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KHASHOGGI, ADNAN

Saudi Arabian man of mystery.

to bolster their argument that

private-jet owner Epstein is a massive

f light risk, SDNY prosecutors produced an

expired Austrian passport under an alias

that listed Saudi Arabia as Epstein’s pri-

mary country of residence. His lawyers

claim the fake ID was for the “personal

protection” of “an aff luent member of the

Jewish faith” traveling in the Middle East,

but it could also point to one of his more

secretive income sources.

According to his former friend the jour-

nalist Jesse Kornbluth, in the mid-1980s

Epstein said he “worked for governments

to recover money looted by African dicta-

tors” and occasionally subcontracted to

those same autocrats to “help them hide

their stolen money.” A source who spoke

with journalist Vicky Ward said one of

Epstein’s clients was the late Saudi arms

dealer Khashoggi, a middleman in the

Iran-Contra scandal who helped smuggle

cash for the Marcos family out of the Phil-

ippines. In 1988, Khashoggi was arrested

in Switzerland for concealing assets and

later faced fraud and racketeering charges

in the U.S. (He was later acquitted.) That

year, he sold his 282-foot yacht to the Sul-

tan of Brunei, who soon f lipped it to Don-

ald Trump. matt stieb

KISSINGER, HENRY Secretary of State and

national-security adviser;. One of the cen-

tury’s most notorious practitioners of cutthroat

realpolitik, Kissinger served on the Council on

Foreign Relations with Epstein.

KISSINGER, NANCY Philanthropist. Epstein

and Kissinger served on the Rockefeller Uni-

versity board alongside Nobel laureate Joseph

Goldstein, socialite Brooke Astor, and Texas

billionaire Robert Bass.

KLEMAN, LEAH Art dealer. She told Vanity

Fair in 2003 that Epstein lived like a “modern

maharaja” and described his haggling over art

prices as “something like a scene out of the

movie Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome.”

KOCH, DAVID Plutocrat;.

KOSSLYN, STEPHEN Harvard psychologist;

. “He is amazing,” Kosslyn said of Epstein in
a 2002 Ne w York profile. “Like a honeybee—
he talks to all these different people and
cross-pollinates. Just two months ago, I was
talking to him about a new alternative to evo-
lutionary psychology. He got excited and sent
me a check.”
KRAUSS, LAWRENCE Cosmologist. Epstein
was a major donor to his program at Arizona
State University, and Krauss teamed with the
financier to host a conference of Nobel laure-
ates in the U.S. Virgin Islands in 2012. “Jeffrey
has surrounded himself with beautiful women
and young women, but they’re not as young as

the ones that were claimed,” he told the Daily

Beast in 2011. “I always judge things on empiri-

cal evidence, and he always has women ages 19

to 23 around him but I’ve never seen anything

else. So as a scientist, my presumption is that

whatever the problems were I would believe

him over other people. I don’t feel tarnished in

any way by my relationship with Jeffrey. I feel

raised by it.” This spring, Krauss retired amid

allegations of his own sexual harassment.

LAYBOURNE, GERALDINE TV executive;^.

Co-founder of Nickelodeon and, with her

husband, Kit, and pal Oprah, the Oxygen

network.

LE BON, SIMON Singer;. The caricature

playboy heartthrob at the front of Duran Duran.

LEFCOURT, GERALD Epstein’s lawyer;. A

white-collar defense attorney to the stars, Lef-

court has also represented Black Panther Huey

P. Newton, Sid Vicious, Tracy Morgan, Russell

Crowe, insider trader Michael Milken, and

Murder Inc. Records founder Irv Gotti. Lef-

court was formerly married to the daughter of

Mortimer Sackler, founder of OxyContin pro-

ducer Purdue Pharma. matt stieb

LEFKOWITZ , JAY Attorney for Epstein

Lef kowitz negotiated the terms of Epstein’s

negligently lenient plea deal with his former

Kirkland & Ellis colleague Alexander Acosta.

Now at Columbia Law, he served in both Bush

administrations, as director of Cabinet affairs

for H.W. and deputy executive secretary to the

Domestic Policy Council and special envoy for

human rights in North Korea for W.

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LOVE, COURTNEY Singer;.

MAXWELL, GHISLAINE

Epstein’s ex turned right-hand woman;.

she was there at the socialites’ dos:

Cornelia Guest’s holiday bash, Georgette

Mosbacher’s party for the writer Michael

Gross. At real-estate mogul Aby Rosen’s

birthday, at Harvey Weinstein’s cocktail

party. At film screenings and store openings

and fashion shows, at Tina Brown’s home

and Arianna Huffington’s and the Time 100

Gala. For years, though not lately, Maxwell

was a constant on the New York social scene

in its most Upper East iteration. She was a

friend of everyone, if an intimate of few.

Maxwell seemed to know many rich and

powerful men—articles mention her dining

with Bill Clinton, photos show her partying

with Elon Musk and deep in conversation

with Stephen Schwarzman—but her most

durable connection has been with Epstein.

She was, as he once put it, his “best friend.”

Maxwell, 57, has been accused in civil suits

of serving as his procuress, luring women

and girls into Epstein’s web.

In court documents, Epstein’s accusers

allege that Maxwell—who denies all and

has never been criminally charged—acted

as a recruiter, an instructor, and in some

cases a participant in the abuse he prac-

ticed. Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who claims

Maxwell recruited her on behalf of Epstein

when Giuffre was a 16-year-old spa atten-

dant at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, where

Epstein has a home, said much of her

grooming came from Maxwell. “The train-

ing started immediately,” Giuffre said in a

video interview with the Miami Herald. “It

was everything down to how to give a blow

job, how to be quiet, be subservient, give

Jeffrey what he wants.”

“Every pretty girl in New York, in those

days, Ghislaine would invite to Jeffrey’s,”

said Euan Rellie, an investment banker

and social fixture who has known Maxwell

for years and who, along with his wife, the

author and socialite Lucy Sykes, was a fel-

low guest at a dinner for Prince Andrew at

Epstein’s townhouse in the early aughts.

Maxwell and Epstein had been attached,

but she was “now an employee of his, as

I understood it,” Rellie said. “Her job was

to jazz up his social life by getting fashion-

able young women to show up.” He pre-

sumed the young women to be in their 20s.

Tabloid reports on Maxwell claim she

managed Epstein’s properties from his

office on Madison Avenue, which appeared

in public records for many years as one of

Maxwell’s addresses. Epstein, for his part,

said she wasn’t on the payroll, yet she did

errands for him: hunted for a yoga teacher

in California and acted as intermediary

when he wanted to give his friend the bil-

lionaire Les Wexner a family portrait

painted by Nelson Shanks.

She was said to be wickedly funny and

unusually knowledgeable, glamorous,

and, on top of that, British. (“I think New

Yorkers are charmed by that high-end

English accent,” photographer Patrick

McMullan said.)

What’s more, she was exotic. She had

explored the seas and could pilot a heli-

↑ With Ghislaine Maxwell at Cipriani Wall Street

in 2005.

PHOTOGRAPH: JOE SCHILDHORN/PATRICK MCMULLAN VIA GETTY IMAGES (MAXWELL)

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KHASHOGGI,ADNAN

SaudiArabianmanofmystery.

to bolster their argumentthat

private-jetownerEpsteinisamassive

flightrisk,SDNYprosecutorsproducedan

expiredAustrianpassportunderanalias

thatlistedSaudiArabiaasEpstein’spri-

marycountryofresidence.Hislawyers

claimthefakeIDwasforthe“personal

protection”of“anaffluentmemberofthe

Jewishfaith”travelingintheMiddleEast,

butitcouldalsopointtooneofhismore

secretiveincomesources.

Accordingtohisformerfriendthejour-

nalistJesseKornbluth,inthemid- 1980 s

Epsteinsaidhe“workedforgovernments

torecovermoneylootedbyAfricandicta-

tors”andoccasionallysubcontractedto

thosesameautocratsto“helpthemhide

theirstolenmoney.”Asourcewhospoke

withjournalistVickyWardsaidoneof

Epstein’sclientswasthelateSaudiarms

dealerKhashoggi,amiddlemaninthe

Iran-Contrascandalwhohelpedsmuggle

cashfortheMarcosfamilyoutofthePhil-

ippines.In 1988 ,Khashoggiwasarrested

inSwitzerlandforconcealingassetsand

laterfacedfraudandracketeeringcharges

intheU.S.(Hewaslateracquitted.)That

year,hesoldhis 282 - footyachttotheSul-

tanofBrunei,whosoonflippedittoDon-

aldTrump. mattstieb

KISSINGER,HENRYSecretaryofStateand

national-securityadviser; .Oneofthecen-

tury’smostnotoriouspractitionersofcutthroat

realpolitik,KissingerservedontheCouncilon

ForeignRelationswithEpstein.

KISSINGER,NANCYPhilanthropist.Epstein

andKissingerservedontheRockefellerUni-

versityboardalongsideNobellaureateJoseph

Goldstein,socialiteBrookeAstor,andTexas

billionaireRobertBass.

KLEMAN,LEAHArtdealer.ShetoldVanity

Fairin 2003 thatEpsteinlivedlikea“modern

maharaja”anddescribedhishagglingoverart

pricesas“somethinglikeasceneoutofthe

movieMadMax:BeyondThunderdome.”

KOCH,DAVIDPlutocrat;.

KOSSLYN,STEPHENHarvardpsychologist;

.“Heisamazing,”KosslynsaidofEpsteinin

a 2002 NewYorkprofile.“Likeahoneybee—

hetalkstoallthesedifferentpeopleand

cross-pollinates.Justtwomonthsago,Iwas

talkingtohimaboutanewalternativetoevo-

lutionarypsychology.Hegotexcitedandsent

meacheck.”

KRAUSS,LAWRENCECosmologist.Epstein

wasamajordonortohisprogramatArizona

StateUniversity,andKraussteamedwiththe

financiertohostaconferenceofNobellaure-

atesintheU.S.VirginIslandsin 2012 .“Jeffrey

hassurroundedhimselfwithbeautifulwomen

andyoungwomen,butthey’renotasyoungas

theonesthatwereclaimed,”hetoldtheDaily

Beastin 2011 .“Ialwaysjudgethingsonempiri-

calevidence,andhealwayshaswomenages 19

to 23 aroundhimbutI’veneverseenanything

else.Soasascientist,mypresumptionisthat

whatevertheproblemswereIwouldbelieve

himoverotherpeople.Idon’tfeeltarnishedin

anywaybymyrelationshipwithJeffrey.Ifeel

raisedbyit.”Thisspring,Kraussretiredamid

allegationsofhisownsexualharassment.

LAYBOURNE,GERALDINETVexecutive;.

Co-founderofNickelodeonand,withher

husband,Kit,andpalOprah,theOxygen

network.

LEBON,SIMONSinger; .Thecaricature

playboyheartthrobatthefrontofDuranDuran.

LEFCOURT,GERALDEpstein’slawyer; .A

white-collardefenseattorneytothestars,Lef-

courthasalsorepresentedBlackPantherHuey

P.Newton,SidVicious,TracyMorgan,Russell

Crowe,insidertraderMichaelMilken,and

MurderInc.RecordsfounderIrvGotti.Lef-

courtwasformerlymarriedtothedaughterof

MortimerSackler,founderofOxyContinpro-

ducerPurduePharma. mattstieb

LEFKOWITZ,JAYAttorneyforEpstein

LefkowitznegotiatedthetermsofEpstein’s

negligentlylenientpleadealwithhisformer

Kirkland&ElliscolleagueAlexanderAcosta.

NowatColumbiaLaw,heservedinbothBush

administrations,asdirectorofCabinetaffairs

forH.W.anddeputyexecutivesecretarytothe

DomesticPolicyCouncilandspecialenvoyfor

humanrightsinNorthKoreaforW.

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LOVE,COURTNEYSinger;.

MAXWELL,GHISLAINE

Epstein’sexturnedright-handwoman;.

shewasthereatthesocialites’dos:

CorneliaGuest’sholidaybash,Georgette

Mosbacher’spartyforthewriterMichael

Gross.Atreal-estatemogulAbyRosen’s

birthday,atHarveyWeinstein’scocktail

party.Atfilmscreeningsandstoreopenings

andfashionshows,atTinaBrown’shome

andAriannaHuffington’sandtheTime 100

Gala.Foryears,thoughnotlately,Maxwell

wasaconstantontheNewYorksocialscene

initsmostUpperEastiteration.Shewasa

friendofeveryone,ifanintimateoffew.

Maxwellseemedtoknowmanyrichand

powerfulmen—articlesmentionherdining

withBillClinton,photosshowherpartying

withElonMuskanddeepinconversation

withStephenSchwarzman—buthermost

durableconnectionhasbeenwithEpstein.

Shewas,asheonceputit,his“bestfriend.”

Maxwell, 57 ,hasbeenaccusedincivilsuits

ofservingashisprocuress,luringwomen

andgirlsintoEpstein’sweb.

Incourtdocuments,Epstein’saccusers

allegethatMaxwell—whodeniesalland

hasneverbeencriminallycharged—acted

asarecruiter,aninstructor,andinsome

casesaparticipantintheabuseheprac-

ticed.VirginiaRobertsGiuffre,whoclaims

MaxwellrecruitedheronbehalfofEpstein

whenGiuffrewasa 16 - year-oldspaatten-

dantatMar-a-LagoinPalmBeach,where

Epsteinhasahome,saidmuchofher

groomingcamefromMaxwell.“Thetrain-

ingstartedimmediately,”Giuffresaidina

videointerviewwiththeMiamiHerald.“It

waseverythingdowntohowtogiveablow

job,howtobequiet,besubservient,give

Jeffreywhathewants.”

“EveryprettygirlinNewYork,inthose

days,GhislainewouldinvitetoJeffrey’s,”

saidEuanRellie,aninvestmentbanker

andsocialfixturewhohasknownMaxwell

foryearsandwho,alongwithhiswife,the

authorandsocialiteLucySykes,wasafel-

lowguestatadinnerforPrinceAndrewat

Epstein’stownhouseintheearlyaughts.

MaxwellandEpsteinhadbeenattached,

butshewas“nowanemployeeofhis,as

Iunderstoodit,”Relliesaid.“Herjobwas

tojazzuphissociallifebygettingfashion-

ableyoungwomentoshowup.”Hepre-

sumedtheyoungwomentobeintheir 20 s.

TabloidreportsonMaxwellclaimshe

managedEpstein’spropertiesfromhis

officeonMadisonAvenue,whichappeared

inpublicrecordsformanyyearsasoneof

Maxwell’saddresses.Epstein,forhispart,

saidshewasn’tonthepayroll,yetshedid

errandsforhim:huntedforayogateacher

inCaliforniaandactedasintermediary

whenhewantedtogivehisfriendthebil-

lionaireLesWexnerafamilyportrait

paintedbyNelsonShanks.

Shewassaidtobewickedlyfunnyand

unusuallyknowledgeable,glamorous,

and,ontopofthat,British.(“IthinkNew

Yorkersarecharmedbythathigh-end

Englishaccent,”photographerPatrick

McMullansaid.)

What’smore,shewasexotic.Shehad

exploredtheseasandcouldpilotaheli-

↑WithGhislaineMaxwellatCiprianiWallStreet

in 2005.

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