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

est No.: 17-295 JEGE, INC. PASSENGER MANIFEST Registration Number N908-.1E Type: B-727-31 Pilots: Dave Rodgers, Larry Visoskl Plight EliOn Larry Morrison DATE: , 2005 FROM 031 TO I— S-T Arrival Time Time k I I PASSENGERS Number310 I. Jeffrey Epstein 2- AR ANA C-, LLL- 3. N

H, FL 33401 137. Address Currently Unknown 138. Steven Hoffenberg Address Currently Unknown 139. Michael Stroll

3401 137. Address Currently Unknown 138. Steven Hoffenberg Address Currently Unknown 139. Michael Stroll

owitz FARMER, JAFFE, WEISSING, ET AL. 425 N ANDREWS AVE., SUITE 2 FT. LAUDERDALE, FL 33301 125. 126. Zack Bryan Wellin' on, Florida 127. 128. Larry Morrison WELLINGTON, FL 33449 129. Story Cowles WEST PALM BEACH, FL 33401 130. Alan Dershowitz CAMBRIDGE, MA 02138 or EFTA00798055 DESCRIPTION OF WIT

WITNESS LIST CONTINUATION - - N DEF. NO. PLF. NO. DATE OFFERED MARKED ADMITTED DESCRIPTION OF WITNESSES 156. 157. 158. 159. 160. Steven Huffenberg 161. Michael Stroll 162. Ibrahim Tonargula, 163. Douglas Shoettic, 164. Records Custodian, Amazon 165. Records Custodian, Yellow Cab 166.

ON OF WITNESSES 135. 136. 137. Tamia Majorova 138. 139. Zack Bryan 140. 141. David Rogers, 7318 N HEATHERY DR. LAKE WORTH, FL 33449 142. Larry Morrison, 11148 COBBLEFIELD DR., WELLINGTON. FL 33449 143. Evelyn Valenzuela, Unknown Address 144. Story Cowles 145. 146. Alan Dershowitz, 147. Mich