Bloomberg Businessweek July 22, 2019Jeffrey Epstein knew a who’s who of people in finance
and beyond, and sometimes those people knew each
other. Now they want nothing to do with the accused
sex trafficker. A map of his world
BY TOM METCALF
He flew to his Caribbean
islands on private jets and
counted royalty among
his friends. His business
interests—those that can
be identified, that is—were
just as rarefied. Federal
prosecutors,whosay
Epstein’sworthmorethan
$500million, arrested
him earlier this month
and charged him with sex
trafficking of minors and
conspiracy. The allegations
came more than a decade
after a deal in Florida
saw him plead guilty to
state charges of soliciting
prostitution instead of
facing more serious federal
sex-trafficking charges.
Since Epstein’s arrest, Wall
Street, Manhattan society,
and corporate America
have tried to distance
themselves from the
disgraced financier, who
has pleaded not guilty. But
the more that’s revealed
about his life—and the
tangle of political, legal,
and business connections
that sustained him—the
more questions are
raised. The piles of cash,
diamonds,andanexpired
foreignpassport—with
Epstein’sphotoand a
differentname—that
prosecutorsfoundin a safe
inhisManhattanmansion
onlyaddtotheintrigue.
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settle her debts in
2011 by paying more
than $18,000 to a
former assistant.
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BILL CLINTON
Both the former
Harvard president and
the 42nd U.S. president
flew on Epstein’s 727.llo
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Epstein invested in
Dubin’s hedge fund
and socialized with his
family after Epstein’s
Florida conviction.
They’ve since cut
ties, and a statement
issued on behalf of the
family said they were
“horrified by the new
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