An American journalist who investigated the activities of late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has claimed she fled her home in the United States after allegedly experiencing attacks linked to her reporting.
The journalist, Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez, said she abandoned her residence in New Mexico after suffering what she described as symptoms similar to “Havana syndrome.”
Valdes-Rodriguez, a former reporter with the Boston Globe and Los Angeles Times, made the claims in posts published on her Substack page.
According to her, the alleged attacks were connected to her investigations into Epstein’s New Mexico property known as Zorro Ranch and alleged local cover-ups linked to the case.
“It appears my home has been located by whoever is unhappy about my reporting,” she wrote.
The journalist claimed she experienced two separate incidents in her home office, which she later believed may have involved “direct energy weapon” attacks.
She said she and her associates immediately left the residence and would no longer stay there.
Valdes-Rodriguez further disclosed that she planned to remain in undisclosed safe locations while preparing to leave the United States permanently.
In subsequent posts, the journalist alleged that the attacks may have involved portable devices allegedly operated from locations near her residence, including a parked truck.
She, however, did not provide evidence publicly linking any individual or organisation to the alleged incidents.
Valdes-Rodriguez has in recent years focused on independent investigations surrounding Epstein’s activities and his Zorro Ranch estate in New Mexico.
She alleged that her reporting uncovered possible links between the ranch and wider political and intelligence networks in the state.
“Havana syndrome” is a term used to describe a range of unexplained neurological symptoms reported by some diplomats, intelligence officials and government workers in recent years, although its exact cause remains disputed.
Epstein, who faced multiple allegations of sex trafficking involving underage girls, died in a New York jail cell in 2019 while awaiting trial.
