Who is Julie in the Epstein files?

'Julie' is not one person. The most substantial and most frequent match is Julie Shample, who appears in the To field of many emails from Epstein's assistant Lesley Groff, usually together with Sarah Mapes. In those emails Groff asks whether Larry Summers is free to meet Epstein, which suggests the two handled Summers's schedule. The other matches are unrelated people sharing the name, such as an expert witness surnamed Julie in the Maxwell extradition filings.

What do the emails to Julie Shample actually say?

They are brief logistics messages. Groff tells Julie and Sarah that Epstein will be in Cambridge, at Harvard or in New York on a given date, and asks whether Larry might be around for lunch, dinner or a meeting. Replies from Julie include 'Let's play this by ear but Larry is thinking it's too tight' (2012) and a note that Larry was in Europe and would miss Jeffrey (2015). The messages quoted do not describe the substance of any meeting.

Does the 'Julie' on the flight logs refer to the same person?

The documents do not say. A 'Julie' appears on manifests from September to November 2004 and March 2007 with no last name or other detail. Nothing in the entries ties it to Julie Shample, so this should be treated as an unidentified first-name listing.

Why do so many documents mention Julie?

Mostly because the same Groff-to-Shample email threads were saved and forwarded repeatedly, each reply quoting the earlier messages. One March 2016 request, for example, appears in many separate files. The raw count of 386 documents therefore reflects duplicates and quoted replies, not hundreds of distinct interactions.

Who is Julie in the Epstein files?

'Julie' is not one person. The most substantial and most frequent match is Julie Shample, who appears in the To field of many emails from Epstein's assistant Lesley Groff, usually together with Sarah Mapes. In those emails Groff asks whether Larry Summers is free to meet Epstein, which suggests the two handled Summers's schedule. The other matches are unrelated people sharing the name, such as an expert witness surnamed Julie in the Maxwell extradition filings.

What do the emails to Julie Shample actually say?

They are brief logistics messages. Groff tells Julie and Sarah that Epstein will be in Cambridge, at Harvard or in New York on a given date, and asks whether Larry might be around for lunch, dinner or a meeting. Replies from Julie include 'Let's play this by ear but Larry is thinking it's too tight' (2012) and a note that Larry was in Europe and would miss Jeffrey (2015). The messages quoted do not describe the substance of any meeting.

Does the 'Julie' on the flight logs refer to the same person?

The documents do not say. A 'Julie' appears on manifests from September to November 2004 and March 2007 with no last name or other detail. Nothing in the entries ties it to Julie Shample, so this should be treated as an unidentified first-name listing.

Why do so many documents mention Julie?

Mostly because the same Groff-to-Shample email threads were saved and forwarded repeatedly, each reply quoting the earlier messages. One March 2016 request, for example, appears in many separate files. The raw count of 386 documents therefore reflects duplicates and quoted replies, not hundreds of distinct interactions.

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Julie

Person

387

Total Mentions

386

Documents

2,540

Connected Entities

First name reference to multiple individuals in Epstein documents

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Narrated from the AI-generated summary of the documents. Numbers reflect the archive at generation time.

Most of the 'Julie' mentions are emails from Jeffrey Epstein's assistant Lesley Groff to Julie Shample, who appears with Sarah Mapes to handle scheduling for Larry Summers at Harvard. The name also covers several unrelated people, including a French extradition expert in the Ghislaine Maxwell case and a 'Julie' listed on a few flight manifests.

The strongest and most frequent pattern is direct correspondence. Groff emails Julie Shample and Sarah Mapes, often with the subject 'Jeffrey Epstein', asking whether Larry is free to meet Epstein when Epstein is in Cambridge, at Harvard or in New York. Examples run from 2011 to December 2016 (about 144 emails have a Julie in the From/To/Cc header), and they are often repeated inside forwarded chains. Separately, a 'Julie' (also written 'JULIE') appears on flight manifests dated September to November 2004 and March 2007, with no surname given in the entries. The remaining mentions are different people who share the first name, mainly in Maxwell extradition filings, a news clipping and film-festival text.

Key Highlights

•Julie Shample is a named addressee on many emails from Lesley Groff, including 31 March 2016 (Epstein 'up in Cambridge tomorrow'), 26 January 2016 (a Harvard visit on 5 February), 18 May 2016 (a small dinner in New York) and 7 July 2016 (a Harvard visit on 9 July). Other threads date from 2011, 2012, 2014 and 2015, and one runs to December 2016.
•The emails read as routine scheduling: Groff asks, Julie and Sarah Mapes answer for Larry. One reply says 'Larry is in Europe until June 8th. He will miss Jeffrey.' In a 2012 thread Julie writes 'Let's play this by ear but Larry is thinking it's too tight.' A 2011 reply thanks Julie for her help.
•Julie, Sarah Mapes and Larry Summers share many documents, which fits the same email chains appearing repeatedly. Many of the 386 documents are duplicate copies of the same few threads, so the count overstates how many separate exchanges there were.
•Flight manifests from 2004 (9 September, 30 October, 9 November) and 17 March 2007 list a 'Julie' with no surname. The documents shown do not say whether this is Julie Shample or someone else, so the manifest entries should not be linked to her.
•Several Maxwell extradition filings (for example EFTA00065716 and EFTA00015977) refer to 'Mr. Julie' or 'William Julie'. This is a surname, not a first name: he is a French extradition-law expert whose report the defense submitted. He is unrelated to the scheduling emails.
•Other hits are unrelated: a news clipping about reality TV figures Todd and Julie Chrisley, an Australian lawyer profile, a customer-service thank-you, and biographical text about a film director named Julie in a medical-records file.

Frequently Asked Questions

Books for Further Reading

Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story

Julie K. Brown

Investigative journalism that broke the Epstein case open

Filthy Rich: The Jeffrey Epstein Story

James Patterson

Bestselling account of Epstein's crimes and network

Relentless Pursuit: My Fight for the Victims of Jeffrey Epstein

Bradley J. Edwards

Victims' attorney's firsthand account

Document Mentions (20 of 386)

EFTA02550899.pdf

EFTA02550899

2 mentions

From: Sent: Monday, February 27, 2012 12:36 PM To: Epstein Jeffrey Cc: Lynn and Jojo; Lynn and Jojo; Subject: Painting from Brinsley and Julie ; Richard Bamett Brinsley and Julie have fed ex'd the painting they made for you to the house= It should arrive this Friday march 2. Lyn, Jojo, rich

, 2012 12:36 PM To: Epstein Jeffrey Cc: Lynn and Jojo; Lynn and Jojo; Subject: Painting from Brinsley and Julie ; Richard Bamett Brinsley and Julie have fed ex'd the painting they made for you to the house= It should arrive this Friday march 2. Lyn, Jojo, rich please keep an eye o=t for it Sent

Peggy Siegal 2017 Oscar Diary -- edited.docx

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Mar 13, 2017Source: House Oversight Committee

1 mention

iner and Adele Romanski and left the stage as Mahershala Ali, the first Muslim actor to get the gold guy, joined the cast waving his historic Oscar. Julie and Jennifer ran to Soho House to oversee Lionsgate's victory party, where hundreds of confused well-wishers waited to celebrate the “La La” wins, in

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EFTA00031918 - EFTA00031935

1 mention

f the law. • The government's argument goes against the spirit of the law. • The government's argument is contradicted by precedent and case law. (Julie Opinion ¶¶ 6-26). 3 EFTA00031921 --- PAGE BREAK --- The language of the extradition treaty between the United States and France and the applica

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Epstein_Part_15_Redacted

Source: FBI Vault

1 mention

oing So...I just got The hurricane car...But im g( soo...its all go for your casa crazy happen( sometime..<3! 10/23/2005 8:C hey babY!!!! c Julie ••.•"— •.••The End Of The Innocence••.•'—'•.•• 10/22/2005 8:C vHEYYYY MA ya!! its def bet always had th thats for sure. sometime and soon!!

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FLIGHT_MANIFEST_0463

Mar 14, 2007Source: Epstein Flight Logs

1 mention

Julie

FLIGHT_MANIFEST_0485

Mar 17, 2007Source: Epstein Flight Logs

1 mention

Julie

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FLIGHT_MANIFEST_0935

May 26, 2003Source: Epstein Flight Logs

1 mention

JULIE

FLIGHT_MANIFEST_1643

Sep 9, 2004Source: Epstein Flight Logs

1 mention

JULIE

FLIGHT_MANIFEST_2009

Oct 30, 2004Source: Epstein Flight Logs

1 mention

JULIE

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FLIGHT_MANIFEST_2010

Oct 30, 2004Source: Epstein Flight Logs

1 mention

JULIE

FLIGHT_MANIFEST_2091

Nov 9, 2004Source: Epstein Flight Logs

1 mention

JULIE

EFTA00015977 - EFTA00015991

1 mention

adite Ms. Maxwell (Def. Mem., Ex. V at 2), the government attaches a letter from the French Ministry of Justice ("MOP') that references neither Mr. Julie's report nor Ms. Maxwell, but states generally that the French Code of Criminal Procedure "absolutely prohibits" the extradition of a French nationa

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EFTA00016769 - EFTA00016783

1 mention

adite Ms. Maxwell (Def. Mem., Ex. V at 2), the government attaches a letter from the French Ministry of Justice ("MOJ") that references neither Mr. Julie's report nor Ms. Maxwell, but states generally that the French Code of Criminal Procedure "absolutely prohibits" the extradition of a French nationa

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EFTA00019291 - EFTA00019305

1 mention

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Peggy Siegal 2017 Oscar Diary.pdf

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Mar 30, 2017Source: House Oversight Committee

1 mention

walked to center stage for the best picture finale. | was now standing against the wall at the first row of the first balcony. Lionsgate publicists Julie Fontaine and Jennifer Peterson, both dressed in haute couture gowns and borrowed emeralds, anxiously insisted | join their good luck group hug as bes

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EFTA00032518 - EFTA00032546

1 mention

n the House speaker's face exaggerated due to the image's unnaturally high contrast." le:Matt Golsteyn is pictured in his D.C. office with his wife Julie and their infant son Henry. (Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post) Matt Golsteyn is pictured in his D.C. office with his wife Julie and their infant

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EFTA00065716.pdf

EFTA00065716

1 mention

ce. The accompanying report of William Julie ("Julie Rep.") reviews the French extradition process as it would likely be applied to Ms. Maxwell. Mr. Julie is an expert on French extradition law who has handled extradition cases both within and outside the European Union and regularly appears as an ext

EFTA00094289.pdf

EFTA00094289

1 mention

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EFTA00104533.pdf

EFTA00104533

1 mention

amples of French courts deporting individuals who have lost French nationality following the commission of an offense. (Id. ¶ 21). Accordingly, Mr. Julie concludes: "Mt cannot have been the intention of French lawmakers that Article 696-4 be construed as meaning that a person who has lost French nati

Biotron_OnEarth.pdf

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Oct 15, 2009Source: House Oversight Committee

1 mention

ers warned that global warming was “perhaps the largest looming public health chal- lenge that we face.” On October 23, Frumkin’s boss, CDC director Julie Gerberding, testified about climate change ta the Sen- ate Environment and Public Works Cammittee. By the time Bush administration officials were done

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