Shuliak, Jeffrey Epstein's then girlfriend, who ordered several bathrobes from a Norfolk company to his home in Manhattan (Image: Department of Justice)

The Bathrobe Company, which was then registered to an address in Blo' Norton, is a family-run firm that is now based in Cley.

A file photo of Colin and Debbie Lloyd at their home in Blo Norton wearing some of the products they sell as The Bathrobe Company in 2004 (Image: Newsquest)

Owner Colin Lloyd said he does recall receiving two large orders from a buyer in New York at this time.

He said: "They stuck in my mind as they were unusually large orders. Initially, I thought maybe it was a corporate order and wondered if it was a fraudulent transaction.

"We do often send bathrobes to the US. They are, after all, the best in the world."

9 East 71st Street in Manhattan, the former home of Jeffrey Epstein, where the bathrobes were ordered to (Image: Jim Hendersen/Wikipedia Commons)

Ms Shuliak, who is originally from Belarus, was in a relationship with Epstein for about 10 years.

Shortly before his death in August 2019, he made efforts to ensure he left his $50m fortune, 33-carat diamond ring, private island and New York townhouse to Ms Shuliak.

The bathrobes were ordered to the Herbert N. Straus House, which was owned by Epstein for several years.

A year after they were purchased, the New York City Police Department and FBI raided his home as part of a federal investigation into sex trafficking allegations against Epstein.

A screenshot of the Bathrobe Company's website, featuring one of the robes purchased by Jeffrey Epstein's girlfriend (Image: The Bathrobe Company)

The following year, he was found dead in his cell in a federal jail in New York, while he awaited trial on sex trafficking charges. His death was ruled a suicide.

The bathrobe purchase is among a number of references to Norfolk in the documents, which have become known as the Epstein files.

An email among the millions of pages and photographs made public over the weekend shows Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor fixed plans to allow Epstein's private jet to land at RAF Marham in the county.

Jeffrey Epstein with his Gulfstream jet, which was allowed to land at RAF Marham (Image: US Department of Justice)

His Gulfstream plane landed at the base in December 2000 before the disgraced financier and confidante Ghislaine Maxwell stayed with Andrew at Sandringham.