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

.' I said, 'Maybe you should say, 'I like young women.' " Epstein mounted an aggressive counterinvestigation. Epstein's friend Alan Dershowitz, the Harvard Jaw professor, provided the police and the state attorney's office with a dossier on a couple of the victims gleaned from their MySpace sites showing

umen than his connections to two men — Steven J. Hoffenberg, a onetime owner of The New York Post and a noto

ittle evidence that Mr. Epstein is a billionaire. Mr. Epstein's wealth may have depended less on his math acumen than his connections to two men — Steven J. Hoffenberg, a onetime owner of The New York Post and a notorious fraudster later convicted of running a $460 million Ponzi scheme, and Leslie H. Wexner, the

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/2023 2:27:00 PM "We think he's a significant flight risk," Berman said of the man who: ferried Britain's Prince Andrew, actor Kevin Spacey, famed Harvardlaw professor Alan Dershowitz and former President Bill Clinton on his jet, dubbed the Lolita Express. Berman's hard-line stance was welcomed by young wo

. 5-8-81) , S Mount Clipping in Space Below) Police say lawyer tried to discredit teenage girls By LARRY KELLER Palm Beach Post Staff Writer Famed Harvard Jaw professor Alan Dershowitz met with the Palm Beach County State Attorney’s Office and pro- vided damaging information about teen- . age girls who sa

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