Who is Olsen in the Epstein files?

The name refers to several different people. The most significant is Wendy Olsen, an Assistant U.S. Attorney at the Southern District of New York. Her email address appears in correspondence about Epstein and Maxwell with FBI agents, attorney Gloria Allred and members of the public who contacted the office. Other mentions are unrelated, including an Australian politician's biography and a legal case citation.

Was Olsen involved with Jeffrey Epstein personally?

The files show no personal relationship. Wendy Olsen appears in a professional role, receiving and forwarding information about the prosecution and about people who said they were victims. Nothing in the documents suggests social ties, travel or financial dealings between Epstein and anyone named Olsen.

Who is the Dr. Olsen mentioned in the court transcript?

The transcript has attorney McCawley saying that Dr. Olsen had already been noticed for deposition in Colorado, in a discussion of medical providers that had been disclosed. The text gives no first name or details, so the files do not establish who this is or whether the person is connected to any other Olsen.

Why do so many documents mention Olsen if most are unrelated?

The surname is common. The archive has 85 documents with the name, and about 40 are substantive non-email records. Many of those are biographical pages on John Olsen of South Australia, repeated copies of a legal brief citing Olsen v. Correiro, and financial forms where the scanned text is garbled. Wendy Olsen's emails are the only group tied directly to the Epstein investigation.

Who is Olsen in the Epstein files?

The name refers to several different people. The most significant is Wendy Olsen, an Assistant U.S. Attorney at the Southern District of New York. Her email address appears in correspondence about Epstein and Maxwell with FBI agents, attorney Gloria Allred and members of the public who contacted the office. Other mentions are unrelated, including an Australian politician's biography and a legal case citation.

Was Olsen involved with Jeffrey Epstein personally?

The files show no personal relationship. Wendy Olsen appears in a professional role, receiving and forwarding information about the prosecution and about people who said they were victims. Nothing in the documents suggests social ties, travel or financial dealings between Epstein and anyone named Olsen.

Who is the Dr. Olsen mentioned in the court transcript?

The transcript has attorney McCawley saying that Dr. Olsen had already been noticed for deposition in Colorado, in a discussion of medical providers that had been disclosed. The text gives no first name or details, so the files do not establish who this is or whether the person is connected to any other Olsen.

Why do so many documents mention Olsen if most are unrelated?

The surname is common. The archive has 85 documents with the name, and about 40 are substantive non-email records. Many of those are biographical pages on John Olsen of South Australia, repeated copies of a legal brief citing Olsen v. Correiro, and financial forms where the scanned text is garbled. Wendy Olsen's emails are the only group tied directly to the Epstein investigation.

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Ambiguous surname reference in Epstein documents

"Olsen" is an ambiguous surname. The most substantive references are to Wendy Olsen, an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York (USANYS), who appears in emails from 2019 to 2021 receiving contact from alleged victims, their lawyers and FBI agents about the Epstein and Maxwell cases. The rest are unrelated people and OCR noise.

In the emails with Olsen in the From/To/Cc header, Wendy Olsen is the recipient or forwarder of messages about Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. These include a July 2019 thread with FBI agent Angela Jackson on the Epstein docket (19-CR-00490), a June 2019 thread about Epstein victims, and an October 2019 reply saying a message would be forwarded to the FBI. Others are 2019 to 2020 emails from Gloria Allred about Epstein victims and access to the audio line for Maxwell's bail hearing, and unsolicited messages from people describing themselves as victims or relatives of Maxwell. A November 2021 reply from Olsen says the SDNY office has nothing to do with the compensation fund. A 2025 FBI email chain also lists her among the recipients. Many other hits have nothing to do with her: a Colorado doctor named in a court hearing, John Olsen (a former Premier of South Australia) in biographical pages, a case citation (Olsen v. Correiro), tabloid mentions of Ashley and Elizabeth Olsen, and garbled scans of financial forms where "Olsen" appears to be a text-recognition error.

Key Highlights

•Eight emails list Olsen in the From/To/Cc header. Most concern Wendy Olsen of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York handling Epstein and Maxwell matters.
•Wendy Olsen exchanged messages with FBI agent Angela Jackson in June and July 2019, including a thread titled for US v. Jeffrey Epstein, 2018R01618, Docket 19-CR-00490.
•Gloria Allred wrote to Olsen in 2019 and 2020 about Epstein victims and about listening in on the Maxwell bail hearing.
•Members of the public who said they were victims, or relatives of Maxwell, sent messages to Olsen in 2019 and 2020. Some were forwarded internally and some to the FBI.
•In November 2021 Olsen replied that the SDNY does not handle the compensation fund. The person writing to her had asked why the U.S. Attorney was no longer interested in criminal activity.
•In a court transcript, Ms. McCawley says a "Dr. Olsen" had been noticed for deposition in Colorado. The files do not make clear who this is or why the deposition mattered.
•More than a dozen results are unrelated: biographies of John Olsen of South Australia, legal citations, a tabloid page naming Ashley and Elizabeth Olsen, a dental director named Eleanor Olsen, and a news item about a man named Olsen accused of making threats.
•Several financial and investment forms contain "Olsen" in garbled scanned text. These are probably recognition errors, not references to a person.

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Jan 10, 2017Source: House Oversight Committee

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a lady in waiting! Amelia Windsor ~ Tatler’s most beautiful royal - swaps high glamour for WAITRESSING as she helps out at a launch New beau? Ashley Olsen, 30, is romantically linked to artist George Condo, 59, alter they are spotted ‘looking romantic’ at NYC's Mercer Hotel Dad bod! Adam Sandler, 49, s

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Feb 28, 2019Source: House Oversight Committee

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iling an information ... it is the province of the court to determine the ultimate question whether the case shall be prosecuted or dismissed."); cf. Olsen v. Koppy, 593 N.W.2d 762, 765-67 (N.D. 1999) (citing Lauder, 90 NW. 564, with approval). 26 See Cal. Penal Code § 1385 (West 2016) ("The judge or ma

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loriaallred.com <image001.png> <image002.jpg> EFTA00020081 --- PAGE BREAK --- From: Gloria Allred Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2019 4:09 PM To: Olsen, (USANYS) Cc: Subject: Urgent!= ,an Epstein victim, just told me that she was able to get child care and would like to fly to New York for the h

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eople. Why is the us attorney all of the sudden not interested in criminal activity? Either way I need some help here. On Wed, Nov 3, 2021, 8:35 AM Olsen, Wendy (USANYS) wrote: The United States Attorney's Office for Southern District of New York does not have anything to do with the compensation fu

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resolved. 14 MS. McCAWLEY: Your Honor, I think there was a 15 misunderstanding with respect -- 16 THE COURT: I was sure. 17 MS. McCAWLEY: Dr. Olsen has been noticed for 18 deposition in Colorado already. In my view, we have disclosed 19 the doctors. Ms. Menninger says that there is other doct

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EFTA00072670

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riaallred.corn <nnage001.png> <image002.png> Inducted into National Women's Hall of Fame - 2019 From: Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2020 4:56 PM To: Olsen, Wendy (USANYS) <Wendy.Olsen@usdokgoy>; ; Gloria Allred Subject: RE: Access to the audio phone line for the bail hearing for G. Maxwell on Tuesday

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EFTA00072666

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riaallred. corn <image001.png> <image002.png> Inducted into National Women's Hall of Fame - 2019 From: Sent: Saturday, July 11, 20204:56 PM To: Olsen, Wendy (USANYS) <Wendy.Olsen@usdoj,gov>; ; Gloria Allred Subject: RE: Access to the audio phone line for the bail hearing for G. Maxwell on Tuesday

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EFTA00075311

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007 From: S . Sent: Thursday, July 2, 2020 3:26 PM To: 1 >; Subject: FW: Epstein, Maxwell This just came in. From Sent: urs ay, uy , : To: Olsen, Wendy (USANYS) < Subject: Epstein, Maxwell Dear , US Attorneys Office, My mother and I are victims of Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, and th

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EFTA00078835

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F.3d 63, 66 (1st Cir. 1999) (applying VWPA). However, the criminal justice system also has a strong interest in the finality of criminal sentences. Olsen v. Correiro, 189 F.3d 52, 69 (1st Cir. 1999) (noting society's "interest in the integrity of the system of compromise resolution of criminal charge

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EFTA00079081

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o & Goldber www.amglaw.corn www.gloriaallred.com <image001.png> <image002.jpg> From: Gloria Allred Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2019 4:09 PM To: Olsen, (USANYS) Cc: Subject: Urgent! ,an Epstein victim, just told me that she was able to get child care and would like to fly to New York for the he

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EFTA00079893

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.amglaw. corn www.glonaallred.corn <image001.png> EFTA00079894 <image002.jpg> From: Gloria Allred Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2019 4:09 PM To: Olsen, (USANYS) < Cc: Subject: Urgent! ,an Epstein victim, just told me that she was able to get child care and would like to fly to New York for the

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EFTA00081376

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From: To: Subject: [EXTERNAL EMAIL] - Fwd: Ghislaine Maxwell Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2020 16:21:56 +0000 Received. Thanks. On Jul 29, 2020 12:20 PM, "Olsen, Wendy (USANYS)" <Wendy.Olsen@usdoj.gov> wrote: For you. Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: sexworkersanonymous <sexworkersanonym

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1M 906 7/26/19 3:00 PM The Innocence Project, Inc v. National Museum of Healt 19-CV-ISM Initial Conference Nathan 1M 906 7/26/2019 3:1S PM Olsen v. Stan Corporation 140/.1738 Initial Conference Nathan 1M 906 7/26/19 3:15 PM Nathan Fansided Inc. 19.0/.1875 Initial Conference Nathan 1

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EFTA00104715

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From: ' To: "Olsen, Wendy (USANYS)" car" H Subject: RE: Epstein Victim Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2019 14:16:03 +0000 Thanks Wendy. We'll forward to the FBI, per our practic

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and freedom of speech.'" Henry Olsen writes in the Washington Post (5/6, 10.52M) that Stefanik may be "just the type of new leader the GOP needs." Olsen argues that Trump's "public endorsement of her to replace Cheney will merely confirm to some observers that Stefanik is merely another loud Trump a

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la Cleating Me. end the divisions thereof, ' , suit, demand Nay &serest& of the clearing firm having effected transactions pursuant to hstructIons Olsen by y be dearly and convindngly proven to have resulted from gross negligence. Eimer' DAC as a to: Printed Name: Delos X Additional Account He

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EFTA00146975

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ssigned to . will coordinate with Have a great week ahead, . (NY) On Jun 25, 2019 11:52 AM, ' (NY) (FBI)" a wrote: Good Afternoon, Everyone. Olsen, the SDNY VWC, and I discussed this case today. I am now aware that there is an upcoming arrest. After the arrest, SDNY will have a press release a

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EFTA00148281

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Nike, Uniqlo and other international clothing brands, becoming the latest eruption over China's policies in...Xinjiang, a major cotton producer." Olsen Welcomes Biden's Delay In Lifting Trump's China Tariffs. Henry Olsen writes in the Washington Post (3/29, 10.52M) that after President Biden's criti

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Mar 21, 2012Source: House Oversight Committee

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the White correspondent’s dinner as a guest of the Washington Times in April. He hopes to meet President Obama. + own a.m. Woody Allen Elizabeth Olsen It wasn't House , Georgina Chapman and Harvey Weinstein ' HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_013459

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