Epstein Secrets

took Cana- dian heiress Wendy Belzberg on a date he hired a Rolls-Royce especially for the oc- casion. (Epstein has claimed he owned it.) In 1987. Hoffenberz, according to sources. set Epstein up in the offices he still occu- pies in the Villard House. on Madison Av- enue. across a courtyard from the rest

thed by Vanity Fair, Epstein may have good reason to keep his past cloaked in secrecy: his real mentor. it might seem, was not Leslie Wexner but Steven Jude Hoffen- berg, 57, who, for a few months before the S.E.C. sued to freeze his assets in 1993, was trying to buy the New York Post. He is cur- rently incarcerate

ue. Hoffenberg hired his new pro- tégé as a consultant at 525.000 a month, and the relationship flourished. "They trav- eled everywheie together—on Hoffenberg's plane. all around the world, they were al- ways together," says a source. Hoffenberg has claimed that Epstein confided in him. saying. for examp

t Citibank once sued him for defaulting on a $20 million loan. The article suggested that one of his business mentors and previous employers was Steven Hoffenberg, now serving a prison term after "bilking investors out of more than $450 million in one of the largest Ponzi schemes in American histo- rY%" As

the stock market, just as the 1987 crash was approach- ing. His story has subsequently changed. When asked if Wexner knew about his con- nection to Hoffenbere. Epstein said that he began working for Wexner in 1989, and that "it was certainly not the same time." Wherever and whenever it was that Ep- stein

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ice a lavish lifestyle that included a mansion on Long Island. homes on Man- hattan's Sutton Place and in Florida. and a fleet of ears and planes. Floffenberg and Epstein had much in common. Both were smart and obsessed with making money. Bah were from Brook- lyn. According to Holfenberg. the ovo men wer

ars and planes. Floffenberg and Epstein had much in common. Both were smart and obsessed with making money. Bah were from Brook- lyn. According to Holfenberg. the ovo men were introduced by Douglas Leese. a de- knse contractor. Epstein has said they were introduced M. John Mitchell. the late attor- ney g

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Wexner stuff we've talked about, and which has now been widely reported, from pre-2008, and the Hoffenberg allegations that Epstein was involved in Hoffenberg's massive Ponzi scheme in the 90s—and worth digging into in particular. But we'll of course continue to review and process additional information th

f many of those details trickled out over the course of months. We knew, for example, about Epstein's relationship with—and significant payments to—Joichi Ito of MIT and the New York Times Company, as well as other payments to institutions like Harvard and MIT and to a wide variety of individuals (or enti

ationship with—and significant payments to—Joichi Ito of MIT and the New York Times Company, as well a

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