Epstein Secrets

nvestment career, his ties to retail magnate Leslie Wexner, and his complicated past BYLINE: Vicky Ward, Contributing Editor BODY: On Manhattan's Upper East Side, home to some of the most expensive real estate on earth, exists the crown jewel of the city's residential town houses. With its 15-foot-high oak d

senator Mitchell and a gaggle of distinguished scientists, most of whom Epstein has helped fund in recent years. They include Nobel Prize winners Gerald Edelman and Murray Gell-Mann, and mathematical biologist Martin Nowak. When these men describe Epstein, they talk about "energy" and "curiosity," as well a

in’s investment career, his ties to retail magnate Leslie Wexner, and his complicated past. by e Vicky Ward June 27, 2011 12:00 am On Manhattan’s Upper East Side, home to some of the most expensive real estate on earth, exists the crown jewel of the city’s residential town houses. With its 15-foot-high oak doo

ator George Mitchell and a gaggle of distinguished scientists, most of whom Epstein has helped fund in recent years. They include Nobel Prize winners Gerald Edelman and Murray Gell-Mann, and mathematical biologist Martin Nowak. When these men describe Epstein, they talk about “energy” and “curiosity,” as well as

to have been a mentor to Epstein. Wexner sold Epstein one of his most lavish residences: a massive townhouse that dominates a block on Manhattan's Upper East Side. It is reported to have, among its finer features, closed-circuit television and a heated sidewalk to melt away Mlen snow. That townhouse, thought

ing them to engage in whatever kind of cutting-edge research might attract their fancy. They are, of course, quite lavish in their praise in return. Gerald Edelman won the Nobel Prize for physiology and medicine in 1972 and now presides over the Neurosciences Institute in La Jolla. "Jeff is http://www.theaware

by Ghislaine Maxwell to a concert at Epstein's town house. where the women seemed to outnumber the men by far. "These were not women you'd see at Upper East Side dinners." the woman recalls. "Many seemed foreign and dressed a little bizarrely." This same guest also at- tended a cocktail party thrown by Maxwe

r George Mitchell and a gaggle of distinguished scientists, most of whom Epstein has helped fund in recent years. They include Nobel Prize winners Gerald Edelman and Murray Gel- Mann. and mathematical biologist Martin Nowak. When these men describe Epstein. they talk about "energy" and -curiosity,- as we

orney’s office in the above-captioned appeal. Ms. Edelman stated that names of victims could be redacted be

at New York University. But he never obtained a degree, instead going on to teach at the Dalton School, an elite K-12 private academy on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Various news profiles over the years have speculated about how he made his vast fortune, calling him an “International Moneyman of Mystery’’ and “Th

in’s investment career, his ties to retail magnate Leslie Wexner, and his complicated past. by e Vicky Ward June 27, 2011 12:00 am On Manhattan’s Upper East Side, home to some of the most expensive real estate on earth, exists the crown jewel of the city’s residential town houses. With its 15-foot-high oak doo

ator George Mitchell and a gaggle of distinguished scientists, most of whom Epstein has helped fund in recent years. They include Nobel Prize winners Gerald Edelman and Murray Gell-Mann, and mathematical biologist Martin Nowak. When these men describe Epstein, they talk about “energy” and “curiosity,” as well as

ription that fit Epstein to a T. He was a Brooklyn guy with a motor for a brain, and while he did love teaching, this close-up view of the rarefied Upper East Side life of his students' gave him a taste for the big time. So in 1976, he dropped everything and reported to work at Bear Stearns, where he started o

ng them to engage in whatever kind of cutting-edge research might attract their fancy. They are, of course, quite lavish in their praise in return. Gerald Edelman won the Nobel Prize for physiology and medicine in 1972 and now presides over the Neurosciences Institute in La Jolla. "Jeff is extraordinary in his