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

o, WDP Lodewijck J.R. de Vink, Chairman, Global Health Care Partners, Peapack, N.J Roberto F. de Ocampo, President, Asian Institute of Management, Manila Andre' Desmarais, President and Co-Chief Executive Officer, Power Corporation of Canada, Montreal John M. Deutch, Institute Professor of Chemistry

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ders Labeled Magazines page and articles Steven Hoffenberg/ BOP records etc. Phonebook working records New

disks in one envelope and stick • Red Wallet #3 Contain: + Loose Document File with sticky labeled Disco Conf: Stolen Globe on Disco "Original" Manila Folders Labeled: • Cell data •,1- Phone subscriber info C. 72-MM-113327 and Alfredo Rodriguez PPI :• Order to seal documents C. Plea agreement

: Folder labeled Miscellaneous for both cases 31E-MM-113327 and 72- MM-113327 containing: Manila Folders Labeled • Magazines page and articles • Steven Hoffenberg/ BOP records etc. + Phonebook working records • New Orleans Docs + Non-Prosecution agreement • Australia /Travel Documents • Breakers Condos

abeled • Magazines page and articles • Steven Hoffenberg/ BOP records etc. + Phonebook working records

te disks in one envelope and stick Red Wallet #3 Contain: • Loose Document File with sticky labeled Disco Conf: Stolen Globe on Disco "Original" Manila Folders Labeled: C• Cell data Phone subscriber info • 72-MM-113327 and Alfredo Rodriguez PPI :• Order to seal documents :• Plea agreement • L

with Jeffrey Epstein Accounts differ on when Maxwell first met American financier Jeffrey Epstein. According to Epstein's former business partner, Steven Hoffenberg, Robert Maxwell introduced his daughter to Epstein in the late 19805.(49-1 The Times reported that Maxwell met Epstein in the early 199os at a New

ing to Epstein's former business partner, Steven Hoffenberg, Robert Maxwell introduced his daughter to Epstei

rrowly escaped possible assassination in the Philippines in November 1996. During his visit to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in Manila, while he was on his way to meet with a senior member of the Philippine government, Clinton was saved from danger minutes before his motorcade was