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

of- fice spokesman Mike Edmondson also had little to say. "Generally speak- ing, there is a case that has a number of different aspects to it," Edmondson said of a prostitution- related charge being submitted to a grand jury. "We first became aware of the case months ago by Palm Beach police." Pros

ners and Citigroup. • Rumors that he left Bear Stearns under an SEC inquiry cloud. • Also rumored to have been a spook of some sort. • Mentored by 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 history.' • His r

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 incarcerated

que. Hoffenberg hired his new pro- tege as a consultant at 525.000 a month. and the relationship flourished. "They trav- eled everywhere 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

torney's office spokesman Mike Edmondson also had little to say. "Generally speaking, there is a case that has a number of different aspects to it," Edmondson said of a prostitution-related charge being submitted to a grand jury. "We first became aware of the case months ago by Palm Beach police." Prosec

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 093, was trying to buy the New York Asst. He is cur- rently incarcerated

dollars," Stroll has said. Hoffenberg, says a close friend, "really liked Jeffrey... Jeffrey has a way of getting under your skin, and he was under Hoffenberg's." Also appealing to Hoffenberg were Epstein's social connections; they included oil mogul Cece Wang (father of the designer Vera) and Mohan Murja

person in charge or the trans- actions. and Mitchell Bracer was assisting him with it in coordination on behalf or the insurance companies' money." Hoffinberg, claimed at the time. At one point. according to Hoffinberg. a broker forged the documents necessary for a SI.S million check to be written on in

tion. Mike Edmondson, spokesman for State Attorney Barry Krischer, declined to comment. "It's a matter of policy we don't comment on active cases," Edmondson said. In exchange for his guilty plea, federal authorities are expected to drop their probe into whether Epstein broke any federal laws, sources ha

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lain: Why shouldn't the public look at this case and think there are two kinds of just ice — one for the wealthy and one for the rest of us? Mr. Edmondson said he could not comment on the case because it is active, but on the latter point, he offered, for the sake of "philosophi- cal debate": "Whethe

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cases to grand juries when there were questions about witness credibility. Mr. Krischer does not recommend a particular charge in such cases, Mr. Edmondson said, but gives the grand jury a list of possible charges. Bruce J. Winick, a law professor at the University of Miami, said that while prosecut

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art at the hospital and interviewed separately, gave "very consistent" accounts of the incident and the order of occurrence. So, what changed? Mr. Edmondson dismisses a wider view - that the prosecutor placed too much weight on unflattering details of the victims' lifestyles - as a mere "emotional" respo