Epstein Secrets

°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 Co

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

erage 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; Epst

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 hisio- As he am

siness mentors and previous employers was Steven Hoffenberg, now serving a prison term after "bilking inves

directing a crew of Foreign Ministry officials as they worked in the fields to show their support for Castro on his birthday. In his statement. Fidel Castro said: "I feel very haft py. For all those who care about my health. I promise to fight for it," His stability has "considerably improved," he s

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?" •

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you weren't 13 there, you weren't part of that? 14 GHISLAINE MAXWELL: Correct. 15 TODD BLANCHE: Do you know somebody named 16 Steven Hoffenberg? 17 GHISLAINE MAXWELL: Only from the press. 18 TODD BLANCHE: Okay. And so you don't 19 know anything about whatever business

DD BLANCHE: Do you know somebody named 16 Steven Hoffenberg? 17 GHISLAINE MAXWELL: Only from the

he cigar distributor for Montecristo 19 maybe, I can't remember which cigar it was. And so 20 we went there, and he organized the trip and we met 21 Fidel Castro. 22 TODD BLANCHE: When was that, 23 approximately? 24 GHISLAINE MAXWELL: Had to be -- it had to 25 be 2002, 2003. 52 (Pages

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he cigar distributor for Montecristo 19 maybe, I can't remember which cigar it was. And so 20 we went there, and he organized the trip and we met 21 Fidel Castro. 22 TODD BLANCHE: When was that, 23 approximately? 24 GHISLAINE MAXWELL: Had to be -- it had to 25 be 2002, 2003. MAGNA9 LEG