Epstein Secrets

one of the few truly baffling mysteries among New York's moneyed world. People know snippets, but few know the whole. "He's very enigmatic," says Rosa Monckton, the former C.E.O. of Tiffany & Co. in the U.K. and a close friend since the early 1980s. "You think you know him and then you peel off another rin

e's a classic iceberg. What you see is not what you get." Even acquaintances sense a curious dichotomy: Yes, he lives like a "modern maharaja," as Leah Kiernan, one of his art dealers, puts it. Yet he is fastidiously, almost obsessively private-he lists himself in the phone book under a pseudonym. He rarely

him his first piano. And then as he got to school he had difficulty ... in studying ... so Jeffrey got him intereste4 in taking flying lessons." Rosa Monckton recalls Epstein telling her that her daughter. Domenica. who suf- fen from Down syndrome. needed the sun. and that Rosa should feel free to bring h

s a classic iceberg. What you see is not what you get." ven acquaintances sense a curious dichotomy: les. he lives like a "modern ma- haraja." as Leah Kiernan. one of his art dealers. puts it. Yet he is fastidiously. a4 most obsessively private—he lists himself in the phone book under a pseudonym. He r

ught him his first piano. And then as he got to school he had difficulty ... in studying so Jeffrey got him interest$ in taking flying lessons." Rosa Monckton recalls Epstein telling her that her.daughter. Domenic-a. who sub fess from Down syndrome. needed the sun. and that Rosa should feel free to bring

's a classic iceberg. What you see is not what you get.- ven acquaintances sense a curious dichotomy: Yes. he lives like a "modern ma- haraja:' as Leah Kiernan, one of his an dealers. puts it. Yet he is fastidiously, al- most obsessively private—he fists himself in the phone book under a pseudonym. He ra

him his first piano. And that as he got to school he had difficulty ... in studying ... so Jeffrey got him interestel in taking flying lessons." Rosa Monckton recalls Epstein telling her that her daughter. Domenica, who sub fen from Down syndrome. needed the sun, and that Rosa should feel free to bring h

He's a classic iceberg. What you see is not what you get:' ven acquaintances sense a curious dichotomy: Yes he lives like a "modem ma- haraja: as Leah Kiernan, one of his art dealers. puts it. Yet he is fastidiously. al- most obsessively private—he lists himself in the phone book under a pseudonym. He r

him his first piano. And then as he got to school he had difficulty ... in studying . .. so Jeffrey got him intereste4 in taking flying lessons." Rosa Monckton recalls Epstein telling her that her daughter. Domenica. who suf- fers from Down syndrome. needed the sun. and that Rosa should feel free to bring

s a classic iceberg. What you see is not what you get." ven acquaintances sense a curious dichotomy: Yes. he lives like a "modern ma- haraja.- as Leah Kiernan. one of his art dealers. puts it. Yet he is fastidiously, al- most obsessively private—he lists himself in the phone book under a pseudonym. He r

one of the few truly baffling myster- ies among New York's moneyed world. People know snippets, but few know the whole. "He's very enigmatic," says Rosa Monckton, the former C.E.O. of Tiffany & Co. in the U.K. and a close friend since the early 1980s. "You think you know him and then you peel off another rin

ten better that people hate me, not the client." "You've probably heard I'm vicious ins my representation of my clients,- he tells people proudly; Leah Kiernan describes his haggling over art prices as something like ; a scene out of the movie Mad Mar Be- yond Thunderdome. Even a former mentor g says he's

him his first piano. And then as he got to school he had difficulty ... in studying ... so Jeffrey got him interested in taking flying lessons." Rosa Monckton recalls Epstein telling her that her. daughter. Domenica, who suf- fers from Down syndrome. needed the sun, and that Rosa should feel free to bring

's a classic iceberg. What you see is not what you get." en acquaintances sense a curious dichotomy: Yes, he lives like a "modern ma- haraja." as Leah Kiernan, one of his art dealers. puts it. Yet he is fastidiously, al- most obsessively private—he lists himself in the phone book under a pseudonym. He r