Epstein Secrets

arthed by Vanity Thin 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 i

zi schemes in American history. When Epstein met Hoffenberg in Lon- don in the 1980s, the latter was the char

. Epstein has denied he ever had any deal- ings with anyone from the insurance com- panies. But Richard Allen says he recalls talking to Epstein at Holfenberg's direction and telling him it was urgent they retrieve the missing bonds for a state examination. According to Allen, Epstein said, "NWT get the

irque. HolTenbers hired his new pro- tege as a consultant at 525,000 a month. and the relationship flourished. They tray tied everywhde together—on Hoffenbergs plane. all around the world, they were al- ways together," says a source. Hoffenberg has claimed that Epstein confided in him. saying. for example

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DD BLANCHE: Do you know somebody named 16 Steven Hoffenberg? 17 GHISLAINE MAXWELL: Only from the

you weren't 13 there, you weren't part of that? 14 GHISLAINE MAXWELL: Correct. 15 TODD BLANCHE: Do you know somebody named 16 Steven Hoffenberg? 17 GHISLAINE MAXWELL: Only from the press. 18 TODD BLANCHE: Okay. And so you don't 19 know anything about whatever business

aid, this is who he 5 was, he didn't know who he was. 6 TODD BLANCHE: Yeah. 7 GHISLAINE MAXWELL: So he rang Ace and he 8 rang Jimmy, to ask if it was okay that I even knew 9 him. And I just want to explain, briefly why my 10 father would even do such a thing. 11 I've h

you weren't 13 there, you weren't part of that? 14 GHISLAINE MAXWELL: Correct. 15 TODD BLANCHE: Do you know somebody named 16 Steven Hoffenberg? 17 GHISLAINE MAXWELL: Only from the press. 18 TODD BLANCHE: Okay. And so you don't 19 know anything about whatever business

DD BLANCHE: Do you know somebody named 16 Steven Hoffenberg? 17 GHISLAINE MAXWELL: Only from the

aid, this is who he 5 was, he didn't know who he was. 6 TODD BLANCHE: Yeah. 7 GHISLAINE MAXWELL: So he rang Ace and he 8 rang Jimmy, to ask if it was okay that I even knew 9 him. And I just want to explain, briefly why my 10 father would even do such a thing. 11 I've h

it, from what you've kind of read, not from any first ten knowledge. You weren't there, you weren't part of that. Correct. Do you know somebody named Stephen Offenberg? Only from the press. Okay. And so you don't know anything about whatever business relationship they may have had, Mr. Epstein. Never spoke about him

Bear's time. And there was some... I don't think it was a agreement. He wasn't fired. Because obviously he was still very friendly with Ace and with Jimmy, at least by the time I met him. But they were working with him and he ran. He had money at Bear's time. His money, his clients money will come to th