Epstein Secrets

Priorities 2003. The report was prepared for the Wexner Foundation and provides insight into Wexner's relationship with the state of Israel. As the Cleveland Plain Dealer noted, Wexner keeps his personal life "under padlock." But what has surfaced over the years simply adds to his mystery. In the Shapiro

ol. While there he began tutoring the son of Bear Stearns chairman Ace Greenberg and was friendly with a daugh- ter of Greenberg's. Soon he went to Bear Stearns, where, under the mentorship of both Greenberg and current Bear Stearns C.E.O. James Cayne, he did well enough to become a limited partner—a rung

lving a civil business case in Philadelphia. In 1981 the S.E.C.'s Jonathan Harris and Robert Blackburn took Epstein's testimony and that of other Bear Steams employees in part of what became a protracted case about insider trading around a tender offer placed on March II. 1981. by the Seagram Company L

th Mr. Cayne? A: Nd. Q: Have you had any business participations with- Mr. Theram? A: No; nor do I anticipate any. Q: Mr. Epstein, did anyone at Bear Stearns ell you in words or substance that you should lot divulge anything about St. Joe Minerals to he staff of the Securities and Exchange Corn- nission? A:

T]he only factual issue in the case was whether paitioners dominant purpose in making the trip was to facilitate her practice of prostitution. . .); Cleveland I United States, 329 U.S. 14, 20 (1946) ("There was evidence .. . that the unlawful purpose was the dominant motive."). There is no basis for conc

d his successes without the personal guidance and support of others. These key people first identified the promise in Mr. Epstein and brought him to Bear Steams and Company, Inc. There, starting in 1976 at the age of 23 as a floor trader's junior assistant, he became in 1980 a limited partner. Among the ver

ose personal friends with people with whom he went to high school and, to this day, maintains close business contacts with his former colleagues at Dear Stearns.. Those who know Mr. Epstein well describe him admittedly as quirky but certainly not immoral; and overall as kind, generous and warm-hearted. They

is airplane, would this be from New York to Florida or vice versa? A. Yeah. And then there were a couple of times that I flew to or flew back to Cleveland. My father was in a Cleveland clinic for a few months, so I flew on the plane then. Q. And do you know -- did you ever meet David Copperfield? A

help them set up their options departments. They were just getting involved with options, as far as I remember. Q. All right. How long was he at Bear Stearns? A. A few years. Q. What year did your brother graduate high school? A. I got out in '71, so I guess he got out in '69, I think. Q. From Lafaye