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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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

been a spook of some sort. • Mentored by Steven Hoffenberg "now serving a prison term after 'bilking investo

sted by John Carney at 10:02 AM on August 14, 2006 I Permalink I Comments (6) I TrackBacks (0) Clearly, This Is When A Private Plane Comes In Handy Jossip—which along with DealBreaker, Gawker and the Palm Beach Post is just about the only media outlet covering the Jeffrey Epstein story—notes that terro

duties but that might make the nice folks at New York Times feel lazy. They've never once mentioned Jeffrey Epstein since the sex scandal broke, as Jossip points out. So, fine. We are going to be obsessive ...And we are going to point out — yet again — that a very rich and powerful man was accused of

been a spook of some sort. • Mentored by Steven Hoffenberg "now serving a prison term after 'bilking investo

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

sted by John Carney at 10:02 AM on August 14, 2006 I Permalink I Comments (6) I TrackBacks (0) Clearly, This Is When A Private Plane Comes In Handy Jossip—which along with DealBreaker, Gawker and the Palm Beach Post is just about the only media outlet covering the Jeffrey Epstein story—notes that terro

duties but that might make the nice folks at New York Times feel lazy. They've never once mentioned Jeffrey Epstein since the sex scandal broke, as Jossip points out. So, fine. We are going to be obsessive ...And we are going to point out — yet again — that a very rich and powerful man was accused of

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

been a spook of some sort. • Mentored by Steven Hoffenberg "now serving a prison term after 'bilking investo

sted by John Carney at 10:02 AM on August 14, 2006 I Permalink I Comments (6) I TrackBacks (0) Clearly, This Is When A Private Plane Comes In Handy Jossip—which along with DealBreaker, Gawker and the Palm Beach Post is just about the only media outlet covering the Jeffrey Epstein story—notes that terro

duties but that might make the nice folks at New York Times feel lazy. They've never once mentioned Jeffrey Epstein since the sex scandal broke, as Jossip points out. So, fine. We are going to be obsessive ...And we are going to point out — yet again — that a very rich and powerful man was accused of