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5122 a 2, 1:31 PM WIKIPEDIA Jeffrey Epstein - Wikipedia Jeffrey Epstein Jeffrey Edward Epstein (flpstin/ EP-steenAl January 20, 1953 — August to, 2019) was an American financier and convicted sex offender.13)[4] Epstein, who was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York Citr, began his professional life by teaching at the Dalton School in Manhattan, despite lacking a college degree. After his dismiccsl from the school, he entered the banking and finance sector, working at Bear Stearns in various roles; he eventually started his own firm. Epstein developed an elite social circle and procured many women and children; he and some of his associates then sexually abused them Is&DNA. In zoo ice in Palm Beach Florida be an investi atin Epstein after a parent complained that he had sexually abused her 14-year-old dauv,hter.g. Epstein pleaded guilty and was convicted in 2008 by a Florida state court of procuring a child for prostitution and of soliciting a prostitute.a-9.1 He served almost 13 months in custody, but with extensive work release. He was convicted of only these two crimes as part of a controversial plea deal; federal officials had identified 6 • some as young as 4 years old, whom Epstein had allegedly sexually abused.RiEmi Epstein was arrested again on July 6, 2019, on federal charges for the sex trafficking of minors in Florida and New York.1" ][1g—He died in his jail cell on August to, 2o1.9.D1-31 The medical examiner ruled the death a suicide.' Epstein's lawyers have disputed the ruling, and there has been significant public skepticism about the true cause of his death, resulting in numerous conspiracy theories.paied Since Epstein's death precluded the possibility of pursuing criminal charges against him, a „judge dismissed all criminal charges on August 29, 2019 ['Epstein had a decades-long association with the British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, leading to her 2021 conviction on U.S. federal charges of sex trafficking and conspiracy for helping him procure girls, includin a 4-yeri old, for child sexual abuse and prostitution.' I 19 [2o][21] 22 Epstein also maintained long-term relationships with various high-profile individuals, including Donald Trump, Leslie Wexner, Bill Clinton Alan Dershowitz, and Prince Andrew, Duke of Yorke [C-ontents Early life Career Jeffrey Epstein Epstein's final mugshot, 2019 Born Died Cause of death Resting place Occupation Title Criminal charge Penalty Partner(s) Jeffrey Edward Epstein January 20, 1953 New York City, New York, U.S. August 10, 2019 (aged 66) New York City, New York, U.S. Suicide by hanging (disputed) I. J. Morris Star of David Cemetery, Palm Beach, Florida Financier • broker - educator • socialite Owner of Jeffrey Epstein VI Foundation Procuring an underage girl for prostitution; sex trafficking 13 months with work release (2008) Eva Andersson (early 1980s) httpsiren.v.iikipedia.orghelki/Jeffney_Epstein 1160 EFTA00263107 5/22/22, 1.31 PM Jeffrey Epstein - Wikipedia Teaching Banking Financial consulting Towers Financial Corporation Financial management firm Media activities Liquid Funding Ltd. Investments Video recordings Legal proceedings First criminal case Civil cases Second criminal case Inyestigatiqn in France Personal life Wealth Residences Political donations Philanthropy Interest in eugenics and transhumanism Death Autopsy Final will Burial Investigations In popular culture Notes and references Notes References I Further reading External links Early life Victims Date apprehended Website Ghislaine Maxwell (late 1980s and 1990s) Details 36111 July 6, 2019 (second criminal case) www.ieffreyepstein .org (httpi/www.jeffr eyepsteln.org/) Epstein was born in 1953 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. His parents Pauline (née Stolofsky, 1918-2oo4)N-J and Seymour G. Epstein (1916-1991) were Jewish and had married in 1952 shortly before his birth.11 Pauline worked as a school aide and was a homeniaker.(2a261271[28] Seymour Epstein worked for the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation as a groundskeeper and gardener t'S11271 Jeffrey was the oldest of two siblings; he and his brother Mark grew up in the working-class neighborhood of Sea Gate, a private gated community in Coney Island, Brooklyn J26i Aerial view of Epstein's childhood neighborhood of Sea Gate, Brooklyn https://en.wikipedia.orp/wild/Jeffretgpstein 2./60 EFTA00263108 5/22/22, 1:31 PM Jeffrey Epstein - Wikipedia Epstein attended local public schools, first attending Public School 188, and then Mark Twain Junior High School nearby. gl In 1967, Epstein attended the National Music Camp at the Interlochen Center for the Axts.fa91 He began playing the piano when he was five. 1321 He graduated in 1969 from Lafayette High School at age 16, having skipped two grades.(311[321 Later that year, he attended classes at Cooper Union until he changed colleges in 1.97113-1] From September 1971, he attended the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University, but left without receiving a degree in June 1.974.131" 2-1 Career Teaching Epstein started working in September 1974 as a physics and mathematics teacher for teens at the Dalton SchooLon the Upper East Side of Manhattan.[M[331 Donald Barr, who served as the headmaster until June 1974, was known to have made several unconventional recruitments at the time, although it is unclear whether he had a direct role in hiring Epstein.(3331373[381 Three months after Barr's departure, Epstein began to teach at the school, despite his lack of credentials. s1 Epstein allegedly showed inappropriate behavior toward underage students at the time.(33][37] He became acquainted with Alan Greenberg, the chief executive officer of Bear Steams, whose son and daughter were attending the school. Greenberg's daughter, Lynne Koeppel, pointed to a parent-teacher conference where Epstein influenced another Dalton parent into advocating for him to Greenberg.(15-1 In June 1976, after Epstein was dismissed from Dalton for "poor performance",[333[393[03 Greenberg offered him a job at Bear Stearns.E3°R41 Banking Epstein joined Bear Stearns in 1976 as a low-level junior assistant to a floor trader.M He swiftly moved up to become an options trader, working in the special products division, and then advised the bank's wealthiest clients, such as Seagram president Edgar Bronfman, on tax mitigation strategies.b2H43)[44 Jimmy Cayne, the bank's later chief executive officer, praised Epstein's skill with wealthy clients and complex products. In 1980, four years after joining Bear Stearns, Epstein became a limited partner.A In 1981, he was asked to leave Bear Stearns for, according to his sworn testimony, being guilty of a "Reg D violation".(451 321130) Even though Epstein departed abruptly, he remained close to Cayne and Greenberg and was a client of Bear Stearns until its collapse in 2ootial Financial consulting In August 1981, Epstein founded his own consulting firm, Intercontinental Assets Group Inc. (IAG),1461 which assisted clients in recovering stolen money from fraudulent brokers and lawyers.E3"1 Epstein described his work at this time as being a high-level bounty hunter. He told friends that he worked sometimes as a consultant for governments and the very wealthy to recover embezzled funds, while at other times he worked for clients who had embezzled fimds.a9-1[421 Spanish actress and heiress was one such wealthy client, whom Epstein helped in 1982 to recover her father's millions in lost investments, which had disappeared when Drysdale Government Securities collapsed because of fraud.M1 httpslien.wikipedia.orghviki/Jeffrey_Epstein EFTA00263109 5/22/22, 1:31 PM Jeffrey Epstein - Wildpedie Epstein also stated to some people at the time that he was an intelligence agent[493 During the 1980s, Epstein possessed an Austrian passport that had his photo, but with a false name. The pssr_t showed his place of residence in Saudi Arabia-W*5'J In 2017 "a former senior White House official" reported that Alexander Acosta, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida who had handled Epstein's criminal case in 2008, had stated to Trump transition interviewers, that "I was told Epstein 'belonged to intelligence' and to 'leave it alone'", and that Epstein was "above his pay grade".[521[531 During this period, one of Epstein's clients was the Saudi Arabian businessman Adnan Khashoggi, who was the middleman in transferring American weapons from Israel to Iran, as part of the Iran-Contra affair in the 1.980s.N-Khashoggi was one of several defense contractors that he knew (3°1[49] In the mid- 19805, Epstein traveled multiple times between the United States, Europe, and Southwest Asia.(5°1[50 While in London, Epstein met Steven Hoffenberg. They had been introduced through Douglas Leese, a defense contractor, and John Mitchell, the former U.S. Attorney General.Ll°1 Towers Financial Corporation Epstein in 1980 Steven Hoffenberg hired Epstein in 19872 as a consultant for Towers Financial Corporation (unaffiliated with the company of the same name founded in 1998, and acquired by Old National Bancorp in 201.4),IM-1 e agency that bought debts people owed to hospitals, banks, and phone companies.1551[56 Hoffenberg set Epstein up in offices in the "Villard Houses" in Manhattan and paid him US$23,000 per month for his consulting work (equivalent to $60,000 in 2o21).E3LA Hoffenberg and Epstein then refashioned themselves as corporate raiders using Towers Financial as their raiding vessel. One of Epstein's first assignments for Hoffenberg was to implement what turned out to be an unsuccessful bid to take over Pan American World Airways in 1987. A similar unsuccessful bid in 1988,was made to take over Emery Air Freight Corp. During this period, Hoffenberg and Epstein worked closely together and traveled everywhere on Hoffenberg's private jet.1321 In 1993, Towers Financial Corporation imploded when it was revealed as being one of the biggest Ponzi schemes in American history, losing its investors over US$43o million (equivalent to $844,126,000 in 2021).(a21 In court documents, Hoffenberg claimed that Epstein was intimately involved in the scheme.M[58] Epstein left the company by 1989 and was never charged for being involved with the massive investor fraud committed. It is unknown if Epstein acquired any stolen funds from the Towers Ponzi scheme.M Financial management firm In 1988, while Epstein was still consulting for Hoffenberg, he founded his own financial management firm, J. Epstein & Company. 6 6 The company was said by Epstein to have been formed to manage the assets of clients with more than US$1 billion in net worth, although others have expressed skepticism that he was restrictive of the clients that he took.134 https://enmikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Epstein 4/60 EFTA00263110 5122/22.1:31 PM Jeffrey Epstein - Wildest/a The only publicly known billionaire client of Epstein was Leslie Wexner, chairman and CEO of L Brands (formerly The Limited, Inc.) and Victoria's Secret.(3°)[593 In 1986, Epstein met Wexner through their mutual acquaintances, insurance executive Robert Meister and his wife, in Palm Beach, Florida. A year later, Epstein became Wexner's financial adviser and served as his right-hand man. Within the year, Epstein had sorted out Wexner's entangled finances.[321(O01 In July 1991, Wexner granted Epstein full power of attorney over his affairs. The power of attorney allowed Epstein to hire people, sign checks, buy and sell properties, borrow money, and do anything else of a legally binding nature on Wexner's behalf.M Epstein managed Wexner's wealth and different projects such as the building of his yacht the Limitless.M By 1995, Epstein was a director of the Wexner Foundation and Wexner Heritage Foundation. He was also the president of Wexner's Property, which developed part of the town of New Albany outside Columbus, Ohio, where Wexner lived. Epstein made millions in fees by managing Wexner's financial affairs. Although never employed by L Brands, he corresponded frequently with the company executives. Epstein often attended Victoria's Secret fashion shows, and hosted the models at his New York City home, as well as helping aspiring models get work with the company.r§p1F611 In 1996, Epstein changed the name of his firm to the Financial Trust Company[321 and, for tax advantages, based it on the island of St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands. By relocating to the U.S. Virgin Islands, Epstein was able to reduce federal income taxes by 90 percent. The U.S. Virgin Islands acted as an offshore tax haven, while at the same time offering the advantages of being part of the United States banking system. Media activities In 2003, Epstein bid to acquire New York magazine.M Other bidders included advertising executive Donny Deutsch, investor Nelson Peitz, media mogul and New York Daily News publisher Mortimer Zuckerman, and film producer Harvey Weinstein. The ultimate buyer was Bruce Wasserstein, a longtime Wall Street investment banker, who paid US$5,5 million. 6P-1 In 2004, Epstein and Zuckerman committed up to US$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. It folded after three issues as a print publication and became exclusively an online one.M Liquid Funding Ltd. Epstein was the president of the company Liquid Funding Ltd. between 2000 and 2007.1651[661 The company was an early pioneer in expanding the kind of debt that could be accepted on repurchase, or the repo market, which involves a lender giving money to a borrower in exchange for securities that the borrower then agrees to buy back at an agreed-upon later time and price. The innovation of Liquid Funding, and other early companies, was that instead of having stocks and bonds as the underlying securities, it had commercial mortgages and investment-grade residential mortgages bundled into complex securities as the underlying security.M https://en.wikipedia.onywiki/Jeffrey_Epstein EFTA00263111 . 5122/22. 1:31 PM Jeffrey Epstein - Wikipedia Liquid Funding was initially 4o percent owned by Bear Stearns. Through the help of the credit rating agencies - Standard & Poor's, Fitch Ratings and Moody's Investors Service — the new bundled securities were able to be created for companies so that they got a gold-plated AAA rating. The implosion of such complex securities, because of their inaccurate ratings, led to the collapse of Bear Stearns in March 2008 and set in motion the financial crisis of 2007-2008 and the subsequent Great Recession. If Liquid Funding were left holding large amounts of such securities as collateral, it could have lost large amounts of money.MX Investments Hedge funds Between 2002 and 2005, Epstein invested $8o million in the D.B. Zwirn Special Opportunities Fund, a hedge fund that invested in illiquid debt securities (6O 691 In November 2006, Epstein attempted to redeem his investment after he was informed of accounting irregularities in the fund. o1 By this time, his investment had grown to $140 million. The D.B. Zwirn fund refused to redeem the investment. Hedge funds that invest in illiquid securities typically have years-long lockups* on their capital for all investors and require redemption requests to be made in writing 6o to 90 days in advanceJl The fund was closed in 2008, and its remaining assets of approximately $2 billion, including Epstein's investment, were transferred to Fortress Investment Group when that firm bought the assets in 2009.[681 69) Epstein later went to arbitration with Fortress over his redemption attempt. The outcome of that arbitration is not publicly 'mown. Vgg In August 2006, Epstein, a month after the federal investigation of him began,[Thi invested $57 million in the Bear Stearns High-Grade Structured Credit Strategies Enhanced Leverage hedge fund.Wilini This fund was highly leveraged in mortgage-backed collateralized debt obligations (CDOs).LTA 1.1•011. • • I ...a *a au. On April i8, 2007, an investor in the fund, who had $57 million invested, discussed redeeming his investmentiN 'Jr: rt . NO ' Mr I On At this time, the fund had a leverage ratio of r7a, which meant The government began negotiation for every dollar invested there were seventeen dollars of with Epstein for a plea agreement in borrowed funds; therefore, the redemption of this investment mid-2007, as the hedge fund began would have been equivalent to removing $1 billion from the to collapse. thinly traded CDO market.12-41 The selling of CDO assets to meet the redemptions that month began a repricing process and general freeze in the CDO market. The repricing of the CDO assets caused the collapse of the fund three months later in July, and the eventual cow of Bear Stearns in March 2008. It is likely Epstein lost most of this investment, but it is not known how much was his.t73J172I By the time that the Bear Stearns fund began to fail in May 2007, Epstein had begun to negotiate a plea deal with the U.S. Attorney's Office concerning imminent charges for sex with minors.(681[713 In August 2007, a month after the fund collapsed, the U.S. attorney in Miami, Alexander Acosta, entered into direct disdissions about the plea agreementJal Acosta brokered a lenient deal, according to him, because he had been ordered by higher government officials, who told him that Epstein was an individual of importance to the government(52)1 As part of the negotiations, according to the Miami Herald, Epstein provided "unspecified information" to the Florida federal prosecutors for a more lenient sentence and was supposedly an unnamed key witness for the New York federal prosecutors in their unsuccessful June 2008 criminal case against the two managers • as :as https.//en.wkipedia.orghviki/Jeffrey_Epstein EFTA00263112 5/22/22, 1:31 PM Jeffrey Epstein - Wikipedia of the failed Bear Stearns hedge fund. Alan Dershowitz, one of Epstein's Florida attorneys on the case, told Fox Business Network "We would have been touti that if he had [cooperated]. The idea that Epstein helped in any prosecution is news to me."[' 68 Israeli startup In 2015, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported that Epstein invested in the startup Reporty Homeland Security (rebranded as Carbyne in 2018).(Z61(717131 The startup is connected with Israel's defense industry. It is headed by former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, who was also at one time the defense minister, and chief of staff of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). The CEO of the company is Amir Elihai who was a special forces officer, and Pinchas Bukhris, who is a director of the company, was at one time the defense ministry director general and commander of the IDF cyber unit 8200.E Epstein and Barak, the head of Carbyne, were dose, and Epstein often offered him lodging at one of his apartment units at 301 East 66th Street in Manhattan.ta°li$'1 Epstein had past experience with Israel's research and military sector. Ss In April 2008, he went to Israel and met with a number of research scientists and visited different Israeli military bases. 82 During this trip, he thought about staying in Israel in order to avoid trial, and possible jail, for charges he was facing for sex crimes; however, he opted to return to the United StatesP Video recordings Epstein installed concealed cameras in numerous places on his properties to allegedly record sexual activity with underage girls by prominent people for criminal purposes such as blackmail $ Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein's close companion, told a Mend that Epstein's private island in the Virgin Islands was completely wired for video and the friend believed that Maxwell and Epstein were videotaping everyone on the island as an insurance policy.185J When police raided his Palm Beach residence in 2006, two hidden pinhole cameras were discovered in his home. 86 It was also reported that Epstein's mansion in New York was wired extensively with a video surveillance system.Q3Z1 an artist who worked for Epstein in 1996, noted that Epstein showed her a media room in the New York mansion where there were individuals monitoring the pinhole cameras throughout the house. The media room was accessed through a hidden door. She stated that in the media room "there were men sitting here. And I looked on the cameras, and I saw toilet, toilet, bed, bed, toilet, bed." She added that "It was very obvious that they were, like, monitoring private moments."1-2 1 Epstein allegedly lent" girls toyowerful people to ingratiate himself with them and also to gain possible blackmail information. 891 According to the Department of Justice, he kept compact discs locked in his safe in his New York mansion with handwritten labels that included the descnption: "young [name] + [name]' .bq Epstein implied that he had blackmail material when he told a New York Times reporter in 2018, off the record, that he had dirt on powerful people, including information about their sexual proclivities and recreational drug use.1211 Legal proceedings First criminal case Initial developments (2OO5-2OO6) https://en.wikipedia.orghinki/Jeffrey_Epstein 7/60 EFTA00263113 . 5r22122.131 PM Jeffrey Epstein - Wildpedia In March 2005, a woman contacted Florida's Palm Beach Police Department and alleged that her 14-year-old stepdaughter had been taken to Epstein's mansion by an older girl. While there, she was allegedly paid $300 (equivalent to $42o in 2O21) to strip and massage Epstein OA She had allegedly undressed, but left the encounter wearing her underwear.(93) Palm Beach Police began a 13-month undercover investigation of Epstein, including a search of his home.N[94] During the investigation, Palm Beach Police Chief Michael Reiter publicly accused the Palm Beach County state prosecutor, Barry ICrischer, of being too lenient and called for help from the FBI.[J The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) then became involved. Subsequently, the police alleged that Epstein had paid several girls to perform sexual acts with him 1139-1 Interviews with five alleged victims and 17 witnesses under oath, a high-school transcript and other items found in Epstein's trash and home allegedly showed that some of the girls involved were under 18, the youngest being 14, with many under 16.(951[96] The police search of Epstein's home found two hidden cameras and large numbers of photos of girls throughout the house some of whom the police had interviewed in the course of their investigation.La , a former model from Poland who became an Epstein assistant, reportedly removed computer drives and other electronic equipment from the financier's Florida mansion before Palm Beach Police searched the home as part of their investigation. M The court documents record that a search of Epstein's residence by Palm Beach Police detective Joseph Recarey in 2005 uncovered an incriminating Amazon receipt containing books on S&M. The books he ordered are titled: SM ion A Realistic Introduction, SlaveCraft: Roadmaps for Erotic Servitude — Principles, Skills and Tools and Training with Miss Abernathy: A Workbook for Erotic Slaves and Their Owners.1-9-§] A former employee told the police that Epstein would receive massages three times a day.[231 Eventually the FBI compiled reports on "34 confirmed minors" eligible for restitution (increased to 40 in the NPA) whose allegations of sexual abuse by Epstein included corroborating detaiLs.(291 Julie Brown's 2018 exposés in the Miami Herald identified about 8o victims and located about 6o of ti - ;7111- n. 70[100 She quotes the then police chief Reiter as sayin "This was 5o-something 'shes' and one 'he'—and the 'shes' all basically told the same story:ill Details from the investigation included allegations that 12-year-old triplets were flown in from France for Epstein's birthday, and flown back the following day after being sexually abused by the financier. It was alleged that young girls were recruited from Brazil and other South American countries, former Soviet countries, and Europe, and that Jean-Luc Brunel's "MC2" modeling agency was also supplying girls to Epstein.jsatoi] [Kai 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 count of sexual abuse.1933[1°3] On July 27, 2006, Epstein was arrested by the Palm Beach Police Department on state felony charges of procuring a minor for prostitution and solicitation of a prostitute. He was booked at the Palm Islivlite4X1051 State prosecutor Krischer Beach County jail and later released on a $3,000 bond. later convened a Palm 'leach County d jury, which was usually only done in capital cases. Presented evidence from only two victims, the grand jury returned a single charge of felony solicitation of prostitution, 9-0 to which Epstein pleaded not guilty in August 2oo6.(1137) Epstein's defense lawyers included Roy Black, Gerald Lefcourt, Harvard Law School professor Alan Dershowitz, and former U.S. Solicitor General Ken Starr.ril°1 Linguist Steven Pinker also Epstein's 2006 mugshot assisted 1O https://en.wikipedia.orgiwki/Jetfrey_Epstein EFTA00263114 5/22/22, 1:31 PM Jeffrey Epstein - Wikipedia Non-prosecution agreement (NPA) (2006-2008) In July 2006, the FBI began its own investigation of Epstein, nicknamed "Operation Leap year".Cal It resulted in a 53-page indictment in June 2007.1,21Alexander Acosta, then the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, agreed to a plea deal, which Alan Dershowitz helped to negotiate,tud to grant immunity from all federal criminal charges to Epstein, along with four named co-conspirators and any unnamed "potential co-conspirators". According to the Miami Herald, the non-prosecution agreement "essentially shut down an ongoing FBI probe into whether there were more victims and other powerful people who took part in Epstein's sex crimes". At the time, this halted the investigation and sealed the indictment. The Miami Herald said: "Acosta agreed, despite a federal law to the contrary, that the deal would be kept from the victims."IU The controversial non- prosecution agreement Acosta later said-he offered a lenient plea deal because he was told that Epstein "belonged to intelligence", was "above his pay grade" and to "leave it 2115,S2j Epstein agreed to plead guilty in Florida state court to two felony prostitution charges, serve i8 months in prison, register as a sex offender, and pay restitution to three dozen victims identified by the FBI.M891The plea deal was later described as a "sweetheart deal" (1131 A federal judge later found that the prosecutors had violated the victims' rights in that they had concealed the agreement from the victims and instead urged them to have "patience" .1141(115) According to an internal review conducted by the Department of Justice's Office of Professional Responsibility, which was released in November 2020, Acosta showed "poor judgment" in granting Epstein a non-prosecution agreement and failing to notify Epstein's alleged victims about this agreement.EMO Conviction and sentencing (2008-2011) External video Documentary: Who is Jeffrey Epstein, accused of sexually abusing teen girls? (https:f/www.you tube .com/watch?v=1jDPzW9C0s1.)/ Perversion of Justice, Miami Herald, November 29, 2018. On June 3o, 2008, after Epstein pleaded guilty to a state charge (one of two) of procuring for prostitution a girl below age 18,tu I he was sentenced to i8 months in prison. While most convicted sex offenders in Florida are sent to state prison, Epstein was instead housed in a private wing of the Palm Beach County Stockade and, according to the sheriffs office, was after 3Y2 months allowed to leave the jail on "work release" for up to 12 hours a day, 6 days a week. This contravened the sheriffs own policies requiring a maximum remaining sentence of to months and making sex offenders ineligible for the privilege. He was allowed to come and go outside of specified release hours.E15' 1 43 Epstein's cell door was left unlocked, and he had access to the attorney room where a television was installed for him, btfore he was moved to the Stockade's previously unstaffed infirmary. He worked at the office of a foundation he had created shortly before reporting to jail; he dissolved it after he had served his time. The Sheriffs Office received $128,000 from Epstein's non-profit to pay for the costs of extra services being provided during his work release. His office was monitored by "permit deputies" whose overtime was paid by Epstein. They were required to wear suits, and checked in "welcomed guests" at the "front desk". Later the Sheriffs Office said these guest logs were destroyed per the department's "records retention" rules (although inexplicably the Stockade visitor logs were not).ELIB He was allowed to use his own driver to drive him between jail and his office and other appointments [1001(1181 https://en.wildpedia.orgamikitleffrey_Epstein 9/60 EFTA00263115 5122122,1:31 PM Jeffrey Epstein - Wddpedia Epstein served almost 13 months before being released on July 22, 2009, for a year of probation on house arrest until August 2010.11191[120]11211 While on probation he was allowed numerous trips on his corporate jet to his residences in Manhattan and the U.S. Virgin Islands. He was allowed long shopping trips and to walk around Palm Beach "for exercise" DIM After a contested hearing in January 2011, and an appeal, he stayed registered in New York State as a "level three" (high risk of repeat offense) sex offender, a lifelong designation.I122N1231 At that hearing the Manhattan District Attorney argued unsuengsfully that the level should be reduced to a low-risk level one" and was chided by the judge. Despite opposition from Epstein's lawyer that he had a "main" home in the U.S. Virgin Islands; the judge confirmed he personally must check in with the New York Police Department every 90 days. Though Epstein had been a level-three registered sex offender in New York since 2010, the New York Police Department never enforced the 90-day regulation, though non-compliance is a felony.M Reactions Epstein in 2013, photographed for the sex offender registry The immunity agreement and his lenient treatment were the subject of ongoing public dispute. The Palm Beach police chief accused the state of giving him preferential treatment,E9-2-1 and the Miami Herald said U.S. Attorney Acosta gave Epstein "the deal of a lifetime".W Following Epstein's arrest in Jul7 2019, on sex trafficking charges, Acosta resigned as Secretary of Labor effective July 19, 2019.1 After the accusations became public, several persons and institutions returned donations that they had received from Epstein, including Eliot Spitzer, Bill Ftichardson,(1251 and the Palm Beach Police Department.[96] Harvard University announced it would not return any money.Ensi Various charitable donations that Epstein had made to finance children's education were also questioned. 11 On June 18, 2010, Epstein's former house manager, Alfredo Rodriguez, was sentenced to 18 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 case, including names and contact information of material witnesses and additional victims 41263(127] Civil cases Jane Does v. Epstein (2008) On February 6, 2008, an anonymous Virginia woman, known as Jane Doe No. 2, filed a $50-million civil lawsuit 121 in federal court against Epstein, saying that when she was a 16- year-old minor in 2004-05, she was "recruited to give External video How teen runaway became one of Jeffrey Epstein's victims (https://www.youtu be.corn/watch?v=ciLAzub0pOtg) innos.fien.wthipeclia.orgiwantJeffreY_EPfftnin 10'60 EFTA00263116 . 5/22/22, 1:31 PM Jeffrey Epstein • Wilepedia Epstein a massage". She claims she was taken to his mansion, Perversion of Justice, Miami Herald, where he exposed himself and had sexual intercourse with November 30, 2018. her, and paid her $200 immediately afterward.Jio6 A similar $50-million suit was filed in March 2008, by a different woman, who was represented by the same lawyer.[' l These and several similar lawsuits were dismissed.! 3° All other lawsuits have been settled by Epstein out of court. (1321 Epstein made many out-of-court settlements with alleged victims (23°) Victims' rights: Jane Does v. United States (2014) A December 30, 2014, federal civil suit was filed in Florida by Jane Doe ( and Jane Doe 2 against the United States for violations of the Crime Victims' Rights Act by the U.S. Department of Justice's N and his limited 2008 state plea. There was a later unsuccessful effort to add (Jane Doe 3) and another woman (Jane Doe 4) as plaintiffs to that case.inal The addition accused Alan Dershowitz of sexually abusing a minor, Jane Doe 3, provided by Epstein ['331 The allegations against Dershowitz 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 agreement51341351 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".036-I This long-running lawsuit is pending in federal court, aimed at vacating the federal plea agreement on the grounds that it violated victims' rights-WA On An it 7, 2015, Judge Kenneth Marra ruled that the allegations made by alleged victim I I against Prince Andrew had no bearing on the lawsuit by alleged victims seeking to reopen Epstein's non-prosecution plea agreement with the federal government; the judge ordered that 11 to be struck from the record. all Judge Marra made no ruling as to whether claims by are true or false. Though he did not allow Jane Does 3 and 4 to join the suit, Marra specifically said that may later give evidence when the case comes to court [1381 On February 21, 2019, in the case of Two Jane Does v. United States, Senior Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida Kenneth Marra said federal prosecutors violated the law by falling to notify victims before they allowed him to plead guilty to only the two Florida offenses. The judge left open what the possible remedy could be. [139] v. Epstein (2015) In a December 2014 Florida court filing by Bradley Edwards and Paul G. Cassell meant for incluti in the Crime Victims Rights Act lawsuit,EHLA (then known as 1 Where are they now? The biggest players in the Jeffrey , alleged in a sworn affidavit that at age 17, Epstein case (hups://www.youtube.c she had been sexually trafficked by Epstein and Ghislaine om/watch?v=yPjnercJqs1) Maxwell for their own use and for use by several others, Perversion of Justice, The Miami including Prince Andrewfi1 and retired Harvard Law Herald, November 29, 2018. professor Alan Dershowitz.M3421 also claimed that Epstein, Maxwell and others had physically and sexually abused herP431 She alleged that the FBI may have been involved in a cover-up. H41 She said she had served as Epstein's sex slave from 1999 to 2002, and had recruited other underage girls.['451 Prince Andrew, Epstein, and Dershowitz all d having had sex with Dershowitz took legal action over the allegationsP46][147][1481 filed a defamation suit against Dershowitz, External video https://en.wikipeclia.orgNnkikleffrey Epstein 11/60 EFTA00263117 5122122,1:31 PM Jeffrey Epstein - lupedta claiming he purposeful) made and malicious 491 defamatotyptatements" about herkll A diary purported to belso was published online.1 [15°,1 Epstein entered an out-of-court settlement with M., as he had done in several other lawsuits. In 2019, was interviewed by the BBC's Panorama where she continued to attest that Epstein had trafficked her to Prince Andrew-7A She appealed directly to the public by stating "I implore the people in the UK to stand up beside me, to help me fight this fight, to not accept this as being ok."U1-] As of 2016, these accusations had not been tested in any court of law. M. v. Ghislaine Maxwell (2015) As a result of allegations and Maxwell's comments about them, sued Maxwell for defamation in September 2015. After much legal confrontation, the case was settled under seal in May 2017. The Miami Herald, other media, and Alan Dershowitz filed to have the documents about the settlement unsealed. After the judge dismissed their request, the matter was appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit [k531 On March 11, 2019, in the appeal otct judge's refusal to unseal the documents relating to the 2017 defamation settlement of v. tri Maxwell, the Second Circuit Court gave parties one week to provide good cause as to why they should remain under seal, without which they would be unsealed on March 19, 2019. Later the Court ordered these documents to be unsealed (after having them redacted to protect innocent parties). In testimony, she claims that she was "directed" by Maxwell to give erotic massages and engage in sexual activities with Prince Andrew; Jean-Luc Brunel; Glenn Dubin; Marvin Minsky; Governor Bill Richardson; another unnamed prince; an unnamed foreign president; "a well known Prime Minister"; and an unnamed hotel si a chain owner from F ong others.L1541 The deposition does not claim that any of these men in fact engaged with and as of August 2019, none of these men have been indicted or sued for related sex crimes. 154 testified, "my whole life revolved around just pleasing these men and keeping Ghislaine and Jeffrey happy. Their whole entire lives revolved around sex:4154153i On August 9, less than 24 hours before Epstein's death, 2,000 pages of previously sealed documents from the case were released. Two sets of additional sealed documents will be analyzed by a federal judge to determine whether they should also be made public. A "John Doe" asked the judge on September 3 to permanently keep the documents secret, claiming "unproven allegations of impropriety" could damage his reputation, though he had no evidence his name was included.i155] Jane Doe v. Epstein and Trump (2016) A federal lawsuit filed in California in April 2016, against Epstein and Donald Trump by a California woman alleged that the two men sexually assaulted her at a series of parties at Epstein's Manhattan residence in 1994, when she was 13 years old. The suit was dismissed by a federal judge in May 2016 because it did not raise valid claims under federal law. The woman filed another federal suit in New York in June 2016, but it was withdrawn three months later, apparently without being served ontthe defendants. A third federal suit was filed in New York in September 2016. The two latter suits included affidavits by an anonymous witness who attested to the accusations in the suits, asserting Epstein employed her to procure underage girls for him, and an anonymous person who declared the plaintiff had told him/her about the assaults at the time they occurred. The plaintiff, who had filed anonymously as Jane Doe, was scheduled to appear in a Los Angeles press conference six days before the 2016 election, but abruptly canceled the event; her lawyer Lisa 12/60 Rene wilting/11A nmhvikitleff rev Enstein EFTA00263118 5/22(22. 131 PM Jeffrey Epstein - Wkipedia Bloom asserted that the woman had received threats. The suit was dropped on November 4, 2016. Trump attorney Alan Garten denied the allegations, while Epstein declined to comment [1.56][1s7lI15811159l11601 v. Epstein and Maxwell (2017) In 2017, filed a suit against Epstein and Maxwell, alleging that Maxwell had hired her to give massages to Epstein and later threatened to physically harm her or destroy her career prospects if she did not comply with their sexual demands at his mansion in New York City and on his private Caribbean island, Little Saint James. The suit was settled in 2018 under undisclosed wan-A[162] terms. Bradley Edwards' defamation v. Epstein (2018) A state civil lawsuit in Florida filed by attorney Bradley Edwards against Epstein was scheduled for trial in December 2018. The trial was expected to provide victims with their first opportunity to make their accusations in public. However, the case was settled on the first day of the trial, with Epstein publicly apologizing to Edwards; other terms of the settlement were confidentia1.1 Jr 1 j 37 _163_ v. Epstein and Maxwell (2019) Epstein was accused of sex trafficking of minors at his mansion at 9 East 71st Street. On April 16, 2019, went public and filed a sworn affidavit in federal court in New York, alleging that she and her 15-year-old sister had been sexually assaulted by Epstein and Maxwell in separate locations in 1996. met Epstein and Maxwell at her graduate art gallery reception at the New York Academy of Art in 1995. The following year, in the summer of 1996, they hired her to work on an art project in Leslie Wexner's Ohio mansion, where she was then sexually assaulted.itl =reported the incident to the New York City Police Department and the FBI [1611 affidavit also stated that during the same summer, Epstein flew her then-15-year-old sister to his New Mexico property where he and Maxwell sexually abused her on a massage table.k§§-] v. Epstein and Maxwell (2019) On July 22, 2019, while in jail awaiting trial, Epstein was served with a petition regarding a pending state civil lawsuit filed by ll She stated that an associate for Epstein had recruited her outside Talent Unlimited High School at age 14 and she was gradually groomed for over a year before Epstein raped her in his New York City mansion when she was 15 L168 filed her suit on August 14, 2019, when New York State law was updated to allow one year for. survivors of child sexual abuse to sue for previous offenses, regardless of how long ago the abuse took place.11 1 In October 2019, amended her complaint to include over 20 corporate entities associated with Epstein and named the additional individuals Lesley Groff and as enablers.L1Za Katlyn Doe, et at v. Epstein's estate (2019) httpsfien.wikipedia.orgAsnki/Jeffrey_Epstein 13160 EFTA00263119 . 5/22/22, 1:31 PM Jeffrey Epstein. Wikipedia Three women (Katlyn Doe, Lisa Doe and Priscilla Doe) sued the estate of Jeffrey Epstein on August 20, 2019. Two of the women were 17 and one was 20 when they met Epstein. The women allege they were recruited, subjected to unwanted sex acts, and controlled by Epstein and a "vast enterprise" of co-conspirators.(1711723 Jane Doe v. Epstein's estate (2019) A New York accuser of Epstein, known only as Jane Doe, announced a federal lawsuit against his estate in the Southern District of New York on September 18, 2019, staling that she was recruited in 2002 and sexually abused by Epstein for three years starting at age 14.1'733 , et al. v. Epstein's estate (2019) Five women , and an unidentified woman), represented by David Boies, sued Epstein's estate in Federal District Court in Manhattan in November 2019, accusing him of rape, battery and false imprisonment and seeking unspecified damages.[IN Jane Doe 15 v. Epstein's estate (2019) On November 18, 2019, a woman identified as Jane Doe 15 made a public appearance with her attorney Gloria Allred to announce that she was suing the estate of Jeffrey Epstein in the District Court for the Southern District of New York, alleging that he manipulated, trafficked, and sexually abused her in 2004, when she was 15 years old.ra51 It Epstein's estate (2019) On November 21, 2019, appeared with her attorney Gloria Allred and announced her lawsuit in Manhattan federal court against Epstein's estateir's][1771 Davies stated that after meeting Epstein in 2002, he sexually assaulted and trafficked her in New York, New Mexico, Florida, the Virgin Islands and France.M1 Jane Does 1-9 v. Epstein's estate (2019) On December 3, 2019, lawyer Jordan Merson filed a lawsuit in New York on behalf of nine anonymous accusers (Jane Does 1-9) and against Epstein's estate for battery, assault, and intensional emotional distress.11781 The claims date from 1985 through the woos, and include individuals who were 13, 14, and 15 when they first encountered Epsteinfla JJ Doe v. Epstein's estate (2019) The lawsuit was filed by Bradley Edwards on behalf of his client in late December 2019. The accuser, JJ Doe, is described as being a 14-year-old resident of Palm Beach County at the time Epstein abused her in 2004.1129-1 US Virgin islands v. Epstein's estate, et at (2020) A lawsuit was filed in Superior Court of the U.S. Virgin Islands in January 2020 alleging that Epstein ran a sex trafficking conspiracy for over two decades, through 2018, with children as young as ii years old on Epstein's Caribbean islands. til° According to Attorney General Denise https://en.wikipedia.onahviki/Jeffrey_Epstein 14/60 EFTA00263120 . 5122/22. 1:31 PM Jeffrey Epstein - widpedie George, his alleged criminal activities on the islands were concealed through a complex network of companies. 1801 Jane Doe v. Maxwell and Epstein's estate (2020) In January 2020, a lawsuit was filed against Maxwell and Epstein alleging that they recruited a 13- year-old music student at the Interlochen Center for the Arts in 1994 and subjected her to sexual abuse X811 The suit states that Jane Doe was repeatedly sexually assaulted by Epstein over a four- year period and that Maxwell played a key role in both her recruitment and by participating in the assaults. tffi Jane Does v. Epstein estate (2020) In August zozo 9 Jane Does filed suit accusing Epstein of sexual abuse. The alleged victims in the lawsuit include'a 11 and 13 year old and a victim who alleged abuse in 1975.L--I 182 Jane Doe v. Epstein estate (2020) In August 2020 Epstein was sued by a Jane Doe accusing him of sexually abusing her for one and a half years, beginning when she was an 18-year-old aspiring singer and model in New York. 18 Jane Doe v. Epstein estate (2021) A civil suit was filed against Epstein's estate in March 2021 by a Broward County woman who accused Epstein and Maxwell of trafficking her after repeatedly raping her in Florida in 2008.041 Second criminal case Trafficking charges On July 6, 2019, Epstein was arrested by the FBI-NYPD Crimes Against Children Task Force at Teterboro Airport in New Jersey on sex trafficking charges.[27][185]b.sains He was jailed at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City, which has held prisoners such as John Gotti, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, and Paul manafortpsem.89) According to witnesses and sources on the day of his arrest, about a dozen FBI agents forced open the door to his Manhattan townhouse, the Herbert N. Straus House, with search warrants. The search of his townhouse turned up evidence of sex trafficldng and also found "hundreds - and perhaps thousands - of sexually suggestive U.S. v. Jeffrey Epstein photographs of fully 2 -or partially — nude females". Some of the indictmentiA photos were confirmed as those of underage females. In a locked safe, ,compact discs were found with handwritten labels including the descriptions: "Young [Name] + Warner, "Misc nudes e, and "Girl pits nude" fi i) Also found in the safe were $70,000 in cash, 48 diamonds,V9131 and a fraudulent Austrian passport, which expired in 1987, that had Epstein's photo but another name. The passport had numerous entrance and exit stamps, including entrance stamps that showed the use of the passport to enter France, Spain, the United Kingdom, and Saudi Arabia in the 1980s. The passport showed his place of 19CSM vin https://en.wikipedia.org/wild/Jeffrey_Epstein 15/60 EFTA00263121 5/22/22.1:31 PM Jeffrey Epstein - Wikipedia residence as Saudi Arabia.LsoLEst][191][192][1931 According to his attorneys, Epstein had been advised to acquire the passport because "as an affluent member of the Jewish faith", he was in danger of being kidnapped while traveling abroad E!241 On July 8, prosecutors with the Public Corruption Unit of the Southern District of New York charged him with sex trafficking and conspiracy to traffic minors for sex. The grand jury indictment alleges that "dozens" of underage girls were brought into Epstein's mansions for sexual encounters [1.1][121[195] Judge Kenneth Marra was to decide whether the non-prosecution agreement that protected Epstein from the more serious charges should still stand.119§1 Epstein requested to be released on bond, offering to post $100 million with the condition that he would also submit to house arrest in his New York City mansion.[ 911 U S District Judge Richard M. Berman denied the request on July 18, saying that Epstein posed a danger to the public and a serious flight risk to avoid prosecution. D91 On July 23, Epstein was found injured and semiconscious at 1:3o a.m. on the floor of his cell, with marks around his neck that were suspected to be the result of either a suicide attempt or an assault.M His cellmate, former New York City police officer Nicholas Tartaglione, who was charged with four counts of murder, was questioned about Epstein's condition. He denied having any knowledge of what happened. Epstein himself said he recollected nothing.[190][199][200][201] According to NBC News, two sources said that Epstein might have tried to hang himself, a third said the injuries were not serious and could have been staged, and a fourth source said that an assault by his cellmate had not been ruled outel202l • ---• •••••••••••••••• - Federal paperwork regarding Jeffrey Epstein being denied bail On August 29, 2019, following Epstein's death io days prior, the case against Epstein was closed after Judge Berman dismissed all sex trafficking charges.[17][i8] However, he also expressed support for Epstein's accusers [IZ1 Prosecutors objected to the ruling and stated they would continue an investigation for potential co-conspirators. i8] Investigation in France On August 23, 2019, the prosecutor's office in Paris, France, opened a preliminary investigation into ,Epstein: He is being investigated for rape and sexual assault of minors under and over the age of 15, criminal association with a view to committing crimes, and association with criminals with a view to committing offenses. The prosecutors said that the goal of the investigation is to find _possible crimes committed in France and elsewhere against French citizens.1.3591 Personal life Previous long-term girlfriends associated with Epstein include Eva Andersson-Dubin(2°O?±-35.1 and publishing heiress Ghislaine Maxwell.(3°1 Epstein was romantically linked to Andersson-Dubin for an 11-year ri pe 04112T)61 mostly in the 198os and the two later remained friendly well after her marriage to Glenn Dubin.[2°412051 Epstein met Maxwell, daughter of disgraced media baron Robert Maxwell, lzo3W162312°7][2081 Epstein had Maxwell come to the United States in 1991 to recover from her grief following the death of her fatherial Maxwell was implicated by several of Epstein's accusers as • or recruiting underage girls in addition to once being Epstein's girlfriend EL61][162][208 In a 2009 deposition, several of Epstein's household employees testified that Maxwell had a central role in both his public and private life, referring to her as his "main httpsfien.wikipedia.orprirnkikleffrey_Epstein 16/60 EFTA00263122 5/22/22, 1:31 PM Jeffrey Epstein - Wikipedia girlfriend" who also handled the hiring, supervising, and firing of staff starting around 1992. In 1995, Epstein renamed one of his companies the Ghislaine Corporation in Palm Beach, Florida; the company was dissolved in 1998.11851 In 2000, Maxwell moved into a 7,000-square-foot townhouse, less than io blocks from Epstein's New York mansion. This townhome was purchased for $4.95 million by an anonymous limited liability company, with an address that matches the office of J. Epstein & Co. Representing the buyer was Darren Indyke, Epstein's longtime lawyer. ka In a 2003 Vanity Fair expose, Epstein refers to Maxwell as "my best friend".13-21 Epstein was a longtime acquaintance of Prince Andrew and Tom Barrack, 19 and attended parties with many prominent people, including Bill Clinton, George Stephanopoulos, Donald Trump, 211 Katie Comic, Woody Allen,[2121 and Harvey Weinstein.12131 His contacts included Rupert Murdoch, Michael Bloomberg, Richard Branson, Michael Jackson, Alec Baldwin and the ICennedys.(2141 His contacts also included Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak, British minister Toa, and Saudi Arabian crown prince Mohammed bin Salman.121 ] 216 21 Both Clinton(218i and Trump(319-1 claimed that they never visited Epstein's island. Epstein owned a -private Boeing 727 jet and traveled in it frequently, logging "boo flying hours a year ... usually with guests on board".1a221 The jet was nicknamed the Lolita Express by the locals in the Virgin Islands, because of its frequent arrivals at Little Saint James with apparently underage girls. 221 In 2003, Epstein flew to Cuba aboard his plane with Colombian president Andres Pastrana Arango at the invitation of Cuban president Fidel Castro. According to Fabiola Santiago of the Miami Herald, Epstein was likely considering relocating to Cuba in order to escape U.S. law enforcement; Epstein was under investigation from U.S. law enforcement at the time. 2221 In 2009, Epstein's brother Mark claimed 'frump had flown on Epstein's plane at least once. He later told The Washington Post that Trump flew "numerous times" on Epstein's airplane, although Mark was present on only one of the flights.1S-3-1[224l According to Michael Corcoran, Trump flew Epstein on his own airplane at least once.(22.91 In September 2002, Epstein flew Clinton, Kevin Spacey, and Chris Tucker to Africa in this jet .L32](2281[2-27] Flight records obtained in 2016 show Bill Clinton flew 27 times to at least a dozen international locations. 2(-181 Flight logs did not list any Secret Service detail for at least five flights, on an Asia trip, PS and Secret Service stated that there is no evidence of the former president making a trip to Epstein's private island. a18 In 2019, a Clinton spokesperson stated that, in 2002 and 2003, Clinton took four trips on Epstein's airplane, making stops on three continents, all with his staff and Secret Service detail.kni At the time of Epstein's 2019 arrest, Clinton's spokeswoman Angel Urecla stated that Clinton had "not spoken to Epstein in well over a decade, and has never been to Little St. James Island, Epstein's ranch in New Mexico, or his residence in Florida "En(?) In a- profile of Epstein in New York magazine in 2002, former Democratic Senate leader George J. Mitchell said of Epstein, "I would certainly call him a friend and a supporter". In the same article, Donald Trump remarked, "I've known Jeff for fifteen years. Terrific guy. He's a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side. No doubt about it — Jeffrey enjoys his social life."k311 In July 2019, Trump said "I knew him like everybody in 'Palm Beach knew him," stating four times he had not been "a fan" of Epstein and that he had not spoken to him in about fifteen years. A video shot in 1992 surfaced showing the two men partying together at Mar-a- Lagoi;321 23312341[235] By 2007, Trump reportedly banned Epstein from his Mar-a-Lago dub for unseemly pursuit of young females.(2-38 [2371(2381(239 The ban allegation was included in court documents filed by attorney Bradley Edwards,i~4O1 although Edwards later said it was a rumor he tried to, but could not, confirm.[2411(2421 President Trump states "I knew him like everybody in Palm Beach knew him: July 2019 video from the White House. httpallen.wikipedia.onalwikilJeffrey_Epstein 17/60 EFTA00263123 922/22, 1:31 PM Jeffrey Epstein - Wilopeche BM Clinton lauded Epstein as "a committed philanthropist" with "insights and generosity" [243/ At the time Epstein was on the board of Rockefeller University, a member of the Trilateral Commission and the Council on Foreign Relations, and was a major donor to Harvard University.[321 Epstein visited the White House while Clinton was president on four known occasions [2441 In 1993, he went to a donor event at the White House with his companion Ghislaine Maxwell. Around the same time, he also met with President Clinton's aide Mark Middleton on at least three °era sions at the White House. In 1995, financier Lynn Forester discussed "Jeffrey Epstein and currency stabilization" with Clinton [2441 Epstein, according to his own accounts, was heavily involved in the forei: exchan e market and traded large amounts of currency in the unregulated forex market. ° 2 In 1995, Epstein also attended a small political fundraiser dinner for Bill Clinton which included 14 other people including Ron Perelman, Don Johnson, Jimmy Buffett, and dinner organizer Paul Prosperi.12451 From the 19QOS to mid-2000s, Epstein often socialized with the future President Donald Trump. [Mg Author Michael Wolff wrote that Trump, Epstein, and Tom Barrack were at the time like a "set of nightlife musketeers" on the social scene [63E2473 Epstelp and Trump socialized both in New York City and Palm Beach, where they both had houses).234112461 In April 2003, New York magazine reported Epstein hosted a dinner party in his Manhattan residence to honor Bill Clinton, who did not attend, although Trump did attend.l~4s1 According to The Washington Post, one person who knew Epstein and Trump during this time noted that "they were tight" and "they were each other's wingmen". In November 2004, Epstein and Trump's friendship ran into trouble when they became embroiled in a bidding war for a $40 million mansion, Maison de L'Amitie, which was being auctioned in Palm Beach. Trump won the auction for $41 million, and successfully sold the property four years later for $95 million to the Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev. That month was the last time Epstein and Trump were recorded to have interacted.[2231 Wealth The ,exact origin of Epstein's wealth is unknownfral Leslie Wexner was one source of Epstein's original wealth.[241flin assistant of Epstein also stated that he got his fortune started through Robert Maxwell, the media mogul father of Ghislaine Maxwell. ragil 712511 When Epstein pleaded guilty in 2008 to soliciting and procuring prostitution, his lawyers stated he was a billionaire with a net worth of over one billion dollars.[2491 A number of sources, however, have questioned the extent of Epstein's wealth and his status as a billionaire. According to an article in The New York Times, his "fortune may be more illusion than fact". Epstein lost large sums of money" in the 2Oo8 financial crisis, and "friends and patrons"—including retail billionaire Leslie Wexner, "deserted. him" following his pleading guilty to prostitution charges in 2oo8.1.50 New York magazine claimed that "there's scant proof" of Epstein's "financial bona fides",[M91 and Forbes also ran an article entitled "Why sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is not a billionaire". [2521 Spencer Kuvin, an attorney for three of Epstein's alleged victims in the case where Epstein pleaded guilty to sexual activity with minors, stated that "he and his team 'pursued every possible angle' to find out Epstein's net worth but found that much of his wealth is offshore."[2521 An investigation by the Miami Herald of the Swiss Inks documents indicated that Epstein had multiple financial accounts with millions of dollars in offshore tax havens. In the Paradise Papers, records showed —a- SWISS Glabazed fawn 4 Swiss Leaks files indicate Epstein had millions stored in offshore accounts. Map shows global extent of account holders in the leaked httpsfien.vsikipedia.orgAvki/Jeffrey_Epstem 18/60 EFTA00263124 922/22, 1:31 PM Jeffrey Epstein - Wikipedia that Epstein in February 1997, became a client of Appleby, a Bermuda-based law firm which specialized in the creation of offshore companies and investment vehicles for the ultra-wealthy. A client profile of Epstein described his job cryptically as the "Manager of Fortune".m[661 Federal prosecutors on July 12, 2019, stated in court documents that, based on records from one financial institution, that Jeffrey Epstein was "extravagantly wealthy" and had assets worth at least $500 million and earned more than $io million a year. The extent of his wealth, however, was not known, since he had not filled out a financial affidavit for his bail application.(253liami[150 According to Bloomberg News, "Today, so little is known about Epstein's current business or clients that the only things that can be valued with any certainty are his properties "1~561 The Miami Herald in their investigation of the Paradise Papers and Swiss Leaks documents concluded that Epstein's wealth is likely spread secretly across the globe) 51 In 2020 Epstein estate's finances revealed that it had paid out nearly $50 million between June 2020 and December 2020 to more than loo women who brought claims to the "Epstein Victims Compensation Fund" set up in the U.S. Virgin Islands.l~571 By February 2021, the estate was valued at about $240 million, down from estimates of $630 million a year earlier. This prompted the attorney general of the U.S. Virgin Islands, Denise George, to file an emergency motion seeking the immediate asset freeze. She contended in the court filing, which the victims joined, that the estate executors had "mismanaged" the money.IKD Residences Epstein owned the Herbert N. Straus House on 9 East 71st Street in the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City [2-5O260] It was originally purchased for $13.2 million in 1989. by Epstein's_ mentor, Les Wexner, who renovated it cumpletelyps6pstAgja Epstein moved into the mansion in 1995 after Wexner married and moved with his wife to Columbus, Ohio, to raise their family.[32][26t1 He took full possession of the mansion in 1998, when he paid Wexner $20 bullion for it.1.50 The house was valued in 2019 by federal James in the U.S. Virgin Islands. prosecutors at $77 million, while the city assessed its value at $56 million [ 2591 The mansion is reputedly the largest private residence in Manhattan at 21,00o sq ft (2,000 m2).1186li25 Hidden under a flight of stairs, there is a lead-lined bathroom fitted with its own closed-circuit television screens and a telephone, both concealed in a cabinet under the sink. The house also has its own heated sidewalk to melt away the snow.187.1 The entrance hall is lined with rows of individually framed prosthetic eyeballs that were made in England for injured soldiers U21 The financier's other properties include a residence in Palm Beach, Florida, purchased in 1990pm seven units in an apartment building near the Arc de Triomphe at 22 Avenue Foch in Paris France1259) a 7,500-acre (3o km2) ranch named Zorro Ranch near Stanley, New Mexico, purchased in 1993;1261)1264)(265] a private island near Saint Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands called Little Saint Jamecwhich includes a mansion and guest houses, purchased in 1998; and the neighboring island of Great Saint James purchased in 2016.126O2671 Epstein was building a compound on the latter including an amphitheater and "underwater office & pool" but ran into problems when a stop-work order was issued in late 2018; work continued despite the order. 11611 Epstein, previous to his final Manhattan home, lived in a spacious townhouse, which was a former Iranian government building that had been taken over by the State Department during the Iranian revolution, at 34 East 69th Street for a rate of $15,000 a month from 1992 to 1995.2 He also previously owned a mansion outside Columbus, Ohio, near Wwmer's home from 1992 to 1998 Epstein's private island of Little St. https://en.wikipedia.orgrwiki/Jethey_Epstein 19/60 EFTA00263125 5/22/22, 1:31 PM Jeffrey Epstein - Wiltipedia which he purchased from his mentor. 6i Before the Herbert Straus house was purchased, Wexner purchased in 1988 the adjacent townhouse at 11 East 71st Street. Like in the case of the 9 East 71st Street house, Epstein was on the deed of the 11 East 71st Street house as the trustee. The townhouse was sold in 1996 to the Comet trust which holds part of the assets of the de Gunzburg/Bronfman Epstein rented offices for his business dealings in the Villard House at 457 Madison Avenue.19-31 Steven Hoffenberg originally set up the offices for Epstein in 1987 when he was consulting for Tower Financialiig Epstein used these offices until at least 2003. Around this time, Michael Wolff saw the financier in his office, which in the past were the offices of Random House12---T-Wolff noted that Epstein's offices were a strange place which did not have a corporate feel at all. Wolff stated that the offices were "almost European. It's old—old-fashioned, unrehabbed in its way." Wolff continued that "the trading floor is filled with guys in yarmulkes. Who they are, I have no idea. They're like a throwback, a bunch of guys from the fifties. So here is Jeffrey in this incredibly beautiful office, with pieces of art and a view of the courtyard, and he seems like the most relaxed guy in the world: You want to say What's going on here?' and he gives you that Cheshire smile."E9S Epstein rented multiple apartment units for his employees, models, and guests since the 1990s at 301 East 66th Street. The majority of the apartment complex at this address is owned by Ossa properties, which is owned by Jeffrey Epstein's brother, Mark, who purchased the complex in the early 199os from Wexner. Over the years Epstein has housed different friends at 11 East 71st Street, including his ex-girlfriend Eva Andersson, who is now married to his hedge-fund friend Glenn Dubin, MC2 Models founder Jean-Luc Brunel, and on occasions former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak. He has housed some of his workers, including his pilot, housekeeper and office work staff, in the apartment complex. Epstein has also housed qnderage girls, who Brunel scouted for his MC2 modeling agencyjklag On August 6, 2012, a model and party promoter associated with MC2, Pedro Gaspar, who lived above another of the modeling agency's locations in Manhattan, died of what some consider to be a suspicious drug overdose.faml Political donations From 1989 until 2003, Epstein donated more than $139,000 to U.S. Democratic Party federal candidates and committees and over $18,000 to U.S. Republican Party candidates and groups. [2721 Epstein contributed $50,000 to Democrat Bill Richardson's successful campaign for Governor of New Mexico in 2002 and again for his successful run for reelection in 2006. Also that year, he contributed $15,000 to Democrat Gary King's successful campaign for Attorney General of New Mexico. He later contributed $35,000 to King's 2014 unsuccessful campaign for Governor. Other contributions in New Mexico included Epstein $10,000 toward Jim Baca's campaign to become head of the land commission and $2,000 toward Santa Fe County Sheriff Jim Solano's bid for reelection. In 2010, Epstein received a notice from New Mexico Department of Public Safety which said, "You are not required to register [as a sex offender] with the state of New Mexico." This was in contravention of federal law, which would seem to say that the conviction in Florida required him to register in New Mexico.(2731 Philanthropy In 1991, Epstein was one of four donors who pledged to raise US$2 million for a Hillel student building Rosovsky Hall at Harvard University.(2741[2751 In 2000, Epstein established the Jeffrey Epstein VI Foundation, which funds science research and education. Prior to 2003, the foundation funded Martin Nowak's research at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. In May 2003, Epstein pledged a series of donations totaling US$3o million to create a mathematical tinps:hen.wikipedia.agivildthefftey_Epstekl 20/60 EFTA00263126 , 5/22/22, 1:31 PM Jeffrey Epstein - Wikipedia biology and evolutionary dynamics program at Harvard which was run by Martin NowakJ2741 According to The Boston Globe, the actual amount received from Epstein was US$6.5 million.1125K274112751 In 2019, Forbes deleted a 2013 article that called Epstein "one of the largest backers of cutting edge science" after The New York Times revealed its author, Drew Hendricks, had been paid $600 to submit it falsely as his own.raq51 According to attorney Gerald B. Lefcourt, Epstein was "part of the original group that conceived of the Clinton Global Initiative" (276r Epstein co-organized a science event with illusionist and skeptic Al Seckel called the Mindshift Conference.1?71 The conference took place in 2010 on Epstein's private island Little Saint James.EK:a In attendance were scientists Murray Gell-Mann, Leonard Mloditiow, and Gerald Jay Sussman.(-4l1 The true extent of Epstein's donations is unknown. The Jeffrey Epstein VI Foundation fails to disclose information which other charities routinely disclose. Concerns have been raised over this lack of transparency. In 2015, the Attorney General of the state of New York was reported to be trying to gain information but was refused since the charities were based outside of the state and did not solicit in New York State.12j81 Epstein, besides making donations through the Jeffrey Epstein VI Foundation, also made a number of charitable donations through his three private charities: Epstein Interest, the COUQ Foundation, and Gratitude American Ltd. According to federal tax filings, Epstein donated $30 million between 1998 and 2018, through these three charities.(279) Following his death, a number of scientists and institutions—including Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)—came under criticism for accepting money from Epstein and his foundation, with some individuals offering to give away money donated by Epstein LOA Epstein donated millions of dollars to Harvard University over the years for different causes. Interest in eugenics and transhumanism According to various sources, beginning in the early z000s Epstein developed a strong interest in improving the human race through genetic engineering and artificial intelligence, including using his own sperm. He addressed the scientific community at various events and occasions and communicated his fascination with eugenics. 2 1—l lh It was reported in August 2019 that Epstein had planned to "seed the human race with his DNA" by impregnating up to 20 women at a time using his New Mexico compound as a "baby ranch", where mothers would give birth to his offspring. He was an advocate of cryonics and his own idiosyncratic version of transhumanism, and had said that he intended to have his penis and head frozen ' r 284_283) Kathleen Hall Jamieson, director of the Annenberg at the University of Pennsylvania said: "Scientists need funding for important work ... if the funding is for legitimate scientific work, there is nothing wrong with accepting support from a billionaire. However it would have been wrong for scientists to accept his funding if they were aware that he was planning a eugenics experiment thatmight draw legitimacy from his association with them." Professor George Church also publicly apologized for meeting Epstein after his 13-month sentence, saying "There should have been more conversations about, should we be doing this, should we be helping this guy? There was just a lot of nerd tunnel vision." --.1 zso Death https://en.wikipedia.orgA • i/Jeffrey_Epstein 21M0 EFTA00263127 . 5/22/221:31 PM Jeffrey Epstein • Wikipedia On July 23, 2019, three weeks prior to his death, Epstein was found unconscious in his jail cell with injuries to his neck .1981[2w1 Epstein said he believed that he was attacked by his cellmate, who was awaiting trial for four counts of murder, while the correctional staff suspected attempted suicide.L2O~1[284J After that incident, he was placed on suicide watch (198][2851 Six days later, on July 29, 2019, Epstein was taken off suicide watch and placed in a special housing unit with another inmate IND Epstein's close associates said he was in "good spirits".(111 When Epstein was placed in the special housing unit, the jail informed the Justice Department that he would have a cellmate, and that a guard would look into the cell every 30 minutes. These procedures were not followed on the night of his death (2861[198]1-V1 3 I On August 9, 2019, Epstein's cellmate was transferred out, but no one took his place.1288hater in the evening, contrary to the jail's normal procedure, Epstein was not checked every 30 minutes.I28O1981 287] The two guards who were assigned to check his jail unit that night fell asleep and did not check on him for about three hours; the guards falsified related recorcls.D1811.2191 Two cameras in front of Epstein's cell also malfunctioned that night.[Al Epstein was found dead in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) in New York City at 6:3o a.m. EDT on August 10, 2019 129°12911J The Bureau of Prisons said lifesaving measures were initiated immediately upon the discovery of Epstein's body. Emergency responders were called and he was taken to a hospital. On August 10, 2019, the Bureau of Prisons and U.S. Attorney General William Barr called the death an apparent suicide, although no final determination had been made.M The circumstances leading up to his death are being investigated by the United States Department of Justice.[~92l[293] Autopsy On August 11, 2019, an autopsy was performed.k241 It appeared likely that Epstein had thrown himself violently off the cell's top bunk, which would explain the damage he suffered, other than strangulation [2951 The preliminary result of the autopsy found that Epstein sustained multiple breaks in his neck bones. Among the bones broken in Epstein's neck was the hyoid bone. Such breaks of the hyoid bone can occur from those who hang themselves, but they are more common in victims of homicide by strangulation. A 2010 study found broken hyoids in 25 percent of cases of hangings. A larger study conducted from 2010 to 2016 found hyoid damage in just 16 of 264, or six percent, of cases of hangings. Hyoid bone breaks become more common with age, as the bones become more brittlefrag Forensic pathologist CyrilWecht noted that hanging by leaning forward would not result in broken cervical bones. 297 On August 16, 2019, Barbara Sampson, the New York City medical examiner, ruled Epstein's death a suicide by hanging.12981 The medical examiner, according to Epstein's defense counsel, only saw nine minutes of footage from one security camera to help her arrive at her conclusion. -1' Epstein's defense lawyers were not satisfied with the conclusion of the medical examiner and were conducting their own independent investigation into the cause of Epstein's death, including taking legal action, if necessary, to view the pivotal camera footage near his cell during the night of his At the time of his death. Epstein was being held at the Metropolitan Correctional Center (pictured here in 2010), awaiting trial for sex- trafficking.142/ Epstein's body moved from New York hospital to medical examiner's office. video from Voice of America https://en.wikipedia.orghvikiNeffrey_Epstein 22160 EFTA00263128 5/22/22, 1:31 PM Jeffrey Epstein -Mesas death.1299/ Epstein's lawyers said that the evidence concerning Epstein's death was "far more consistent" with murder than suicide. 1151 Michael Baden, an independent pathologist hired by the Epstein estate, observed the autopsy. In October 2019, Dr. Baden said that Mr. Epstein, 66, experienced a number of injuries — among them a broken bone in his neck — that "are extremely unusual in suicidal hangings and could occur much more commonly in homicidal strangulation". Baden stated that he thinks that the evidence points to homicide rather than suicide "I Final will On August 28, 2019, it was reported that Jeffrey Epstein had signed his last will and testament on August 8, 2019, two weeks after being found injured in his cell and two days before his deathig911b21/ Until this time, Epstein had been depositing money in other inmates' commissary accounts to avoid being attacked [1981 The signing of the will was witnessed by two attorneys that knew him. The will named two longtime employees as executors, and immediately gifted all of his assets, and any assets remaining in his estate, to a trust. cal Burial Following the autopsy, Epstein's body was claimed by his brother Mark.[S°2][3°321 On September 5, 2019, Epstein's body was buried in an unmarked grave next to those of his parents at the I.J. Morris Star of David Cemetery in Palm Beach, Florida. The names of his parents were also removed from their tombstone in order to prevent vandalism.1304 Investigations Attorney General Barr ordered an investigation by the Department of Justice Inspector General in addition to the investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, saying that he was "appalled" by Epstein's death in federal custody.R3113°51 Two days later Barr said there had been "serious irregularities" in the prison's handling of Epstein, promising "We will get to the bottom of what happened, and there will be accountability..1306) On August 14, 2019, Manhattan federal court Judge Richard M. Berman, who was overseeing Epstein's criminal case, wrote to the Metropolitan Correctional Center warden famine N'Diaye inquiring as to whether an investigation into the millionaire's apparent suicide would include a probe into his prior (July 23) injuries. Judge Berman wrote that to his knowledge it has never been definitely explained what they concluded about the incident.bcgl The national president of the Council of Prison Locals C-33, E. 0. Young, stated that prisons "can't ever stop anyone who is persistent on killing themselves" 13o8j Between 2010 and 2016, around 124 inmates killed themselves while in federal custody, or around 20 prisoners per year, out of an inmate population of 180,000.1309113101 The previous reported inmate suicide in the MCC facility in Manhattan was in 29985,3111 The union leader Young said it was unclear if there was video of Epstein's hanging or direct observations by jail officials. He said that while cameras are ubiquitous in the facility, he did not-believe that the interior of inmates' cells were within their range. Young said union officials had long been raising concerns regarding staffing, as the Trump administration had imposed a hiring freeze and budget cuts on the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), adding "All this was caused by the administration."31- 3 1 8 President Serene Gregg, of the American Federation of Government Employees Local 3148, said MCC is functioning with fewer than 70 percent of the needed correctional officers, forcing many to work mandatory overtime and 6o to 70-hour workweekst3o8113121 In previous congressional https://en.wikipedia.orghviki/Jeffrey_Epstein 23160 EFTA00263129 512222,1:31 PM affieY Epstein -wildpedie testimony, Attorney General Barr admitted the BOP was "short" about 4,000 to 5,000 employees. He had lifted the freeze and was working to recruit sufficient new officers to replace those who had departed. o8] Epstein's attorneys asked Judge Berman to probe their client's death, alleging they could provide evidence that the incident resulting in his death was "far more consistent with assault" than suicide.M One week after having signed his final will, it had been reported that at least one camera in the hallway outside Epstein's cell had footage that was unusable, although other usable footage was recorded in the are.a.[284 Two cameras that malfunctioned in front of Epstein's cell were sent to an FBI crime lab for examination. i6 Federal prosecutors subpoenaed up to 20 correctional officers concerning the cause of Epstein's death.13131 On November 19, 2019, federal prosecutors in New York charged Metropolitan Correctional Center guards Michael Thomas and Tova Noel with creating false records, and with conspiracy, after video footage obtained by prosecutors revealed that Epstein had, against regulation, been in his cell unchecked for eight hours prior to being found dead.[314/E31.5X3 1 16 On May 22, 2021, the two guards admitted they falsified records but were spared from any time behind bars under a deal with federal prosecutors.lagl As part of a deferred prosecution agreement, on May 25, both officers pleaded guilty to falsifying records and conspiracy to defraud the United States. They were sentenced to six months supervisory release and will be required to perform too hours of community service 13g) In popular culture Epstein's death became the subject of widespread controversy and debate, with the belief that his death was a homicide becoming a popular meme.(3191 HBO is creating a limited series on Epstein's life and death to be directed and executive produced by Adam McKay.1.32°)(324 Sony Pictures Television is additionally developing miniseries based on Epstein's life.13221 In the season four finale of the CBS series The Good Fight, the plot revolves around Epstein's death IMIP:47-The Netflix documentary series Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich premiered in May 2020.13~51 The Lifetime documentary Surviving Jeffrey Epstein premiered in August 2O24:L[3261 On July 1, 2020, a statue of Epstein appeared in Albuquerque, New mexico.[327)(328i Footage of Trump and Epstein talking at the 1992 Mar-a-Lago party appears in the 2020 comedy mockumentary Borat Subsequent Moviefilni, where the footage is shown inspiring Borat to gift his teen daughter to someone in Trump's inner circle (with Borat deciding on Mike Pence, and later Rudy Giuliani). Later in the: film, one of Borat's children also changes his name to Jeffrey Epstein. 32911330] EfSTEIN CHUM KtL1.1-1;s4SELF Notes and references Graffiti featuring the phrase on an overpass on Interstate 71 in Cincinnati Notes hIlps://en.wikipeclia.orgiwiki/Jeffrey_Epstein 24/60 EFTA00263130