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?1I 23/ 2009 15:04 5616404420 X PAGE 01 Aileen Josephs, P.A. Attorney at Law h`l Ovate.. :env. Sisir.. KW Aileen 'myths \Yr ralai Bench. F Monk, ./ Myron 4 I :Ann ie. avn Flinght :...r.1/....w.Mtn.K...14; ow. January 25,2008 TO: Ms. Sanchez, Esq. RE: Mr. Epstein From Aileen Josephs, Esq. Ms. Sanchez: Women in our County have been watching this case wit concern. I strongly suggest tha h great t you do not attack the vic your client is innocent, you tim(s). If you feel can file a libel suit- of cou absolute defense to libel, and rse, the truth is an please keep in mind that not of a child is no defense to knowing the age statutory rape or any sexual against a child. enu re committed Sincerely, Aileen Josephs, Esq. • Cc. 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Kathleen %sec In rao wowasgeolnentnawtalcitIke avalowp.2 ewivaszt 09/12/2019 Agency to Agency Reguet: 19-011 CONFPITTENTIAL SDNY_GM_00331368 EFTA_00204094 EFTA02729208  RR; Mkt, Epacin in Nen lock. 1001. 14 Pravi nS. ninc-Iloor.5/.900.‘quart• lian pain hone. lk Aso Oath a 7.5Mkeere rat in Sty, %Ink°. a home in Palm Haack and a arilawan island. 4 •. t a.• lei a — Lately, Jeffrey Epstein's high-flying style has been drawing oohs and aahs: the bachelor financier lives in New York's largest private residence, claims to take only billionaires as clients, and flies celebrities including Bill Clinton and Kevin Spacey on his Boeing 727. But pierce his air of mystery and the picture changes. VICKY WARD explores Epstein's investment career, his ties to retail magnate Leslie %Atilt and his complicated past 'NS Ntrir-) !.01.71 SDNY_GM_00331369 EFTA_00204095 EFTA02729209 EFTA02729210  Guests are invited to lunch or dinner at the charm slip into his eyes. They are steely the town house—Epstein usually mks to the and calculating, giving some hint at the former as "tea: since he likes to eat bite- steady whir of machinery running behind size morsels and drink copious quanta's of them. "Let's play chess," he said to me, af- Earl Gory. (He does not touch alcohol or to- ter refusing to give an interview kr this arti- bacco.) Tea is served in the "leather mom:' cle. "You be white. You get the first move: so called because of the cordovan-colored It was an appropriate metaphor for a man fabric on the walls. The chairs are covered who seems to feel he can win no matter in a leopard print, and on the wall hangs a what the advantage of the other side. His huge, Oriental fantasy of a woman holding advantage is that no one really seems to an opium pipe and caressing a snarling li- know him or his history completely or what onskin. Under her gaze, plates of finger his arsenal actually consists of. He has care- sandwiches are delivered to Epstein and fully engineered it so that he remains one guests by the menservants in white gloves. of the kw truly baffling mysteries among Upstairs, to the right of a spiral stair- New York's moneyed world. People know n Manhattan's case, is the "office," an enormous gallery snippets, but kw know the whole. Upper Ely[ Side. home to some of the spanning the width of the house. Strangely. "He's wry enigmatic." says Rosa Mond- most expehsive real estate on earth, exists it holds no computer. Computers belong in ton, the former C.E.O. of Tiffany & Co. in the crown jewel of the city's residential the "computer mom" is smaller room at the U.K. and a close friend since the early town houses. With its 15-trot-high oak door, the back of the house). Epstein has been 1980s. "You think you know him and then huge arched windows, and nine floors. it known to say. The office features a gilded you peel off another ring of the onion skin sits on—or. rather. commands—the block desk (which Epstein tells people belonged and there's something else rinaordinary of 71st Street between Fifth and Madison to banker J. P Morgan). 18th-century black underneath. He never reveals his hand.... Avenues. Almost ludicrously out of pro- lacquered Portuguese cabinets. and a nine- He's a classic iceberg. What you see is not portion with its four- and five-story neigh- foot ebony Steinway "D" grand. On the what you get." bors. it seems more like an institution than desk, a paperback copy of the Marquis de a house. This is perhaps not surprising— Sade's The Allsjoesunes of Orme was re- wen acquaintances sense a until 1989 it was the Birch Wathen private cently spotted. Covering the floor. Epstein curious dichotomy: Yes. he school. Now it is said to be Manhattan's has explained. "is the largest Persian rug lives like a "modern ma- largest private residence. you'll ever see in a private home—so big, it haraja.- as Leah Kiernan, Inside. amid the flurry of menservants must have come from a mosque: Amid one of his art dealers. puts attired in sober black suits and pristine such splendor, much of which reflects the it. Yet he is fastidiously. al- white gloves, you feel you have stumbled work of the French decorator Alberto Pin- most obsessively private—he into someone's private Xanadu. This is to. who has worked err - Jacques Chirac and lists himself in the phone book under a no mere rich person's home, but a high- the royal families of Jordan and Saudi Ara- pseudonym. He rarely attends society gath- walled. eclectic. imperious fantasy that bia, there is one particularly startling oddi- erings or weddings or funerals; he considers seems to have no boundaries. ty: a stuffed black poodle. standing atop eating in restaurants like -eating on the sub- The entrance hall is decorated not with the grand piano. - No decorator would ever way"—i.e.. something he'd never do. Them paintings but with row upon row of indi- tell you to do that: Epstein brags to visi- am many women in his life. mostly young, vidually framed eyeballs: these, the owner tors. "But I want people to think what it but there is no one of them to whom he tells people with relish, were imported from means to stuff a dog." People can't help has been able to commit. He describes his England. where they were made for in- but feel it's Epstein's way of saying that he most public companion of the last decade, jured soldiers. Nat coma a marble foyer, always has the last word. Ghislaine Maxwell. 41. the daughter of the which does have a painting, in the man- In addition to the town house. Epstein late, disgraced media baron Robert Max- ner of Jean Dubutkt ... but the host coyly lives in what is reputed to be the largest well, as simply his - best friend." He says refuses to tell visitors who painted it. In any private dwelling in New Mexico. on an 418 she is not on his payroll, but she seems case. guests are like pygmies next to the million. 7.500-acre ranch which he named to organize much of his life—recently she nearby twice-life-size sculpture of a naked "Zeno." "It makes the town house look hire was making telephone inquiries to find a African warrior. a shack," Epstein has said. He also owns California-based yoga instructor for him. Despite its eccentricity the house is curi- Little Sr. James. a 70-acre island in the (Epstein is still close to his two other long- ously impersonal the statement of someone U.S. Virgin islands. where the main house term girlfriends, Paula Heil Fisher, a for- who was to be known for the scale of his is currently being renamed by Edward Ma- mer associate of his at the brokerage firm possessions. Its occupant. financier Jeffrey de, a designer of the Arnanresons. There is Bear Stearns and now an opera producer, Epstein, 50, admits to friends that he likes it also a 56.8 million house in Palm Beach, and Eva Andersson Dubin. a doctor and when people think of him this way. A good- Florida, and a fleet of aircraft: a Gulfstream onetime model. He tens people that when looking man. resembling Ralph Lauren. IV, a helicopter. and a Boeing 727. replete a relationship is over the girlfriend "moves with thick gray-white hair and a weathered with trading room. on which Epstein re- up, not down: to friendship status.) face, he usually dresses in jeans, knit shirts, cently flew President Clinton, actors Chris Some of the businessmen who dine with and loafers. He tells people he bought the Tucker and Kevin Speech supermarket him at his home—they include newspaper house because he knew he "could newer live magnate Ron Burkle. Lew Wasserman's publisher Mort Zuckerman. banker Louis 10, (0 *0110. anywhere bigger." He thinks 51,000 square grandson, Casey Waxman, and a kw oth- Ranieri. Revlon chairman Ronald Perelman. let is an appropriately large space kr some- ers, on a mission to explore the problems of real-estatc tycoon Leon Black. former Mi- one like himself, who deals mostly in large /UOS and economic development in Africa. crosoft executive Nathan Myhnold, Tom concepts—especially large sums of money. Epstein is chaining_ but he doesn't let Pritzke48AccIEtkiktbilkag tripigfate 09/12aut9 Pagnzaor 302 1 VA wily FAIR CONFIDENTIAL %%ARCH 2003 SDNY_GM_00331371 EFTA_0O204O97 EFTA02729211  personality Donald Trump—sometimes seem not all that clear as to what he ac- tually does to earn his millions. Cenainly, you won't find Epstein's transactions writ- ten about on Bloomberg or talked about in the trading rooms. "The trading desks daft seem to bow him. It's unusual for animals that big not to leave any footprints in the snow." says a high-level inurement manager. Unlike such fund managers as George Soros and Stanley Drucicenmiller, whose client lists and stock maneuverings act as their calling cards, Epstein keeps all his deals and clients secret, bar one client: bil- Bonaire Leslie Viewer, the respected chair- man of Limited BTUs. Epstein insists that ever since he left Boar Steens in 1981 he has managed money only for bfllionaires— who depend on him for discretion. "I was the only person crazy enough, or arrogant enough. or misplaced enough, to make my limit a bit- Soo dollars or more." he tells peo- ple freely. According to him, the flat &es he roaches from his clients. -You think you know combined with his skill at playing the currency markets "with very him and then you es.: -7 large sums of money," hate afforded him the lifestyle he enjoys today. peel off anothet ring Why do billionaires choose him as their trustee? Because the prob- lems of the mega-rich, he tells peo- of the onion.' ple. are different from yours and mine, and his unique philosophy is central to understanding those problems: parks department. His -Very few people need any more money parents viewed educa- UNREAL ESTATE when they have a billion dollars. The key tion u "the way out From mr.. the "leather is not to have it do harm more than any- for him and his young- room" .n Ep,tein't house. thing else.... You don't want to lose your er brother. Mark, now "here "tea- is until money." working in real estate. to guests: Epstein at his Zorro ranch rn 1991 Jeffrey started to play with his - best friend." e has likened his job to the piano—for which he Ghislaine Mama that of an architect—more maintains a passion—at Epstein in 1979. specifically, one who we- five, and he went to e:allies in remodeling: "f Brooklyn's Lafayette High "bounty hunter:' recov- always describe la billion- School. He was good at ering lost or stolen mom . anal as someone who mathematics, and in his ey for the government or for very rich started out in a small early 20s he got a job teaching physics and people. He has a license to carry a firearm. home and as he became wealthier had add- math at Dalton. the elite Manhattan pri- For the last 15 years, he's been running his : ore. He added on another addition, he built vate school. While there he began tutoring business, J. Epstein & Co. - a room over the garage ... until you have a the son of Bear Steams chairman Ace Since Leslie Wexner appeared in his it house that is usually a mess.... !Catskill& Greenberg and was friendly with a daugh- life—Epstein has said this was in 1986: house that has been put together over time ter of Greenberg's. Soon he went to Bear others say it was in 1989, at the earliest — • when no one could foretell the financial tu- Stearns. where. under the mentorship of he has gradually, in a way that has not t; cure and their accompanying needs." both Greenberg and current Bear Steams generally mad:. headlines, come to be ac- i He makes it sound as though his job C.E.O. James Cayne, he did well enough cepted by the Establishment. He's a mem- (4 ° combines the roles of real-estate agent, as to become a limited partner—a rung be- ber of various commissions and councils: countant. lawyer, money manager, trustee, neath full partner. He abruptly departed in he is on the Trilateral Commission, the and confidant. But, as with Jay Gatsby, 1981 because, he has said, he wanted to Council on Foreign Relations, the New myths and rumor swirl around Epstein. run his own business. York Academy of Sciences, and the Insti- Here are some of the hard facts about Thereafter the details recede into shad- tute of International Education. Epstein—ones that he doesn't mind people ow. A few of the handful of current friends His current fan club extends to Cayne, knowing:- He middle-class in who have known him sinraff et 1980s Henry RosovsteheyfilstcivRatt9-411 Brooklyn. His at 2r worked for the city's recall es I Arts am. Sexnces. and VVIY1 NTIALw" SDNY_GM_00331372 EFTA_00204098 EFTA02729212  "I think we both possess the skill of seeing patterns," says Wexner. "But Jef- frey sees patterns in politics and finan- cial markets, and 1 see panems in lifestyle and fashion trends. My skills are not in in- vestment strategy, and, as everyone who knows Jeffrey knows, his are riot in fash- ion and design. We frequently discuss world trends as each of us sees them- y the time Epstein met Wenner, the latter was a retail legend who had built a $3 billion em- pire —one that now in- cludes Victoria's Secret, Express, and Bath & Body Works—from 55,000 lent him by his aunt. "Wexner saw in Jeffrey the type of person who had the potential to real- ize his (Jeffrey's] dreams," says some- one who has worked closely with both men. "He gave Jeffrey the ball. and Jeffrey hit it out of the park:' Yibma through a trust. bought the town house in which Epstein now lives for a reported S13.2 million in 1989. In 1993. Wex- ner married Abigail Koppel. a 3l-year-old lawyer, and the neulyweds relocated to Ohio: in 1996, Epstein moved in- to the town house. Public documents suggest that the house is still owned by the trust that bought it. SPOILS OF SUCCESS Edebnan and Murray WI- but Epstein has said that he now owns the From tux Epstein's 70. Mann, and mathematical house. acre island. Little St. biologist Martin Nowak. Wexner trusts Epstein so completely lames. in the U.S. Virgin When these men describe that he has assigned him the paver of fidu- Islands—he now calls it Little St. Tell: Epstein Epstein. they talk about ciary over all of his private trust and ktire Met President Clinton in "energy" and - curiosity," as dations, says a source close to Uttar. In Brunei. 200:: Leslie well as a love for theoreti- 1992, Epstein even persuaded Wexner to Wexner with his future cal physics that they don't put him on the board of the Wexner Four)• wife. Abigail. at the 1990 ordinarily find in laymen. dation in place of Wanes ailing mother. C.F.DA. Fashion Awards, Gell-Mann rather sweetly Bella Wexner recovered and demanded to — in New York. 1991. mentions that "there are al- be reinstated. Epstein has said they settled he ways pretty ladies around" by splitting the foundation in tun. ria when he goes to dinner the Epstein does not care that he comes be- a bei Larry Summers. Harvard's current presi• Epstein, and he's under the impression that tween family members. In fact, he sees it ,g7: a c dent. Harvard law prokssor Alan Dersho- Epstein's clients include the Queen of En- as his job. He tells people. - I am there to j the witz says, "I'm on my 20th book.... The gland. Both Nowak and Dershowitz were represent my client. and if my client needs t' by only person outside of my immediate firmly thrilled to find themselves shaking the hand protecting—sometimes even from his own ' at I that I send drafts to is Jeffrey." Real-estate of a man named -Andrew' in Epstein's family—then it's often better that people developer and philanthropist Marshall Rose, house. "Andrew" turned out to be Prince hate me, not the client." a lit who has worlad with Epstein on projects in Andrew, who subsequently arranged to sit "You've probably heard I'm vicious in rend New Albany. Ohio, for Wexner. says. "He in the back of Dershowitis law class. my representation of my clients." he tells : that digests and decodes the information very Epstein gets annoyed when anyone sug- people proudly: Leah Rieman describes his - fillet rapidly, which is to me terrific because we gests that Wexner "made him.- "I had real- haggling over art prices as something like els. ' have shorter meetings." ly rich clients before," he has said. Yet he a scene out of the movie Mad Max Be- the u Also on the list of admirers are former does not deny that he and Warier have a frond Thundentlome. Even a former mentor "F senator George Mitchell and a gaggle of special relationship. Epstein sees it as a says he's seen "the dark side" of Epstein. assoc distinguished scientists, most of whom partnership of equals. "People have said it's and a Bear Stearns source recalls a meet- ey do Epstein has helped fund in recent years. like we have one brain between two of us: ing in which Epstein chewed out a team he ma They include Nobel Prize winners Gerald each has a side en a otesentmion for 3Yeittiner as do an 09/12/2019 Page 2809 makinacy 10 AgencyKennet: t w-4 ins : F. , t CONFIDENTIAL mARCN 2003 0 .1 2C SDNY_GM_00331373 EFTA _00204099 EFTA02729213  being so brutal as to be "irresponsible." media. Right now, in the wake of the pub- Hoffenberg, says a close friend, "really One reports in fact, moved three threats licity following his trip with Clinton, he bled Jeffrey.... Jeffrey has a way of getting from Epstein while preparing a piece they must be in a very difficult place." under your skin, and he was under Holt were delivered in a jocular tone, but the fenberg's." Also appealing to Hoffenberg message was dear: There will be trouble :cording to S.E.C. and were Epstein's social connections; they in- for your family if I don't like the article. other legal documents un- cluded oil mogul Cece Wang (father of the On the other hand, Epstein is clearly earthed by Vanity Thin designer Vera) and Mohan Mutjani. whose very generous with friends. Joe Pagano, an Epstein may have good clothing company grew into Gloria Van- Aspen-based venture capitalist, who has reason to keep his past derbilt Jeans. Epstein lived large even then. known Epstein since before his Bear Stearns cloaked in secrecy: his real One friend recalls that when he took Cana- days. can't say enough nice things: -I have mentor it might seem. was dian heiress Wendy Belzberg on a date he a boy who's dyslexic, and Jeffrey's gotten not Leslie Wexner but Steven Jude Hoffen- hired a Rolls-Royce especially for the •no close to him over the years.... Jeffrey got berg. 57 who, for a few months before the casion. (Epstein has claimed he owned it.) him into music. He bought him his first S.E.C. sued to freeze his assets in 1993, was In 1987 Reifenberg, according to sources, piano. And then as he got to school he had trying to buy the New York Post He is cur- set Epstein up in the offices he still occu- difficulty ... in studying ... so Jeffrey got rently incarcerated in the Federal Medical pies in the Villard House. on Madison Av- him intereste4 in taking flying lessons." Center in Devens. Massachusetts. serving a enue- across a courtyard from the restaurant Rosa Monekton recalls Epstein telling 20-year sentence for bilking investors out of Le Cirque. HolTenbers hired his new pro- her that her daughter. Domenica, who suf. more than 5450 million in one of the largest tege as a consultant at 525,000 a month. fen from Down syndrome. needed the sun, Ponzi schemes in American history. and the relationship flourished. They tray and that Rosa should kd free to bring her When Epstein met Hoffenberg in Lon- tied everywhde together—on Hoffenbergs to his house in Palm Beach anytime. don in the 1980s, the latter was the char- plane. all around the world, they were al- Some friends remember that in the late ismatic, audacious head of the Towers ways together," says a source. Hoffenberg 80s Epstein would offer to upgrade the air- Financial Corporation. a collection agency has claimed that Epstein confided in him. line tickets of good friends by affixing fun- that was supposed to buy debts that peo- saying. for example. that he had left Bear class stickers: the only problem was that the ple owed to hospitals. banks. and phone Steams in 1981 after he was discovered ex- stickers turned out to be unofficial. Some- companies. But Hoffenberg began using ecuting "illegal operations." times the technique swilled. but other times company funds to pay off earlier investors Several of Epstein's bear Stearns contem- it didn't. and the unwitting recipients found and service a lavish hfesryle that included a poraries recall that Epstein left the compa- themselves exiled to coach. (Epstein has mansion on Long Island. homes on Man- ny tiny suddenly. Within the company there claimed that he paid for the upgrades, and hattan's Sutton Place and in Florida. and a were rumors also that he was involved in a bad no knowledge of the stickers.) Many of fleet of cars and planes. technical infringement. and it