Ten Thousand Waves Spa Supplied The Girls To Zorro Ranch - And It's Still Operating Today
FBI records trace a Santa Fe spa connected to Jeffrey Epstein’s operation — and where the investigation stopped
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Zorro Ranch was searched on March 9, 2026 — the first known search of the property, nearly two decades after the FBI first developed leads tied to its operations.
The search was conducted with the cooperation of the current owners under the authority of New Mexico’s Epstein Truth Commission, which now has subpoena power.
Former ranch managers Karen and Brice Gordon — identified in FBI records as coordinating operations at the property, including the sourcing of massage therapists — have been named as people of interest.
No search results have been released. The Gordons have not spoken publicly. The investigation is ongoing.
The Ranch
Jeffrey Epstein’s Zorro Ranch sprawled across 7,600 acres of wind-scoured high desert — a landscape of piñon and juniper, thirty miles south of Santa Fe New Mexico, where the land stretches quiet and unobserved.
The nearest small town to the ranch was Stanley.
Epstein purchased the property in 1993 from former New Mexico governor Bruce King, and it was there he built not just a ranch, but a network.
In the years following his purchase of the land, Epstein returned regularly — flying in four or five times a year on the infamous Lolita Express, sometimes staying for weeks at a time. The visits were often arranged with little notice, sometimes just a day or two for his staff to prepare. He would arrive by private jet into Albuquerque or Santa Fe, then be driven out to the ranch. He traveled with the same core group — his personal assistant, his bodyguard, and his trainer. Sometimes, he brought women.
When he traveled, as has been widely documented, he expected massages.
According to his chief pilot, Larry Visoski, it was understood among staff that Epstein received at least two a day. The arrangements were handled by the ranch’s manager, Brice Gordon, a New Zealand national. His wife, Karen Gordon, was also on staff. (More on them in the previous pieces linked above.)
When Gordon needed to find therapists, he turned to a very specific place — one that would come up repeatedly in FBI interviews conducted in 2006 and 2007.
A Japanese zen spa in the foothills above Santa Fe, about eight miles from the Plaza.
Ten Thousand Waves.
Ten Thousand Waves Day Spa, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Source: tenthousandwaves.com
What the FBI Heard in New Mexico
By late 2006 the FBI’s investigation into Jeffrey Epstein had expanded far beyond Palm Beach Florida. What began as a local case had become a national probe — coordinated out of the Palm Beach County Resident Agency under case number 31E-MM-108062.
Leads were sent across the country, across the globe, and field offices were tasked with identifying Epstein’s employees, contractors, and anyone connected to his operations — wherever those operations reached.
One of those leads landed in New Mexico.
The Santa Fe Resident Agency was asked to determine how massages were being arranged at Zorro Ranch. On February 13, 2007, agents drove out to Stanley and interviewed the ranch’s manager, Brice Gordon, at the guest house located on the property.
FBI FD-302, Interview of Brice Gordon, 02/13/2007, Zorro Ranch, Stanley, NM. Source: EFTA00269599
Gordon told agents that the massage therapists were not flown in but were hired locally instead. He explained that his wife Karen handled the logistics — keeping the financial records and arranging appointments. When asked where the therapists came from, he gave a clear answer: their names were obtained from Ten Thousand Waves Day Spa or through personal referrals.
He said there had been approximately 5 therapists used at the ranch repeatedly. All were licensed and vetted. He also told FBI agents that Karen could provide their names along with records of what they had been paid at the ranch.
The agents of course, wanted to speak with her. But, before that could happen, Brice received a phone call.
It came from NY — what he described as the “main office” of Epstein’s operation. The message was direct and blunt, he and his wife were no longer allowed to speak with the FBI.
The interview ended immediately.
Brice never provided the names, and the payment records were never obtained. Based on the documents that were released to the public, there is no record of any follow up interview with Gordon or his wife, no attempt to identify the therapists, and no contact with Ten Thousand Waves Spa itself. The more I learn in this Epstein case, it does not even surprise me anymore.
But, Gordon was not the only person who pointed investigators in the direction of TTW.
FBI FD-302, Interview of Larry Visoski, 12/04/2006, West Palm Beach, FL. Source: EFTA00270164
Larry Visoski — Epstein’s well known personal pilot, whom had worked for him since 1990, (first as a pilot and later as his chief pilot) knew the schedules, the movements, and the logistics that held the entire operation together. When Larry spoke to the FBI in December 2006, he described what happened when Epstein was at the New Mexico ranch. He told investigators that Epstein received massages from both men and women. When agents asked how those therapists were arranged, Visoski named the same place Brice Gordon would name two months later:
“Bryce LNU, ranch manager, arranges masseuses from ‘Ten Thousand Waves’ salon in Santa Fe, to provide massages to Epstein and Maxwell.”
These were two separate interviews — conducted two months apart from each other with two very different people — both who pointed to the exact same spa, and the public record shows that lead was ignored, like so many other leads seem to be by the FBI.
The Spa
Ten Thousand Waves spa opened in 1981. Its founder, Duke Klauck, built it out of a “love for hot springs and Japanese bathing culture”. What started as a small bathhouse with eight outdoor tubs and a single massage room grew over the next 4 decades into one of the most well known premier resorts and wellness destinations in the American Southwest.
It became known as a spiritual retreat — a sanctuary set into the sprawling foothills above Santa Fe. By the time the FBI was investigating Epstein, the spa employed roughly 130 therapists across nearly 20 treatment rooms. By every public measure, it was a legitimate and respected institution, and that is what makes the FBI record so significant.
When the manager of Zorro Ranch needed licensed massage therapists in Santa Fe, this is where he liked to go, and Epstein himself also went there.
“im going to ten thousand waves tomorrow at 430; so i thought some hamburger place in town or you can come here anyday you like”
The email was sent from Epstein’s personal Gmail account in August 2015, years after the FBI investigation had already reached Zorro Ranch — and years after the sweetheart Florida plea deal that Bondi and Acosta arranged for him.
He writes casually, suggesting lunch and giving a time to meet — as if the place were part of their regular ol’ routine.
The recipient — Joshua Cooper Ramo — was CEO of Kissinger Associates at the time of all this, and had visited Zorro Ranch at least once.
His reply reads:
“I assumed we were meeting at the pink bottom ranch.”
Ramo later said he did not recall sending the message or whether the two met that day.
The Denial
When New Mexico lawmakers established a Truth Commission in February 2026, NBC News contacted Ten Thousand Waves directly for comment.
A spokesperson stated that the spa neither provided nor referred massage therapists to Epstein’s ranch. They denied all allegations.
That denial now sits alongside what two FBI witnesses said independently in 2006 and 2007. There are possible explanations for that gap. Lets examine: Both witnesses could have been mistaken…right? Therapists may have been referred informally without the spa’s direct involvement — or payments may have been handled privately.
What is not in dispute is that the FBI was told not once, but twice by people directly involved in Epstein’s network, that Ten Thousand Waves was the source for the massage therapists at the ranch. The public record shows that lead was never properly followed — the names were not obtained, the payments were not traced, and no one at the spa was ever interviewed.
That trail ends with a phone call.
A Therapist From Santa Fe
Rachel Benavidez was a massage therapist in Santa Fe. She had just finished massage school when, she says, she was recruited by Ghislaine Maxwell to work at Zorro Ranch.
She has spoken publicly about her experience, including in the documentary Surviving Jeffrey Epstein and in statements to the press. She says Epstein sexually abused her during visits to the ranch that began in 2000.
Her background matches what Brice Gordon described to the FBI: a local, licensed massage therapist sourced in Santa Fe and brought to work for JE at the ranch.
In February 2026, following the creation of the Truth Commission, she released a statement calling for accountability and further investigation into what happened at Zorro Ranch.
She has never publicly stated how she was recruited.
The FBI — in February 2007 — was close enough to find out but refused to pursue.
Rachel Benavidez, massage therapist. Screenshot: Surviving Jeffrey Epstein, Lifetime, 2020.
What Was Also Going On
While this was all happening in New Mexico, Epstein was also moving through elite intellectual and cultural circles all over.
Through literary agent John Brockman and the Edge Foundation, he was introduced into invitation only gatherings that included scientists, tech founders, investors, and artists. These events gave him access to “elite” rooms that conferred legitimacy.
Email, John Brockman to Jeffrey Epstein et al., August 15, 2014. Source: EFTA02588879
In August 2014, Brockman invited Epstein to an event near Sausalito featuring performance artist Marina Abramović. The guest list included some of the most influential figures in technology and finance at the time.
Brockman’s message was direct to Epstein: “Do not miss this.”
Epstein replied the same day: “as always — any help you need, i am there.”
More invitations to him followed, including smaller and more private gatherings.
Where the Investigation Stopped
In 2019, New Mexico’s Attorney General launched a state investigation into Zorro Ranch. Federal prosecutors asked him to pause it, citing concerns about interfering with their case.
He complied.
Epstein died months later and the federal case ended there, with him, in a cell, guarded by someone googling him. I have written all about Tova Noel, you can search my archive. The ranch was then sold in 2023 and there is no record that it was ever searched.
Until 2026.
A Truth Commission has now been established, and the investigation is active again. Survivors are being asked to come forward. The ranch has a new owner and the spa is still open. The names, the payment records, and the full scope of what was arranged were never obtained.
The call from New York came just in time.
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Sources
Forbes, Survivors Tell Their Stories In Heartbreaking, Powerful Doc ‘Surviving Jeffrey Epstein’
Crime+Investigation UK, ‘Survivor: Rachel Benavidez.’
Ten Thousand Waves, ‘About / History.’
From New York to New Mexico: new Epstein files shed light on his sprawling ranch outside Santa Fe
Surviving Jeffrey Epstein: Rachel Benavidez Reads from Her Book (Extended Scene) | Lifetime
Wow. Keep digging. You are really onto something. There are other women writers uncovering similar corruption. Alisa Valdez Rodriguez, Kait Justice, Ellie Leonard. Check them out. You all will solve this puzzle with half the puzzle pieces missing or redacted.
Ten Thousand Waves is next to Gene Hackmans home. Ten Thousand Waves sponsored Marina Abromovic who is now Ambassador to Ukraine. It’s also the country Biden sent unlimited amount of support.
Marina Abromovic performed August 23, 2016 in Santa Fe, and Senator Martin Heinrich had an Energy Summit that day.
That night a 10 year old was un alived on her birthday. She was a trafficking victim whose mother trafficked her to other men including men on Plenty of Fish. DNA of an unknown male was found, and the clean scene was cleaned before the police arrived. She was dismembered, and set on fire in a bathtub.
Senator Martin Heinrich is in the files, and there’s a photograph of that energy summit. I’m not sure who attended, but it looks like Hunter and Boris in the audience. I posted this. Yes, Hunter Biden was in New Mexico according to his emails. He met with Bill Richardson, and in one email he mentioned “massages.”