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Jeffrey Epstein Source of Wealth Jeffrey Edward Epstein (born January 20, 1953) is an American financier and registered sex offender in the United States. He worked at Bear Steams early in his career and then formed his own firm, J. Epstein & Co. In 2008, Epstein was convicted of soliciting an underage girl for prostitution, for which he served 13 months in prison. He lives in the US Virgin Islands. Epstein taught calculus and physics at the Dalton School in Manhattan from 1973 to 1975. Among his students was a son of Alan C. Greenberg, chairman of Bear Steams. In 1976, Epstein started work as an options trader at Bear Steams where he worked in the special products division, advising high-net-worth clients on tax strategies. Proving successful in his financial career, in 1980 Epstein became a partner at Bear Stearns. In 1982, Epstein founded his own financial management firm, J. Epstein & Co., managing the assets of clients with more than $1 billion in net worth. In 1987, Leslie Wexner, founder and chairman of Ohio-based The Limited chain of women's clothing stores, became a well-known client. Wexner acquired Abercrombie & Fitch the following year. In 1992 he converted a private school on the Upper East Side into an enormous residence. Epstein later bought that property, in the wealthiest part of Manhattan. In 1996, Epstein changed the name of his firm to the Financial Trust Company and, for tax advantages, based it on the island of St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands. In 2003, Epstein bid to acquire New York magazine. Other bidders were advertising executive Donny Deutsch, investor Nelson Peitz, media mogul and publisher Mortimer Zuckerman, who had the New York Daily News, and film producer Harvey Weinstein. They were ultimately outbid by Bruce Wasserstein, a longtime Wall Street investor, who paid $55 million. In 2004, Epstein and Zuckerman committed up to $25 million to finance Radar a celebrity and pop culture magazine founded by Maer Roshan. Epstein and Zuckerman were equal partners in the venture. Roshan, as its editor-in-chief, retained a small ownership stake. Below are the links to support this source of wealth. Attached are copies of the articles from the links below. • https://en.wikipedia.ordwiki/Jeffrey Epstein • http://nvmaa.comMvmetro/news/people/n 7912/ • htto://www.therichest.comicelebnetworthicelebritv-businessimenheffrev-eostein-net-worth/ • https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jan/02/ieffrey-epstein-rise-and-fall-of-teacher- turned-tvcoon SDNY_GM_00063576 CONFIDENTIAL - PURSUANT TO FED. R.QPN(F IDENTIAL DB-SDNY-0026401 EFTA_00 174084 EFTA01298658 Jeffrey Epstein - Wikipedia Page 1 of 6 Jeffrey Epstein From Wthipedia, the free encyclopedia Jeffrey Edward Epstein (born January 20. 1953) is an American financier and registered sex offender in the United States."' He worked at Bear Steams early in his career and then formed his own firm, J. Epstein & Co. In 2008, Epstein was convicted of soliciting an underage girl for prostitution, for which be saved 13 months in prison.r21Hc lives in the US Virgin Islands. Contents • I Early life • 2 Career • 3 Residences • 4 Science philanthropy • 5 Criminal proceedings • 5.1 Sentencing • 5.2 Reactions • 5.3 Suit against federal government re: plea deal • 6 Civil proceedings • 6.1 Virginia Roberts lawsuits • 7 References • 8 External links Early life Jeffrey Epstein Epstein in Hand University Born lenity Edward Epstein January Z0. '933 Brooklyn. New York. US Residence Little Saint James, U.S. Virgin Islands Palm Bach. Florida New York City Nationality Arnencan Ciiinnshlp Urinal Suits Occupation Financier Owner. Jetty Epstein VI Foundation Epstein was born in Brooklyn, New Vert to a middle<lass Jewish family. His father worked for New York City's parks p1 Epstein attended Lafayette High School. He attended classes at Cooper Union from 1969 to 1971 and later at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at NYU. He left without a degree. Career Epstein taught calculus and physics at the Dalton School in Manhattan from 1973 to 1975.t41 Among his students was a son of Alan C. Greenberg, chairman of Bear Starns.131 In 1976, Epstein started work as an options trader at Bear Steans,i'l where he worked in the special products division, advising high-net-worth clients on tax sualegiesil l Proving surensful in his financial career, in 1980 Epstein became a partner at Bear Stearns?' In 1982, Epstein founded his own financial management firm, J. Epstein & Co.. managing the assets of clients with more than SI billion in net worth. In 1987, Leslie Wexner, founder and chairman of Ohio-based The Limited chain of women's clothing stores, became a well-known client!" Waiter acquired Abercrombie & Fitch the following year. In 1992 he converted a private school on the Upper East Side into an enormous residence. Epstein later bought that property, in the wealthiest pan of Manhattan. In 1996, Epstein changed the name of his firm to the Financial Trust Company and, for tax advantages, based it on the Island of St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Isands.PI In 2003. Epstein bid to acquire New York magazine. Other bidders were advertising executive Donny Dcutsch. investor Nelson Path media mogul and publisher Mortimer Zuckerman. who had the Kew York Doib. News, and film producer Harvey Weinstein. They were ultimately outbid by Bruce Wasserstein, a longtime Wall Street investor, who paid $55 In 2004, Epstein and Zuckerman committed up to $25 million to finance Radar, a celebrity and pop culture magazine founded by Meer Roshan. Epstein and Zuckerman were equal partners in the venture. Roshan, as its editor-in-chief, retained a small ownership stake!µ In September 2002, Epstein flew Bill Clinton, Kevin Spaccy and Chris Tucker to Africa in his private Boeing 727.1410 Epstein is also a longtime friend of Prince Andrew. Duke of Ye& and has partied with celebrities such as Katie Cedric, George Stephanopoulos. Charlie Rose, and Woody Altar's' Residences https://en.wikipedia.org/wikineffrey_Epstein CONFIDENTIAL - PURSUANT TO FED. R.QQN(E I DE NTIAL 6/23/2017 SONY_GM_00063577 DB-SDNY-0026402 EF1'A_00174085 EFTA01298659 Jeffrey Epstein - Wikipedia Page 2 of 6 Epstein's New York home is reputedly the largest private residence in Manhattan:PI it was originally built as the Birch Wathen School. The 50.000-square- foot (4,600 m2). 9-story mansion is just off Fifth Avenue and overlooks the Frick Colleaion. The financier's other pruµrr;es include a villa in Palm Beach, Florida; an apartment in Paris; a 10,000-acre ranch with a hilltop mansion in Stanley, New Mexico:Mil" and a private island near St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands called Little Saint James that includes a mansion and guest houses. Science philanthropy In 2000 he established the Jeffrey Epstein VI Foundation, which fields science research and education. Prior to 2003. Epstein's foundation funded Martin Nowales research at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. In May 2003. Epstein established the Program for Evolutionary Dynamics at llanard University with a 530 million gift to the adversity." Under the direction of Martin Nowak. the Program for Evolutionary Dynamics is a graduate department that studies the evolution of molecular biology with the use of mathematics, focusing on diseases such as cancer, Illy and other viruses.1" 0" The Jeffrey Epstein VI Foundation has also funded genetic research leading towards advances in such fields as Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis. ovarian cancer. breast cancer. colitis and Crohn's disease. Epstein has given funds to the American Cancer Society, for projects such as circulating water cell technology, a blood test to identify genetic mutations to anti-inhibitor cancer dnigs.1141 Through such philanthropy, Epstein has associated with many well-known scientific figures. such as Gerald Edelman_ Murray Gal -Mann. Stephen Hawking, Kip Thome, Lawrence Krause, Lee Smolin and Gregory Benford.EquIlml In 2006, Epstein's foundations sponsored a conference on St. Jimmies in the U.S. Virgin Islands with Hawking. Krauss. and Nobel laureates Gerard t Hoof), David Gross and Frank Wi lack, covering such topics as unified gravity theory, neuroscience. the origins of language and global threats to the ErarthIlc The Jeffrey Epstein VI Foundation has hacked research into artificial intelligence: it had been supporting Mervin Minsky at MIT (until his death) and is supporting Ben Gonad in Hong Kong.rimi The extern of Epstein's claimed philanthropy is unknown. This foundation fails to disclose information which other charities routinely disclose. Concerns have been raised ova this lack of transparency. and in 2015 the New York Attorney General has reported as trying to get information.II91 Criminal proceedings In March 2005, a woman contacted Palm Beach, Florida police and alleged that her 14-year-old stepdaughter had been taken to Jeffrey Epstein's mansion by an older girl. There she was paid $300 to strip and massage Epstein.lul She had undressed. but left the encounter wearing her undcnvear." Police started an 11-month undercover investigation of Epstein, followed by a search of his home. The FBI also became involved in the investigation.'" Subsequently. the police alleged that Epstein had paid several escorts to perform sexual acts on him. Interviews with five alleged victims and l'7 witnesses under oath, a high school transcript. and other items they found in Epstein's trash and home allegedly showed that some of the girls involved were under IS. nu The police search of Epstein's home found large numbers of photos of girls throughout the house, opine of whom the police had interviewed in the course of their investigation" The Mier-national Business Times reported that papers filed in a 2006 lawsuit alleged that Epstein installed concealed cameras in numerous places on his property to record sexual activity with underage girls by prominent people for criminal purposes such as blaclanait" Epstein allegedly "loaned' girls to powerful people to ingratiate himself with them and also to gain possible blackmail infomuitionn In 2015, evidence cane to light that one of the powerful men at Epstein's mansion may have been Prince Andrew of the UK.I91 A former employee told the police that Epstein would receive massages three times a day Eventually the FBI received accounts from about 40 girls whose allegations of molestation by Epstein included overlapping details.'" the Guardian said, 'Despite this, the US government eventually agreed to allow Epstein to plead guilty to just one count of soliciting prostitution from an underage girl under Florida state law. ... Epstein agreed not to contest civil claims brought by the 40 women identified by the FBI, but escaped a prosecution that could have seen him jailed for the rest of his life. ... Prosecutors agreed not to bring far more serious federal charges against Epstein. and not to charge -potential co-conspirators", including four named individuals."'" In May 2006, Palm Beach police filed a probable cause affidavit saying that Epstein should be charged with four counts of unlawful sex with minors and one molestation countl29I His team of defense lawyers included Gerald Lefiourt. Alan Dershowitz and later Ken Starr." " Epstein passed a polygraph test in which he was asked whether he knew of the underage status of the gjris.113I After the federal government agreed to charging Epstein on one count under state law, the prosecution convened a grand jury. Former chief of Palm Beach polite Michael Benet later wrote to State Attorney Barry Krischer to complain of the state's 'highly unusual' conduct and asked him to remove himself from the case.0" The grand jury returned a single charge of felony solicitation of prostitution," to which Epstein pleaded not guilty in August 2006.I251 Sentencing https://en.wikipedia.org/wikilleffrey_Epstein CONFIDENTIAL - PURSUANT TO FED. R.QQNtIDENTIAL 6/23/2017 SDNY_GM_00063578 DB-SDNY-0026403 EF1'A_00174086 EFTA01298660 Jeffrey Epstein - Wikipedia Page 3 of 6 lit June 2008. after Epstein pleaded guilty to a single state charge of soliciting prostitution from girls as young as 14" he was sentenced to 18-months in prison. He served 13 months before being released. At release, he was registered in New York State as a level three (high risk of re-offensv5 sex offender, a lifelong designation!rn" Reactions After the accusations became public, several persons and institutions roamed donations which they had received front Epstein, including Eliot Spitzer. Bill Risitardson.lin and the Palm Beach Police Department.Ern Harvard University announced that it would not return any money." Various charitable donations that Epstein had made to finance children's education were also questioned." On June 18.2010, Epstein's former house manager, Alfredo Rodriguez, was sentenced to IR months incarceration after being convicted on an obstruction charge for failing to turn over to police, and subsequently trying to sell, a journal in which he had recorded Epstein's activities. FBI Special Agent Christina Pryor reviewed the material and agreed it was information "that would have been extremely useful in investigating and prosecuting the ease, including names and contact information of material witnesses and additional victims'.129r" Suit against federal government re: plea deal In a separate case, on April 7, 2015, Judge Kenneth Main ruled that the allegations made by Virginia Roberts against Prince Andrew had no bearing on a current (and longrunning) lawsuit by alleged victims seeking to reopen Epstein's non-prosecution plea agreement with the federal government; he ordered it to be struck from the record?'" There was an effort to add Roberts and another woman as plaintiffs to that case. Judge Marra made no ruling as to whether claims by Roberts arc true or false." Marra specifically said that Roberts may later give evidence when the case comes to court." Civil proceedings On February 6, 2008, an anonymous Virginia woman filed a S50 million civil lawsuit" in federal court against Epstein, alleging that when she was a 16- year-old minor in 2009-2005, she was "reunited to give Epstein a massage". She claims she was taken to his mansion, where he exposed himself and had sexual intercourse with her, and paid her $200 immediately afterward" A similar S50 million suit was tiled in March 2008 by a different woman, who was represented by the same lawyer" These and several similar lawsuits were dismissed. IMI All other lawsuits were settled by Epstein out of count." Epstein has made many out-of-court settlements with alleged victims and. as of January 2015, tome eases remain open" A December 30, 2014, federal civil suit was filed in Florida against the United States for violations of the Crime Victims' Rights Att by the Department of Justice's agreement to Epstein's limited 2008 plea: the suit also accuses Alan laashowitz of sexually abusing a minor provided by Epstein.'" (See Two Jane Does v. United Slates.) The allegations against DCIShOWiti were stricken by the judge and eliminated from the case because he said they were outside the intent of the suit to re-open the plea agreement. PIE 11 A document filed in court alleges that Epstein ran a "sexual abuse ring", and lent underage girls to "prominent American politicians. powerful business executives. foreign presidents, a well-known prime minister. and other world leaders-P(4 Another woman, identified by the pseudonym "Katie Johnson"!111 filed a lawsuit in California federal court on April 26. 2016, accusing Epstein and real estate businessman Donald Tramp (now President of the United States) of raping her in 1994, when she was 13 years oldrnarnIrn At the time or filing. Trump was campaigning to become the Republican Party candidate for the office of U.S. President. Judges Ronnie Abrams and James C. Francis IV presided over the cast against Epstein and Trump." The suit, which Johnson had filed without counsel. was dismissed on technical grounds after the court determined that the address listed for "Katie Johnson" was a foreclosed abandoned home whose resident had died and the provided tekplione contact information was also not a functioning contact.Ern The woman (now using the pseudonym "Jane Doe') filed a new lawsuit in June 2016. this time in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. She excluded some of her previous accusations, such as that Trump threw money for an abortion at her and that he called Epstein a 'Jew bastard'!" Following a delay caused by the accuser failing to show that the defendants had been served with formal notice of the sole the suit was voluntarily dismissed on September 16!" The woman's lawyer said she would re-file the lawsuit and would provide an additional witness to substantiate the claims!" On September 30. 2016. the woman re-filed the lawsuit in New York. with an additional witness identified by the pseudonym "Joan Doe".'"" There was no further information available on the allegations outside the claims made anonymously by the two women. They were not made available for contact by the press" Civil rights lawyer and legal analyst Lisa Bloom wrote in a June 2016 hlog post for the Huffing:on Prise that the claims by the anonymous individuals were credible enough to warrant further investigation" Journalist Jon Swaim reported in The Guardian in July 2016 that the "Katie Johnson" lawsuits appeared to be orchestrated by Noma Lebow, a former producer on the The Jerry Springer Show. He described Lubow as "an eccentric anti-Trump campaigner with a record of making outlandish claims about celebrities"." The woman failed to appear at a press conference announced by her attorneys, saying she was fearful because of threats. She granted an interview to The Daily Marl together with Bloom (whom the Daily. Mail identified as her lawyer) and permitted photographs. Soon alter that. the woman dropped her lawsuit against Epstein and Trump on November 4, 2016.rnarn" The Deno' Mail said their reporters were aware of the woman's identity but were honoring her :squat to protect her privacy and not release her name. Her attorneys said the woman dropped her suit out of fear, based on having received "numerous Micas" against her life" littps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Epstein 6/23/2017 SDNY_GM_00063579 ----- -CON -F-DENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL - PURSUANT TO FED_ R. . DB-SDNY-002&404 EFTA_00 1 74087 EFTA01298661 Jeffrey Epstein - Wikipedia Page 4 of 6 In March 2017. some sources reported that President Donald Trump had been called as a witness in a new ease against Epstein. Virginia Roberts lawsuits In January 2015. a 31-year-old American woman. Virginia Roberts, alleged in a sworn affidavit that at the age of 17, she had been held as a sex slave by Epstein. tic trafficked her to several people, including Prince Andrew and Harvard Law prolessor Alan Uershowitz. She claimed that Epstein and others bad physically and sexually abused her.l"I She alleged that the FBI may have been involved in a cover-up.tf01 Roberts said She served as Epstein's sex slave from 1999 to 2002, and recruited Mita under-age girls." Prince Andrew. Epstein and Dershowitz all deny having had sex with Roberts. Dershowltz reportedly was taking legal action over the allegations.""G)I A diary purposed to belong to Roberts was published online.Sillszi Epstein made a settlement with Roberts out of court as he did in several other lawsuiu.154 The BBC television series Panorama planned an inveslimition of the scandal." As of 2016 these Cleans had not been tested in any law coun.)G11 References I. Lewis. 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Retrieved June la, 2017. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Epstein CONFIDENTIAL -PURSUANT TO FED R.QQINE ID ENTIAL 6/23/2017 SDNY_GM_00063581 DB-SDNY-0026406 EF1'A_00174089 EFTA01298663 Jeffrey Epstein - Wikipedia Page 6 of 6 External links • Jeffrey Epstein VI Foundation (tntplarquimpthsaybackr20160519131646ThItplAvww.jeffreyepsteinfoundation.com0 (discontinued, archived in 2014) • Collected news and commentary (hnpAopics.nytimes.com/toplreferencenimestopicsipeople/efteffrey_e_epsteirdindex.hunl) at The New York Times • Collected news (utpslAveb.arehive.orgArebt20091223014727thrtplAvww.nydailyncws.corMopicslleffrey5QBEpstein) at the New York Daily News Retrieved from Thrips://en.wikipediaorgAvAndex.phpItide-Jeffrcy_Epsteinetoldid-785536573- Categories: 1953 birds American billionaires American husinesspeople convicted of crimes American people convicted of child sexual abase American philanthropists American sex offenders Jewish American philanthropists Bear Steams people Businesspeople from Florida Businesspeople from New York City Child sexual abuse Cooper Union alumni Criminals from New York City Harvard University people I Living people People from Brooklyn People from Palm Beach, Florida Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences alumni • This page was last edited on la June 2017, at 02:29. • Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. additional 'emu may apply. By using this site. you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia& is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-pot-it organization. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Epsten CONFIDENTIAL - PURSUANT TO FED R.QPNEIDENTI AL 6/23/2017 SONY_GM_00063582 DB-SDNY-0026407 EF1'A_00174090 EFTA01298664 Jeffrey Epstein: International Moneyman of Mystery Page 1 of 2 PROWLS Jeffrey Epstein: International Moneyman of Mystery He's pals with a passel of Nobel Erkte—winning scientists, CEOs like Leslie Wexner of the Limited, socialite Cshislaine Maxwell, even Donald 'frump. But It wasn't until he flew Bill Clinton, Kevin Spacey, and Chris Tucker to Africa on his private Boeing Toy that the world began to wonder who he D. Eir Landon Meal Jr. Mir an 'Qat ths cash Casual: Vsibuso dims% down. Ile comes with cash to burn a fleet of airplanes. and a keen ar for the ladies -- lo say nab* of a relentless brain that challenge* Nobel Prim -winning scientists across the country "and for financial markets around the world. ItVec since tlw itilStlf 'Page Sie ran an Rem about the mesirlent's late-September visa in Africa with Kevin Stacey and Chris Tucker— on his new Inmefaaor's mist mita! Roping 727 • the Question of the day has been: who in the world is Jeffrey Epstein? les a life full actuation marks. Epstein Is said to run $15 billion for wealthy clients. yet aside from Limited founder Leslie Wexner. his diem hit is a closely held seam. A former Dalton math teacher, he maintains a peripatetic talon of brilliant svitistisb yet PluseSse* no backcloths degree. For own than ten year& he's been linked to Manhattan-Lo den society figure Ghislaine Maxwell.daughter of the mysteriousty deceased media titan Robert Maxwell. yet he lives the 'deaf a bachelor, logging tan hairs crew in his various planes as he scans the world for investment opponunities. Ile owns what is said to be Manhattan's largest private homiest runs libr business (mm a too-sere private Wand in St. Thomas Positron Wall Street has genenilly accrued to those who have madetheir open bids for it. Soros. Waxsecniiii. Ennis. Weill. The Sturm end Mang of their surceases and failures has been hived out in Epatin breaks the mold. Most everyone on the Street has heard of him. bin nob.** scents to know what the hell he is up to. Which is just the was- he likes N. "My belief is that Jeff maintaims some son of moneriosnagemaz fan. demo. sun won't get a suchen maser from him.' says one well.lanwas investor. 'Ile mire kit me he had 300 peopk working for him. and ice also heard that he manages Rockefeller monv. Rut one never knows. It's like looking at the Wizard of CM there may be lea there than meets the eye.' Says another prominent Wall Streeter: 'Ile SS this inatefiosts. (Scuba-pee figure. Ile likes people to think that he Livery-rich. and he cultic:des this air of oloofness.lhe whole thing is weird.' The wizard that meets the eye is spare and fit: with a long jaw and a camfully coiffed head of glad hair. he looks like a taller. stinger Ralph Lauren. A soapy Brooklyn accent betrays his Coney Island origins. Be spends an hour and fifteen minutes every day skiing alvanced yoga with his perianal teal meter. who iravebt with him wherever lw goes. Ile is an enthusiastic member of the Trilatemi Commission and the Council on Forego, Itelatima lie anon casually -• open-necked shirts. and sneakers and is rarely seen in a tie. Indeed. those rise to bra say the reason he quit his board seat at the Rockefelki Institute was that he hated wearing a suit. "It feels like a drag' be told one friend. Epstein likes to tell people that he's a loner. a man who's Dever touched *obit or dugs, and env whose nightlife Is 5u hom energetic. And yet if yen talk to Donald Tromp. a different Eagan ensriges. knownJeff for fifteen year& Terrific gm:Tromp booms from a speakerphone. 'Ile's a lot of fan in be with. It is even said that Ise likes beautiful weenie as much as I dn. and many of than are on the younger ale. No dooM abets a —Jeffrey ening Iris social life. Rut beautiful women are only a pan 'l it. Recause hencs the thing about Epstein: As sonic collect buitailks. he ndlects beautiful mimic invest in people Ire it polities or science. It's What I do.' he has said to friends. And his late t prim: addition is the fonwr president. In his eyes. Clinton as a species represents the highest evolutionarytom, of the political animal. To be up close to him, as he was during the African journey. is akin to seeing the canna of beasts on a safari. AN he put it to a friend win his return from Africa. you were a beset at the downtown vosnasium at mill Street and Mike ' ison walked in. your lace would have the same kat as these foreign leaders had when Clinksi emend the room. Ile n the waders greatest politician. "aeries' is both a highly successful financier and a committed plidanthrupirt with a keen sense of sdolsal markets and an in-depth kmaledge of tianly.firsDasicy mience.• Clinton says through a spokesman. http://nymag.cominymetro/news/people/n_7912/ CONFIDENTIAL - PURSUANT TO FED. R.QQN(E I DENTIAL 6/23/2017 SDNYGM_ 00063583 DB-SDNY-0026408 EF1'A_00174091 EFTA01298665 Jeffrey Epstein: International Moneyman of Mystery Page 2 of 2 especially appreciated his InieDjus and generosity dining the recent trip to Mita to minkon democratization, empowering the poor. citizen /whine. and combating I I IWAIDS: Before (Simon. Epsteln's Wm appearances in the• gossip columns tended to he spaidation as to the true nature of his relationshipwith Chislaine Marto:II. White they ate slut friends. the English tabloids Isere purtubwil that Max-well has longed fora mow permanent pairing and that for unditerminest masons Epstein has not ircipmeated in land. "If Its a roatfteriOtt, relationship that they have; says society journalist David Patrick Columbia. 'In one way. they are said mates. yet they are hardly companions anymore. les a nice conventional relationship. where they serveeach other's purposes" Friends M the two sny that Maxwell, whose social life has always been higher-octane than Epaeiris. lent a little pinata to the losterprofile Epstein. Indeed, at n perks- Maxwelra house, her (needs say, roe is just its apt to see ROSSiart ladiesof the night as One is to see PrOX't Andrew. hie Oxfonberlueated Maxwell, &wilted by era*: us a man-eater (she flies her teen helicopter and was retrenty wen dining with Clinton at Well's on Madison Avenue). liCtrf in her own townhouse a few Necks away. Epstein Is frequently seen around town with a bay of comely young women but thew has been no boldfaced name to replace Maxwell. You may read about Jeffrey in the social column, but there Is much exec to him than that, mys JeffreyT. lands of the prhate equity firm Leeds Weld & Co. "Iles a talented moony manager and an extremely hardworking person with breed intermits. Mint unusual. thoughts that In thin inedia-ohnemed age• he ix not in arty sense u self-promoter: Born in WM and raised in Coney, Island. k.listein went to Lafayette !fish School. According to his bio, he look some classes in phyries at Cooper Union from 1969 to art. Ile lett Cooper Union in 1973 and encoded NYITs<lottrant Instinne, where he took courses in mathematical plo*ologv of the heart. teaming that whod. too. hithoul a degree. Between i'v and erg. Epstein taught calimlus and pinnies at the Dalton School. By most accounts. ho was something of a Rabin Williams-in-Dend Prati Socktp type of figure, westing his high-school classes with passionate mathematical riffs. So impnwed was one Wall Street father of a student that he said In Epstein point.blaiik: 'What are you doing teaching math at Ihilion? You should be working on Wall *ace< why don't you give my friend Are Greenberg a call' .11014 mon rata CetAnstre York %ledis U.0 Rpeni %acne) http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/people/n 7912/ 6/23/2017 SONY_GM_00063584 CONFIDENTIAL - PURSUANT TO FED R.c1DFIVIDENTIAL DB-SDNY-0026409 EF1'A_00174092 EFTA01298666 Jeffrey Epstein: the rise and fall of teacher turned tycoon I US news I The Guardian Page I of 3 Jeffrey Epstein: the rise and fall of teacher turned tycoon Investment banker maintained impressive list of powerful contacts before downfall Paul Lewis in New York Sunday 4 January 2015 06.44 EST The rise and fall of Jeffrey Epstein, Wall Street investment banker turned disgraced sex offender, could be a plot line in an F Scott Fitzgerald novel. Raised in a tough Brooklyn neighbourhood, Epstein was working as a maths teacher at a Manhattan private school when, the legend goes, the father of one of his students put him in touch with a partner at the global investment bank Bear Steams. That was 1976. Within six years Epstein had risen through the ranks, working as a trader, before striking out on his own and convincing some of America's wealthiest plutocrats to let him manage their portfolios. https://www.theguardian.corn/us-news/2015/jan/02/jeffrey -epstein-rise-and-fall-of-teacher-... 6/23/2017 SDNY_GM_00063585 CONFIDENTIAL - PURSUANT TO FED. R.QPNEIDENTIAL DB-SONY-0026410 EFTA_00 I 74093 EFTA01298667 Jeffrey Epstein: the rise and fall of teacher turned tycoon I US news I The Guardian Page 2 of 3 Profiting from the 1980s boom, Epstein quickly amassed his own fortune. Often referred to as a billionaire, Epstein's true net worth remains unknown - in part because much of his wealth is concealed, according to Forbes, in a financial entity in the US Virgin Islands, a tax shelter where he owns his own private island. However, over his career Epstein, 61, acquired properties across the world, including a ranch in New Mexico, a mansion in Palm Beach, Florida, and a 40-room mansion in New York, which is reportedly the largest residential property in Manhattan. With huge wealth came great influence, and Epstein built friendships with powerful figures in the establishment: celebrities, politicians, business moguls and royalty. His list of clients has never been publicly disclosed, although it is well known that one is the billionaire retail magnate Les Wexner, whose empire includes the Victoria's Secret chain. Wexner is understood to have since cut his ties with Epstein. However, the investment banker maintained an impressive contacts list, from Hollywood to Washington. He was a generous philanthropist, donating millions of dollars to Harvard and other institutions engaged in cutting-edge scientific research. He once counted Bill Clinton, Donald Trump, Kevin Spacey and Naomi Campbell among his associates, frequently lent his private jet to powerful contacts and became famed for his extravagant parties. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Epstein found himself described as a modem-day Great Gatsby. His downfall, which began almost a decade ago, has been just as dramatic as the eponymous protagonist in Fitzgerald's novel. Epstein was arrested in 2005, after the stepmother of a 14-year-old girl told Florida police he had paid $200 for an erotic massage with her daughter, and later became the subject of an FBI investigation. By the following year prosecutors said they had identified 40 young women who may have been illegally procured by Epstein. Dozens of his alleged victims are reported to have settled with Epstein out of court. The federal inquiry was eventually dropped after Epstein negotiated a deal with prosecutors in which he agreed to plead guilty to a relatively minor state charge relating to soliciting paid sex with a minor. He served 13 months of an 18-month sentence and is now a registered sex offender. A lawsuit against the US government brought by two of Epstein's alleged victims, who are unhappy with the terms of the plea deal, has been ongoing for more than six years. In the latest twist, lawyers for the two women filed a motion in a Florida court this week attempting to add two new plaintiffs to the case. That document surfaces new allegations against Epstein and his associates. The motion portrays Epstein as running a "sexual abuse ring", loaning out underage women to "prominent American politicians, powerful business executives, foreign https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jan/02/jeffrey-epstein-rise-and-fall-of-teacher-... 6/23/2017 SDNY_GM_00063586 CONFIDENTIAL - PURSUANT TO FED. R.QPN(FIDENTIAL DB-SONY-0026411 EFTA_00I 74094 EFTA01298668 Jeffrey Epstein: the rise and fall of teacher turned tycoon I US news I The Guardian Page 3 of 3 presidents, a well-known prime minister, and other world leaders". Epstein's lawyers did not respond to repeated requests for comment but others identified in the court document have strenuously denied the woman's accusation. Those forcefully rejecting the allegations contained in the court filing on Friday include Prince Andrew, the Duke of York. His friendship with Epstein stems back to the early 1990s. Epstein was also a friend of Andrew's former wife, Sarah Ferguson, once lending her £15,000 to reduce some of her debts. Ferguson later said she regretted taking Epstein's money, which she described as "a gigantic error of judgment". After reports on Friday that the motion filed in the Florida court named Prince Andrew in connection with Epstein's alleged sex trafficking, Buckingham Palace released a rare public statement. "This relates to long-running and ongoing civil proceedings in the United States to which the Duke of York is not a party," it said. "As such we would not comment in detail. However, for the avoidance of doubt, any suggestion of impropriety with underage minors is categorically untrue!' Since you're here ... ... we have a small favour to ask. More people are reading the Guardian than ever but advertising revenues across the media are falling fast. And unlike many news organisations, we haven't put up a paywall - we want to keep our journalism as open as we can. So you can see why we need to ask for your help. The Guardian's independent, investigative journalism takes a lot of time, money and hard work to produce. But we do it because we believe our perspective matters - because it might well be your perspective, too. I appreciate there not being a paywall: it is more democratic for the media to be available for all and not a commodity to be purchased by a few. 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