A key member of Jeffrey Epstein's inner circle, a co-pilot who flew guests including Prince Andrew to his Caribbean island, is ready to testify to the US government, a top private investigator has claimed.
Nadia Marcinko, 41, has been cooperating with FBI agents since Epstein's death while awaiting trial in August 2019, according to declassified documents released by the US Department of Justice.
Now the Slovak-born pilot is said to be preparing to give evidence to Congress. Renowned private investigator Ed Opperman believes: "It will be like a house of cards collapsing if she flips and starts talking."
Opperman, who hosts a crime podcast and is probing the deaths of 23 Epstein associates, added: "She knows all the secrets and she definitely knows everybody that was on Epstein's private jet since she was one of the pilots."
At least four passenger manifests from the aircraft dubbed the 'Lolita Express' show Prince Andrew's name on flights between Epstein's Caribbean island and his properties in New York, Florida, and New Mexico.
Last week, the Sunday Express exclusively revealed that Opperman believes Prince Andrew and his former wife Sarah Ferguson could be "targeted" over their ties to Epstein.
Unlike Epstein's closest confidante, Ghislaine Maxwell, who is serving 20 years in federal prison, Marcinko rose through the ranks after initially being recruited as a "sex slave" herself.
An email released earlier this year shows how deeply under Epstein's spell she had become. It read: "If this is simply about you having sex with someone else, I don't know how it makes our relationship better. I will try to find girls whenever we are in New York."
Records reveal she visited Epstein 67 times when he served a 13-month sentence in Florida. Epstein even jokingly referred to her as "my wife" to prison guards, according to Opperman, who established that Epstein paid for her pilot's licence.
Recently released FBI documents show Marcinko participated in several meetings with investigators. Now, investigators feel her full-blown testimony could result in further criminal charges against Epstein co-conspirators.
Marcinko's potential evidence follows an admission by Republican Congressman James Comer, chair of the House Oversight Committee's Epstein probe: "The government has failed the survivors. There's no doubt about that."
Marcinko's attorney Erica Dubnow did not return requests for comment but has previously insisted her client is "working on her healing."
