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

Commission Members Page 3 of 9 Inc.; George F Baker Professor of Economics, Harvard University; forme

s is based on inadmissible hearsay newspaper reports, Wikipedia, and the 2005 Vanity Fair Article. Mr. Cassell asserts that Epstein's "real mentor [Steven Hoffenberg] was sent to federal prison for twenty years for bilking investors out of more than $450 million on one of the largest Ponzi schemes in American hi

a Ponzi scheme. The 2005 Vanity Fair Article reports on Epstein's business dealings with Steven Hoffenberg during the 1980's and merely notes that Hoffenberg is "currently ... serving a 20-year sentence" for operating a Ponzi scheme. Importantly, despite all the questionable and speculative suggestions a

in an article published over four years ago. The Court should disregard Mr. Cassell's affidavit in determining the Injunction Motion. See~ U.S. v. Baker, 432 F.3d 1189, 1211-12 (11th Cir. 2005) (holding that newspapers articles were inadmissible double hearsay when offered to prove the truth of their

s is based on inadmissible hearsay newspaper reports, Wikipedia, and the 2005 Vanity Fair Article. Mr. Cassell asserts that Epstein's "real mentor [Steven Hoffenberg] was sent to federal prison for twenty years for bilking investors out of more than $450 million on one of the largest Ponzi schemes in American hi

a Ponzi scheme. The 2005 Vanity Fair Article reports on Epstein's business dealings with Steven Hoffenberg during the 1980's and merely notes that Hoffenberg is "currently ... serving a 20-year sentence" for operating a Ponzi scheme. Importantly, despite all the questionable and speculative suggestions a

an article published over four years ago. The Court should disregard Mr. Cassell's affidavit in determining the Injunction Motion. ate ?di U.S. v. Baker, 432 F.3d 1189, 1211-12 (11th Cir. 2005) (holding that newspapers articles were inadmissible double hearsay when offered to prove the truth of their

3°][491 In the mid- 1980s, Epstein traveled multiple times between the United States, Europe, and Southwest Asia55°R511 While in London, Epstein met Steven Hoffenberg. They had been introduced through Douglas Leese, a defense contractor, and John Mitchell, the former U.S. Attorney Genera1.13°1 Towers Financial Cor

and Epstein then refashioned themselves as corporate raiders using Towers Financial as their raiding vessel. One of Epstein's first assignments for Hoffenberg was to implement what turned out to be an unsuccessful bid to take over Pan American World Airways in 1987. A similar unsuccessful bid in 1988, was

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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 19805.149.1 The Times reported that Maxwell met Epstein in the early 1990s at a New

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