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Watch: Brett D. Jaffe in the Epstein files
1:11Narrated from the AI-generated summary of the documents. Numbers reflect the archive at generation time.
Brett D. Jaffe appears in the files as a New York attorney at Cohen & Gresser LLP who acted as Ghislaine Maxwell's lawyer. The records include a 2009 billing statement for work on her matter, a 2010 deposition-scheduling email, and press-inquiry emails he forwarded to her in 2011 and 2014.
A November 2009 Cohen & Gresser billing statement lists Jaffe as a timekeeper (28.10 hours) alongside Mark S. Cohen, and the work description refers to "G. Maxwell". A June 2010 email from a court-reporting or scheduling contact is addressed to him about the deposition of Ghislaine Maxwell, with Bradley Edwards copied. A legal document lists him in a signature block at Cohen & Gresser's Park Avenue address, next to Edwards. Most of the 22 files are emails, and many are duplicate copies of one March 4, 2011 message: a journalist wrote to Jaffe that the Mail on Sunday was running a story on Maxwell, and Jaffe passed it to her. Those copies appear in several different document sets.
Key Highlights
- •A Cohen & Gresser LLP billing statement dated November 25, 2009 lists Jaffe with 28.10 hours, alongside Mark S. Cohen, James Abamont and Alexis Stone. The narrative refers to work for "G. Maxwell", including reviewing materials and research.
- •On March 4, 2011 at 11:12 AM, a person using the address [email protected] emailed Jaffe under the subject "Ghislaine Maxwell". The email said the Mail on Sunday was running a story and that the sender had left a telephone message. At 3:10 PM that day Jaffe forwarded related messages to Maxwell, writing that the Sunday Times was now involved as well. She replied "Call me."
- •A June 15, 2010 email about the "Deposition of Ghislaine Max[well]" is addressed to Jaffe, with other lawyers and Brad Edwards copied. This ties him to the civil litigation in which Edwards sought Maxwell's testimony.
- •On April 3, 2014 Jaffe forwarded an email chain titled "Daily Mail story" to "G Maxwell". This shows he was still handling press matters for her more than three years after the 2011 episode.
- •A legal document with a "Strictly Confidential – for discussion only" header lists Jaffe at Cohen & Gresser LLP, 100 Park Avenue, 23rd Floor, in a signature block next to Bradley J. Edwards. The text is partly garbled, so the exact nature of the document is unclear.
- •Seven of the 22 files are emails with Jaffe in the From, To or Cc header. The rest are copies of the same 2011 message, the 2009 billing record, and the legal document.
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Document Mentions (20 of 22)
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1 mentionSource: House Oversight Committee
on my email of this morning. Again, | have no intention of responding unless you direct otherwise. From: Sent: Friday, March 04, 2011 11:12 AM To: Brett D. Jaffe Subject: Ghislaine Maxwell Dear Brett Jaffe, I left you a telephone message earlier. The Mail on Sunday newspaper is running a story on Ghislaine
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1 mentionSource: House Oversight Committee
on my email of this morning. Again, I have no intention of responding unless you direct otherwise. From: Sent: Friday, March 04, 2011 11:12 AM To: Brett D. Jaffe Subject: Ghislaine Maxwell Dear Brett Jaffe, I left you a telephone message earlier. The Mail on Sunday newspaper is running a story on Ghislaine M
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1 mentionSource: House Oversight Committee
ntention of responding unless you direct otherwise. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected] ] Sent: Friday, March 04, 2011 11:12 AM To: Brett D. Jaffe Subject: Ghislaine Maxwell Dear Brett Jaffe, I left you a telephone message earlier. The Mail on Sunday newspaper is running a story on Ghislaine
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1 mentionSource: House Oversight Committee
intention of responding unless you direct otherwise. roo) ee Sent: Friday, March 04, 2011 11:12 AM HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023035 --- PAGE BREAK --- To: Brett D. Jaffe Subject: Ghislaine Maxwell Dear Brett Jaffe, I left you a telephone message earlier. The Mail on Sunday newspaper is running a story on Ghislaine M
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1 mentionSource: House Oversight Committee
up on my email of this morning. Again, I have no intention of responding unless you direct otherwise. re Sent: Friday, March 04, 2011 11:12 AM To: Brett D. Jaffe Subject: Ghislaine Maxwell HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023038 --- PAGE BREAK --- Dear Brett Jaffe, I left you a telephone message earlier. The Mail on Sunday
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1 mentionSource: House Oversight Committee
on my email of this morning. Again, I have no intention of responding unless you direct otherwise. From: Sent: Friday, March 04, 2011 11:12 AM To: Brett D. Jaffe Subject: Ghislaine Maxwell Dear Brett Jaffe, I left you a telephone message earlier. The Mail on Sunday newspaper is running a story on Ghislaine
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1 mentionSource: House Oversight Committee
p on my email of this morning. Again, Ihave no intention of responding unless you direct otherwise. From: Sent: Friday, March 04, 2011 11:12 AM To: Brett D. Jaffe Subject: Ghislaine Maxwell Dear Brett Jaffe, I left you a telephone message earlier. The Mail on Sunday newspaper is running a story on Ghislaine
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1 mentionSource: House Oversight Committee
on my email of this morning. Again, I have no intention of responding unless you direct otherwise. From: Sent: Friday, March 04, 2011 11:12 AM To: Brett D. Jaffe Subject: Ghislaine Maxwell Dear Brett Jaffe, I left you a telephone message earlier. The Mail on Sunday newspaper is running a story on Ghislaine
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1 mentionSource: House Oversight Committee
p on my email of this morning. Again, I have no intention of responding unless you direct otherwise. From Sent: Friday, March 04, 2011 11:12 AM To: Brett D. Jaffe Subject: Ghislaine Maxwell Dear Brett Jaffe, I left you a telephone message earlier. The Mail on Sunday newspaper is running a story on Ghislaine
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1 mentionSource: House Oversight Committee
wing up on my email of this morning. Again, I have no intention of responding unless you direct otherwise. Sent: Friday, March 04, 2011 11:12 AM To: Brett D. Jaffe Subject: Ghislaine Maxwell Dear Brett Jaffe, I left you a telephone message earlier. The Mail on Sunday newspaper is running a story on Ghislaine
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1 mentionSource: House Oversight Committee
up on my email of this morning. Again, I have no intention of responding unless you direct otherwise. From: Sent: Friday, March 04, 2011 11:12 AM To: Brett D. Jaffe Subject: Ghislaine Maxwell Dear Brett Jaffe, I left you a telephone message earlier. The Mail on Sunday newspaper is running a story on Ghislaine Max
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1 mentionEFTA00181291
A PAGE 06/07 COHEN & GRESSER LLP STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL PRATT - FOR DISCUSSION _ONLY FARMER, JAFFE, WEISSINO, EDWARDS, FISTOS & LEHRMAN, PL Br Brett D. Jaffe By: 100 Park Avenue, 23rd Floor Bradley J. Edwards ~e NY 10017 425 N. Andrews Ave., Suite 2 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 Attorneys for Ohislaine
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EFTA00735546.pdf
1 mentionEFTA00735546
in error, please notify us by reply e-mail and delete the original message. From: Beth Williamson [mailto: Sent: Tuesday, June 15 2010 1:47 PM To: Brett D. Jaffe Michael J. Pike; Robert D. Critton Jr.; Cc: Brad Edwards; 'Paul Cassell'; 'Florida Scheduling.; Subject: Deposition of Ghislaine Maxwell - 7/1/10
EFTA00653926.pdf
1 mentionEFTA00653926
l of this morning. Again, I have no intention of responding unless you direct otherwise. From: [mailto: Sent: Friday, March 04, 2011 11:12 AM To: Brett D. Jaffe Subject: Ghislaine Maxwell Dear Brett Jafl'e, EFTA00653926 I left you a telephone message earlier. The Mail on Sunday newspaper is running a sto
EFTA00653923.pdf
1 mentionEFTA00653923
this morning. Again, I have no intention of responding unless you direct otherwise. From: [ma I to:1 ] Sent: Friday, March 04, 2011 11:12 AM To: Brett D. Jaffe Subject: Ghislaine Maxwell Dear Brett Jaffe, I left you a telephone message earlier. The Mail on Sunday newspaper is running a story on Ghislaine
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EFTA00653920.pdf
1 mentionEFTA00653920
on my email of this morning. Again. I have no intention of responding unless you direct othenvise. From: Sent: Friday, March 04, 2011 11:12 AM To: Brett D. Jaffe Subject: Ghislaine Maxwell Dear Brett Jaffe, I left you a telephone message earlier. The Mail on Sunday newspaper is running a story on Ghislaine
EFTA00653931.pdf
1 mentionEFTA00653931
on my email of this morning. Again, I have no intention of responding unless you direct otherwise. From: Sent: Friday, March 04, 2011 11:12 AM To: Brett D. Jaffe Subject: Ghislaine Maxwell mailto: Dear Brett Jaffe, I left you a telephone message earlier. The Mail on Sunday newspaper is running a story on G
EFTA00659388.pdf
1 mentionEFTA00659388
gram.com/p/PhLoQKAVEqh - PLEDGE <http://theterramarproject.org/#citizenship> - THE DAILY CATCH <http://theterramarproject.org/thedailycatch/ From: Brett D. Jaffe Sent: Thursday, 3 April 2014 21:30 To: G Maxwell Subject: Fwd: Daily Mail story Begin forwarded message: From: "daniel bates" To: "Brett D. Jaf
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EFTA00617284.pdf
1 mentionEFTA00617284
G. Maxwell; review materials, research. FOR CURRENT SERVICES RENDERED Recapitulation Timekeeper Hours Mark S. Cohen 27.10 James Abamont 4.00 Brett D. Jaffe 28.10 Alexis Stone 31.60 Expenses Page: 4 November 25, 2009 Client Number: 1413-001 Statement No: 9733 Rate Hours 475.00 3.70 1,757.50
EFTA00635557.pdf
1 mentionEFTA00635557
0000 Original Message From: Gmax To: Sent Fri Mar 04 15:11:58 2011 Subject: Re: trying to reach you asap Call me --- Original Message From: Brett D. Jaffe To: Gmax Sent: Fri Mar 04 15:10:49 2011 Subject: FW: trying to reach you asap Ghislaine, the Sunday Times is now involved as well. From: Foggo,
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Ghislaine Maxwell
PersonBritish socialite and sex trafficker, daughter of Robert Maxwell, accomplice of Jeffrey Epstein
22 docs22 co-mentions
Jeffrey Epstein
PersonAmerican sex offender and financier (1953–2019)
21 docs21 co-mentions
JD
Jane Doe
PersonPseudonym for anonymous victims/witnesses in Epstein legal proceedings
18 docs18 co-mentions
Michael Cohen
PersonAmerican former attorney and former Republican official
18 docs18 co-mentions
MC
Mark Cohen
PersonAmerican neuroscientist
16 docs16 co-mentions
Prince Andrew
PersonThird child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born 1960)
16 docs16 co-mentions
Les Wexner
PersonAmerican billionaire, chairman and CEO of the L Brands
16 docs16 co-mentions
Bill Clinton
PersonPresident of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1946)
16 docs16 co-mentions
Ehud Barak
Person10th Prime Minister of Israel
16 docs16 co-mentions
George Mitchell
PersonFormer U.S. Senator from Maine and special envoy, connected to Epstein through flight logs and social events
16 docs16 co-mentions
AW
Annette Witheridge
PersonPerson referenced in documents
16 docs16 co-mentions
Stephen Kosslyn
PersonAmerican psychologist
16 docs16 co-mentions
Mail on Sunday
OrganizationFinancial asset management company
11 docs11 co-mentions
Jeff Sessions
PersonAmerican politician and lawyer (born 1946)
11 docs11 co-mentions
Stephen Hawking
PersonBritish theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)
5 docs5 co-mentions
Glenn Dubin
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5 docs5 co-mentions
St James
LocationLocation in St. James, U.S. Virgin Islands or England
4 docs4 co-mentions
Alan Dershowitz
PersonAmerican lawyer, author, and art collector (born 1938)
4 docs4 co-mentions
Elvis
PersonFirst name reference to multiple individuals in the documents
3 docs3 co-mentions
TD
The Duke
PersonName reference in documents
3 docs3 co-mentions