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Steven Jude
Person
11
Total Mentions
11
Documents
24
Connected Entities
Person referenced in documents
Watch: Steven Jude in the Epstein files
1:10Narrated from the AI-generated summary of the documents. Numbers reflect the archive at generation time.
"Steven Jude" is not a separate person. It is the first and middle name of Steven Jude Hoffenberg, the convicted Towers Financial fraudster described in the files as the man who "claimed to be" Jeffrey Epstein's mentor. The most substantive record is a November 2006 email in which a federal prosecutor asks the Bureau of Prisons for Hoffenberg's inmate coordinator.
In 10 of the 11 emails, "Steven Jude" comes from the same passage, which appears to be from a magazine-style article about Epstein. It describes his close relationships with Jimmy Cayne and Les Wexner and "above all, the man who claimed to be his mentor, Steven Jude Hoffenberg, who is currently serving a 20-year-jail sentence for bilking investors in Towers Financial out of $450 million." The eleventh is a November 13, 2006 email from Ann Marie Villafaña of the U.S. Attorney's Office (Southern District of Florida) to a Bureau of Prisons address, with the subject "Inquiry re Steven Jude Hoffenberg". She asks for the name and contact information of his inmate coordinator. No email in the archive is sent to or from "Steven Jude" himself, and the archive has no flight logs, financial records or other non-email records under this name.
Key Highlights
- •"Steven Jude" is a name fragment: every mention is part of the full name "Steven Jude Hoffenberg", so it overlaps entirely with the separate Steven Hoffenberg entity (all 11 documents are shared).
- •A 2006 email from Ann Marie Villafaña, a federal prosecutor in the Southern District of Florida, asks the Bureau of Prisons for Hoffenberg's inmate coordinator. This suggests investigators wanted to reach him while he was in custody. The text available does not say why.
- •Ten emails repeat the same passage describing Hoffenberg as the man who "claimed to be" Epstein's mentor. The wording is an attributed claim, not a confirmed fact, and it places him as a convicted fraudster serving a 20-year sentence for the roughly $450 million Towers Financial fraud.
- •Les Wexner, Jimmy Cayne, Vicky Ward, Ghislaine Maxwell and Robert Maxwell appear alongside him, which fits the repeated passage and its surrounding discussion.
- •All 11 documents are emails, and 0 are direct correspondence with this name. The repetition reflects one passage circulated in many copies, not 11 separate events.
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Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story
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Filthy Rich: The Jeffrey Epstein Story
James Patterson
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Relentless Pursuit: My Fight for the Victims of Jeffrey Epstein
Bradley J. Edwards
Victims' attorney's firsthand account
Document Mentions (11)
HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_022234 - HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_022236
1 mentionSource: House Oversight Committee
s in 1981, his close relationships with Jimmy Cayne, Les Wexner, the chairman of Limited Brands, and above all, the man who claimed to be his mentor, Steven Jude Hoffenberg, who is currently serving a 20-year-jail sentence for bilking investors in Towers Financial out of $450 million. The piece alluded to Eps
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1 mentionSource: House Oversight Committee
s in 1981, his close relationships with Jimmy Cayne, Les Wexner, the chairman of Limited Brands, and above all, the man who claimed to be his mentor, Steven Jude Hoffenberg, who is currently serving a 20-year-jail sentence for bilking investors in Towers Financial out of $450 million. the piece alluded to ust
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030414 →HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030464 - HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030466
1 mentionSource: House Oversight Committee
s in 1981, his close relationships with Jimmy Cayne, Les Wexner, the chairman of Limited Brands, and above all, the man who claimed to be his mentor, Steven Jude Hoffenberg, who is currently serving a 20-year-jail sentence for bilking investors in Towers Financial out of $450 million. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030464 -
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HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030467 - HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030469
1 mentionSource: House Oversight Committee
s in 1981, his close relationships with Jimmy Cayne, Les Wexner, the chairman of Limited Brands, and above all, the man who claimed to be his mentor, Steven Jude Hoffenberg, who is currently serving a 20-year-jail sentence for bilking investors in Towers Financial out of $450 million. The piece alluded to Epst
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030467 →HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030470 - HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030471
1 mentionSource: House Oversight Committee
s in 1981, his close relationships with Jimmy Cayne, Les Wexner, the chairman of Limited Brands, and above all, the man who claimed to be his mentor, Steven Jude Hoffenberg, who is currently serving a 20-year-jail sentence for bilking investors in Towers Financial out of $450 million. The piece alluded to Epst
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030470 →HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030472 - HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030474
1 mentionSource: House Oversight Committee
s in 1981, his close relationships with Jimmy Cayne, Les Wexner, the chairman of Limited Brands, and above all, the man who claimed to be his mentor, Steven Jude Hoffenberg, who is currently serving a 20-year-jail sentence for bilking investors in Towers Financial out of $450 million. The piece alluded to Epst
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030472 →Sponsored
HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030475 - HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030477
1 mentionSource: House Oversight Committee
s in 1981, his close relationships with Jimmy Cayne, Les Wexner, the chairman of Limited Brands, and above all, the man who claimed to be his mentor, Steven Jude Hoffenberg, who is currently serving a 20-year-jail sentence for bilking investors in Towers Financial out of $450 million. The piece alluded to Epst
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030475 →HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030478 - HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030481
1 mentionSource: House Oversight Committee
s in 1981, his close relationships with Jimmy Cayne, Les Wexner, the chairman of Limited Brands, and above all, the man who claimed to be his mentor, Steven Jude Hoffenberg, who is currently serving a 20-year-jail sentence for bilking investors in Towers Financial out of $450 million. The piece alluded to Epst
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030478 →HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030528 - HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030530
1 mentionSource: House Oversight Committee
s in 1981, his close relationships with Jimmy Cayne, Les Wexner, the chairman of Limited Brands, and above all, the man who claimed to be his mentor, Steven Jude Hoffenberg, who is currently serving a 20-year-jail sentence for bilking investors in Towers Financial out of $450 million. The piece alluded to Epst
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030528 →Sponsored
HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030578 - HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030580
1 mentionSource: House Oversight Committee
s in 1981, his close relationships with Jimmy Cayne, Les Wexner, the chairman of Limited Brands, and above all, the man who claimed to be his mentor, Steven Jude Hoffenberg, who is currently serving a 20-year-jail sentence for bilking investors in Towers Financial out of $450 million. the piece alluded to ust
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030578 →EFTA00223698.pdf (email 13: Inquiry re Steven Jude Hoffenberg)
1 mentionEFTA00223698_email_013
C. (USAFLS) From: Villafana, Ann Marie C. (USAFLS) Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 10:56 AM To: DEV/[email protected] Subject: Inquiry re Steven Jude Hoffenberg Dear Sir or Madam: Can you provide me with the name and contact information for Mr. I loffenberg's inmate coordinator? The FBI would lik
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PersonAmerican fraudster
11 docs11 co-mentions
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PersonBritish investigative journalist
10 docs10 co-mentions
Les Wexner
PersonAmerican billionaire, chairman and CEO of the L Brands
10 docs10 co-mentions
Ghislaine Maxwell
PersonBritish socialite and sex trafficker, daughter of Robert Maxwell, accomplice of Jeffrey Epstein
10 docs10 co-mentions
Robert Maxwell
PersonCzechoslovak-born British media proprietor and Member of Parliament (1923-1991)
10 docs10 co-mentions
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PersonThird child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born 1960)
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PersonAmerican commodities trader (1934–2013)
10 docs10 co-mentions
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10 docs10 co-mentions
Bill Clinton
PersonPresident of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1946)
10 docs10 co-mentions
LB
Leon Black
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10 docs10 co-mentions
Rupert Murdoch
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10 docs10 co-mentions
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10 docs10 co-mentions
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LocationLargest city of the state of Louisiana, United States
10 docs10 co-mentions
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10 docs10 co-mentions
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PersonAmerican businesswoman, writer, TV personality (born 1941)
10 docs10 co-mentions
Central Park
LocationPublic park at the center of Manhattan in New York City, New York, United States
10 docs10 co-mentions
Melinda Gates
PersonAmerican philanthropist
10 docs10 co-mentions
Jimmy Cayne
PersonAmerican businessman (1934–2021)
10 docs10 co-mentions
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Sam Waksal
PersonAmerican immunologist and businessman
10 docs10 co-mentions