MS NOW⁠94%

Lesley Groff, ex-Epstein assistant, testifies before House Oversight Committee ⁠25%

By Clarissa-Jan Lim⁠70%

6/9/2026, 2:13:00 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 17 faulty reasoning types, including Anecdotal, Halo Effect, and Unattributed Quote, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 20.8% saturation with 65 hits. Analysis detected 445 faulty-reasoning hits from 313 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 37.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠25% (15,547 of 20,514 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 75.80% of the article peer group.

Lesley Groff, a former assistant to Jeffrey Epstein, is testifying before the House Oversight Committee on Tuesday morning. 
Groff worked for Epstein for nearly 20 years until he was arrested in 2019 on sex trafficking charges. 
Her name appears more than 160,000 times in the Epstein files. 
She was one of the most present people in Epstein’s orbit, arranging his meetings with prominent figures and setting up massages for him with women. 
Marina Lacerda, who was abused by Epstein as a minor, said at a news conference in September 2025 that Groff “would call me and tell me that I needed to be at the house so often that I ended up dropping out of high school before ninth grade.” 
Rep. 
Robert Garcia, the top Democrat on the committee, told MS NOW on Monday that he believes Groff “has a lot of important information” that lawmakers are trying to get answers to. 
“I mean, anyone that was that close in Epstein’s circle that made scheduling decisions — worked, obviously, as an assistant as well. 
There’s a lot of information there,” the California Democrat said. 
“Who was Epstein meeting with? 
Who was in Epstein’s orbit? 
Who was she scheduling these appointments for?” 
Groff does not face any criminal charges related to the late financier. 
Her attorney, Michael Bachner, previously said in a statement that “she had no criminal involvement with Epstein.” 
“Lesley is simply disgusted by Epstein’s conduct and is heartbroken by what his victims endured,” Bachner said. 
Groff is the latest Epstein witness to appear before the panel as part of its investigation into the late sex offender, with billionaire Bill Gates scheduled to testify before the committee on Wednesday. 
Like the other interviews, Groff’s will be transcribed and made public at a later date. 
This is a developing story. 
Check back for updates. 
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313 words analyzed.

Speakers

3speakers52%attributed speech151writer words
Voice mapSelect a segment to jump to its words
Writer's voice • 9 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 18 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 18 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 11 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 25 words • 0.0% coverageMarina Lacerda • 48 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 1 words • 0.0% coverageRobert Garcia • 31 words • 0.0% coverageRobert Garcia • 22 words • 100.0% coverageRobert Garcia • 10 words • 0.0% coverageRobert Garcia • 5 words • 100.0% coverageRobert Garcia • 5 words • 100.0% coverageRobert Garcia • 7 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 12 words • 0.0% coverageMichael Bachner • 17 words • 0.0% coverageMichael Bachner • 17 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 33 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 15 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 5 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 4 words • 100.0% coverage
Selected voice

Marina Lacerda

100%flagged-word coverage
48 attributed words30% of attributed speech60% writer coverage
0%2.5%5.0%Attempt to Sell a Product -2.6 ptsWriter: 2.6%Marina Lacerda: 0.0%0.0%

Attribution is sentence-level. Pattern percentages are calculated only from words assigned to that voice.

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Analysis

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