Who is Joanna in the Epstein files?

There is no single Joanna. The best-documented is Joanna Manesis, who emailed Lesley Groff in mid-2013 about scheduling, transport and a prescription. One email calls "Joanna" Eva's assistant. Other Joannas include Joanna Ostrem (2011 emails), a Joanna in a November 2013 Necker travel thread, and unrelated people such as the journalist Joanna Molloy.

What did Joanna Manesis correspond about?

The emails are routine logistics: arranging a car service for a Rome-to-Berlin trip, confirming whether a prescription had been called in for Epstein, and coordinating when people could come to his home around a dental appointment. Her emails to Groff are brief and administrative. The documents shown don't suggest anything beyond a professional scheduling relationship.

Is the Joanna in the financial records a person?

Not in the examples reviewed. In several JPMorgan statements from 1999 and 2002, "Joanna" appears where OCR misread a word such as "continued" or "Description" in the table headers. Another case reads "Joanna' management firm" in a biography where the word "asset" was evidently garbled. They don't point to a real individual.

Is Joanna Ostrem the same person as Joanna Manesis?

The documents don't establish that. Joanna Ostrem has her own entity and appears in 2011 emails, while Manesis appears in 2013 emails. The files don't show whether they are the same person. Treat them as separate unless a document says otherwise.

Does appearing in these documents imply wrongdoing?

No. The Joanna emails shown are administrative, and several mentions are unrelated people or text-recognition errors. Appearing in the files shows only that a name was in the material.

Who is Joanna in the Epstein files?

There is no single Joanna. The best-documented is Joanna Manesis, who emailed Lesley Groff in mid-2013 about scheduling, transport and a prescription. One email calls "Joanna" Eva's assistant. Other Joannas include Joanna Ostrem (2011 emails), a Joanna in a November 2013 Necker travel thread, and unrelated people such as the journalist Joanna Molloy.

What did Joanna Manesis correspond about?

The emails are routine logistics: arranging a car service for a Rome-to-Berlin trip, confirming whether a prescription had been called in for Epstein, and coordinating when people could come to his home around a dental appointment. Her emails to Groff are brief and administrative. The documents shown don't suggest anything beyond a professional scheduling relationship.

Is the Joanna in the financial records a person?

Not in the examples reviewed. In several JPMorgan statements from 1999 and 2002, "Joanna" appears where OCR misread a word such as "continued" or "Description" in the table headers. Another case reads "Joanna' management firm" in a biography where the word "asset" was evidently garbled. They don't point to a real individual.

Is Joanna Ostrem the same person as Joanna Manesis?

The documents don't establish that. Joanna Ostrem has her own entity and appears in 2011 emails, while Manesis appears in 2013 emails. The files don't show whether they are the same person. Treat them as separate unless a document says otherwise.

Does appearing in these documents imply wrongdoing?

No. The Joanna emails shown are administrative, and several mentions are unrelated people or text-recognition errors. Appearing in the files shows only that a name was in the material.

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Joanna

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Ambiguous first name - refers to multiple people in Epstein documents

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

"Joanna" is a first name shared by several unrelated people in the files, so it isn't one person. The best-documented is Joanna Manesis, who appears to be an assistant on the Dubin side. In June–August 2013 she handled scheduling, car service and prescription logistics by email with Epstein's assistant Lesley Groff.

The clearest appearances are 2013 email threads between Joanna Manesis and Lesley Groff, where she relays messages and arranges logistics for Epstein and Eva. One email calls Joanna "Eva's assistant," and another has Groff asking "Joanna" to have Eva meet Epstein at his home at 9 East 71st Street. Other emails involve different Joannas, such as Joanna Ostrem in 2011 and a Joanna in a November 2013 thread about weather at Necker. Several "Joanna" hits in financial records are OCR errors, where a scanned word such as "(continued)" or "Description" was misread, and not a person.

Key Highlights

•Joanna Manesis corresponded directly with Lesley Groff across at least a dozen emails between June and August 2013. Topics included a Rome-to-Berlin car service (Eduardo Teodorani is named as possibly organizing the car), a question about whether a prescription was called in for Epstein, and timing a visit around Epstein's 5pm teeth cleaning on July 18, 2013.
•A June 27, 2013 email from Groff describes "Joanna, Eva's assistant" as unable to confirm that Eva would come to Epstein's house at 5:30 that day. This ties Manesis to Eva's office. The files show a scheduling role and do not show anything beyond that.
•Other, separate Joannas appear. Joanna Ostrem has her own entity and exchanged emails in June–July 2011. A Joanna (surname truncated in the text) wrote in November 2013 about a rain shower over Necker, and Epstein's side passed the question to pilot Larry Visoski. A 2010 email to Boris Nikolic mentions seeing "Joanna or Jeffrey."
•An October 2013 email from Kimberly Feierstein to Groff says a Joanna was "only subbing in" during Feierstein's maternity leave and was no longer working with them. The email doesn't give her surname, so it may refer to either Manesis or Ostrem.
•Some mentions are incidental references. Joanna Molloy is a journalist cited in footnotes of legal documents for a January 2010 Daily News story on a lawsuit. "Joanna" is one of several first names in a list of people in Epstein's life in a 2008 "The Fantasist" article copy. A Joanna Abousleiman is listed in the contact book. A Joanna Vu appears in a Columbia Business School student listing.
•Of the 155 documents, 128 are emails and 56 have a Joanna in the From/To/Cc header. The rest include a few legal, financial, calendar and investment records, many of which are OCR artifacts or unrelated people.

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Filthy Rich: The Jeffrey Epstein Story

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Relentless Pursuit: My Fight for the Victims of Jeffrey Epstein

Bradley J. Edwards

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Document Mentions (20 of 155)

C_Contact_Book

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*Redactions for personal contact information Abby Abousleiman, Joanna Agnew, Marie Claire & John . Alai Azzedine Albermarle, Rufus & .:,_ • . ,. I S ;. • ,. It Allan Paul -- Allan, Nick & Sarah Althorp, Charl

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olio FINANCIAL TRUST COMPANY, INC. October 01, 1999 - October 31, 1999 JPMorgan Page 6 of 7 Activity by Date Sealentenz One type continued (Joanna, Desalption Oct 4 Purchase 5,000,000 J P MORGAN INSTITUTIONAL PRIME MONEY MARKET FUND J.P.MORGAN SECURITIES INC AS AGENT 1.00 TRADE DATE 10/04

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EFTA00083981

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lio FINANCIAL TRUST COMPANY, INC. October 01, 1999 - October 31, 1999 JPMorgan Page 6 of 7 Activity by Date Sealentenz oar. TYP. continued (Joanna, Desatalon Arnounr USD Oct 4 Purchase 5,000,000 J P MORGAN INSTITUTIONAL PRIME MONEY MARKET FUND J.P.MORGAN SECURITIES INC AS AGENT 1.00 TRAD

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EFTA00084830.pdf

EFTA00084830

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tfolio FINANCIAL TRUST COMPANY, INC. October 01 1999 - October 31 1999 JPMorgan Page 6 of 7 Activity by Date Sealentenz One type continued (Joanna, Desalption Amounr USD Oct 4 Purchase 5,000,000 J P MORGAN INSTITUTIONAL PRIME MONEY - 5,000,000 00 MARKET FUND J.P.MORGAN SECURITIES INC AS A

EFTA00087147.pdf

EFTA00087147

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folio JEFFREY EPSTEIN August 01, 2002 - August 31, 2002 JPMorgan Private Bank Page 7 of 8 Activity by Date Sealenteen One type continued (Joanna, Desatalon Aug 5 Misc. Receipt FED FUNDS RCVD THRU CITIBANK NEW CASTLE MILLENIUM LP Aug 6 Purchase 24,816,643.79 J P MORGAN TAX FREE MONEY MA

EFTA01265978.pdf

EFTA01265978

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EFTA01282264.pdf

EFTA01282264

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ners.) Epstein began his financial career in 1976 a an options trader at Bear Stearns and became a partner) n 1980. In 1982, Epstein founded his own Joanna' management firm, J. Epstein & Co., managing the assets of theists with more than a beim in net worth. In 1996, I pstein changed the name of his fir

EFTA01297125.pdf

EFTA01297125

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ax claims' thaps://www. theguardian.comluk- newst2015(jaryt2rmineedatw-rarned-ualawritibenderagedevallegations3 Guardian. 37. Rush. George: Molloy, Joanna (January 10 2010) "Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein shells out more money in latest sex abuse lawsuit" thttplriawcrydarlynews.00rnenteruinmerWgossiptill

EFTA01296860.pdf

EFTA01296860

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ex claims' thaps://www theguordian comiuk- news(2015."jan22(minceduithew-rorned-uplawsuitundempr-sexallegatian) Guardian. 37. Rush, George: Molloy, Joanna (January 10. 2010). "Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein shells out mar money in latent sot abuse lawsuit" (kentrinawenydarlynews.00mentenainmeiWgossiptill

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EFTA01297066.pdf

EFTA01297066

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e sex claims' Itiapsilwww Meguardian comkk- newst2015.(jam32fmince-ratw-eartied-ustawsutwenderagewevallegariom) Guardian. 37. Rush, George: Molloy, Joanna (January 10. 2010) "Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein shells out snore money in latent sees abuse lawsuit" (htipifilwwznydailynews.00reenteruinmeiWgossip

EFTA01298658.pdf

EFTA01298658

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ex claims' ihaprIlwww theguardian.comluk- ncwsf2015."jam22cmineatuithsw-rorned-ublawsetvenderageownallegarions) Guardian. 37. Rush, George: Molloy, Joanna (January 10. 2010) "Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein shells out mac money in latest sex abuse lawsuit" (hapinmwenydailynews.00menteruinmeragossiribillio

EFTA00190013.pdf

EFTA00190013

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his fifties denying death by giving himself over completely to the sensual life, with the help of Brit, Alexis, Rhiannon, Sherry, Nicole, Haley, and Joanna. http://www.printthis.clickability.corn/pt/cpt?action=cpt&title.The+Fantasist&expire=&uth... 1/2/2008 EFTA00190019 The Fantasist Page 8 of 9 Ne

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EFTA00300965.pdf

EFTA00300965

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ll-side equity research including Oppenheimer & Co. and Brean Capital and real estate private equity at ACE Capital in New York. Joanna Vu '17 Joanna is a first-year MBA student at Columbia busi- ness school. Before CBS. she worked at Colony American Homes and Colony American Finance, pordolio

EFTA00300912.pdf

EFTA00300912

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it Global Man- agement. a long biased hedge fund. Joanna Vu '17 Joanna Vu is a first-year MBA student at Columbia Business School. Prior to CBS Joanna was an associ- ate at Colony American Finance. Adam Xiao '17 Adam Xiao is a first-year MBA student at Columbia Business School. Prior to CBS, A

EFTA00378702.pdf

EFTA00378702

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wrote: There is a large rain shower over necker now, I have to wait for it to pass Sent from my iPhone On Nov 29, 2013, at 11:24 AM, > wrote: Hi Joanna. Let's pass this question on to our pilot, Larry. Larry can you please respond? Sent from my iPhone On Nov 29, 2013, at 10:18 AM, Joanna South < >

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EFTA00378710.pdf

EFTA00378710

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e: RE: There is a large rain shower over necker now, I have to wait for it to pass Sent from my iPhone On Nov 29, 2013, at 11:24 AM, > wrote: Hi Joanna. Let's pass this question on to our pilot, Larry. Larry can you please respond? Sent from my iPhone On Nov 29, 2013, at 10:18 AM, Joanna South < >

EFTA00380773.pdf

EFTA00380773

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much for all of this! :) Lesley On Oct 25, 2013, at 10:45 AM, "Feierstein, Kimberly" < wrote: > Thanks. I have it on Eva's list. Also, as an FYI Joanna was only subbing in for me when I was on maternity leave. She is not working with us at this point. • Original Message > From: Lesley Groff [mail

EFTA00429912.pdf

EFTA00429912

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, Joanna & Eva — This to do is stored on an IMAP server. — It is managed by Mail; do not modify or delete it. 'Meeting in Sept w/Ellis Rubenstein, Joanna s Eva' (454437E2-F2CC-4C6D-9522-CCB1796042CC] Has no due date. Is incomplete. Has no priority. Is stored in the Mail To Do calendar. Has the fol

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EFTA00312930.pdf

EFTA00312930

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