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Jeffrey Edward Epstein was an American financier and child sex offender. He began his career as a math teacher at the Dalton School in New York City, before entering the banking and finance sector. Over several decades, he made much of his fortune providing tax and estate services to billionaires, and cultivated an elite social circle of prominent individuals. In 2008, he was convicted of soliciti…
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business · American financier and child sex offender (1953–2019) · teacher · investment banker · human trafficker · financier · merchant · banker · also Jeffrey Epstein, Epstein
Born 20 January 1953 · Died 10 August 2019 · Q2904131
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Oneindia: Who Is Cami Clark? Anthropic CEO's Wife Asked Jeffrey Epstein To Fund Her "Luxury Porn" Company
NewsBytes: Anthropic CEO's wife pitched 'luxury porn' business to Jeffrey Epstein
Yahoo: Hugh Hefner Called the FBI on Jeffrey Epstein in 2005 After Model Was Attacked
The Guardian: Burnham not considering public inquiry into UK activities of Jeffrey Epstein
Snopes rated the claim “In July 2026, North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un demanded all of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's associates be turned over to North Korea so they could be executed by firing squad.” False.
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Lead Stories rated the claim “Is there a leaked video from the Jeffrey Epstein files that shows woman tied up and begging for food?” Comedy Sketch.
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Lead Stories rated the claim “Epstein files email with joke about Mitt Romney's wife and Barack Obama is real.” Joke To Jeff.
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Snopes rated the claim “A photo circulating online in 2026 authentically shows a young Zohran Mamdani, New York's mayor, standing with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell, former U.S. President Bill Clinton and tech billionaires Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos.” Fake.
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Lead Stories rated the claim “Donald Trump posted an image of the Reflecting Pool showing him and Jeffrey Epstein together” No Such Post.
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Snopes rated the claim “An image circulating online in June 2026 authentically shows an old photo of U.S. President Donald Trump and his daughter Ivanka Trump with deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.” Fake.
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Lead Stories rated the claim “Real photo shows UFC fighter Sean Strickland escorted from watch party wearing a t-shirt that reads "Trump is in the Epstein files".” AI T-Shirt.
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Snopes rated the claim “Jeffrey Epstein's federal case files show U.S. President Donald Trump visited the late sex offender's island 345 times.” False.
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Snopes rated the claim “Bettina Anderson, who married Donald Trump Jr., the eldest son of U.S. President Donald Trump, is the daughter of Jeffrey Epstein's former banker.” Mostly True.
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Snopes rated the claim “Democratic U.S. Rep. Ted Lieu of California said, "The unreleased Epstein files show Trump raping children. That's what's being hidden. That's why the files stay sealed. That's why there are no arrests."” Incorrect Attribution.
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Snopes rated the claim “An image authentically shows a woman named Laree Chante attending the 2026 Met Gala in a dress made of newspaper articles about Jeffrey Epstein.” Fake.
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Snopes.com rated the claim “A screenshot authentically shows an April 2026 social media post in which U.S. President Donald Trump wrote, "That DIRTY nasty 60 minute broad asked me about Epstein to try and smear me. So listen upon NORA O'dumble, keep it up with the BS cause it's all you have."” Fake.
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Financial Trust Company (FTC) and Southern Trust Company, Epstein's two main businesses, received revenue of over $800 million between 1999 and 2018, consisting of $490 million in fees (most of that from two billionaires
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The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned this decision, ruling that prosecutors had not violated victim rights
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19 days after Epstein was found dead in his jail cell, the charges were dismissed and the case against Epstein was closed by Judge Berman
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The prosecutor's office in Paris, France, opened a preliminary investigation into Epstein, after Yael Mellul wrote to the Paris prosecutor to report of an alleged international pedophile network involving Epstein
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Died 2019-08-10.
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The Daily Beast published an article citing an anonymous former White House official, who alleged that during 2017, Alexander Acosta, the U
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Epstein was arrested when he returned to the U
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"We would have been touting that if he had [cooperated]
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Reported net worth: $559.1M (as of 2019).
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Several former students alleged that Epstein paid inappropriate attention to female students, and that he once showed up at a student party, although none said he made physical contact with them
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“I just want you to know I’m not a pedophile. … Maybe the only thing worse than being called a pedophile is being called a hedge fund manager.”
More than a dozen additional lawsuits were filed against his estate
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Arden disputed the police record, while police maintained "if the victim tells the detective they do not wish to prosecute, then the detective will close the case"
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Another Thiel co-founded firm, Founders Fund, participated in Carbyne's $15 million Series B funding round (non-leading role)
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By the United States for alleged election interference
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Epstein invested in Reporty Homeland Security (later rebranded as Carbyne), a startup headed by Barak which developed advanced emergency communication technologies
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And again during extended visits in 2014 and 2015
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Epstein's former house manager, Alfredo Rodriguez, was sentenced to 18 months' incarceration after being convicted on an obstruction charge for failing to turn over to police, and subsequently trying to sell, a journal i
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And placed on a year of probation on house arrest until August 2010
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Virginia Giuffre alleged she was "sexually exploited by Epstein's adult male peers, including royalty" while a minor when working as Epstein's personal masseuse
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In the 15th Judicial Circuit in Palm Beach County, Epstein pled guilty to one count of solicitation of prostitution and one count of solicitation of prostitution with a minor under the age of 18
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After Epstein pleaded guilty to a state charge of procuring for prostitution a girl below age 18, he was sentenced to eighteen months in prison
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"all outstanding rated liabilities" of Liquid Funding were "paid in full"
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And its remaining assets of approximately $2 billion, including Epstein's investment, were transferred to Fortress Investment Group when that firm bought the assets in 2009
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Epstein was convicted in Florida for soliciting a minor and served 13 months
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Was convicted of soliciting a minor for prostitution, and was indicted in 2019 for sex trafficking minors in the 2000s
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And pleaded not guilty to solicitation of a prostitute
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When Epstein first faced charges and were "closely involved in crafting his federal non-prosecution agreement, plea deal and lenient sentence
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Police in Palm Beach, Florida, began investigating Epstein after a parent reported that Epstein had paid her 14-year-old stepdaughter to strip and massage him
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Having never discovered any illegal activity
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Epstein was an early adopter of then "invite only" social network ASmallWorld, this social network also included users such as Lynn Forester de Rothschild, Prince Pavlos of Greece and many other public figures
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Epstein and Zuckerman committed up to US$25 million to finance Radar, a celebrity and pop culture magazine founded by Maer Roshan
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New York Daily News publisher Mortimer Zuckerman partnered with Epstein, advertising executive Donny Deutsch, and investor Nelson Peltz in a bid to acquire New York magazine
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As reported by the New York magazine, his financial-administrative staff numbered 150 employees (among whom 20 accountants) across three sites: Villard House in Manhattan, the Wexner operation in Columbus, and St Thomas
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Or 2002 to the Palm Beach Police Scholarship Fund, which pays scholarships for police officers' children
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Career landmark: chairperson (2000–2007).
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A 27-year-old model and actress Alicia Arden filed a report with the Santa Monica Police Department, alleging that Epstein had groped her during a purported audition for Victoria's Secret in a hotel room
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Epstein changed the name of his firm to the Financial Trust Company and, for tax advantages, based it on the island of St
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Artist Maria Farmer, who had worked for Epstein as an art advisor and property manager, alleged in a report to the FBI that Epstein had stolen nude and semi-nude photographs of her 12 and 16-year-old sisters, sold them,
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When a court ruled Epstein was not personally liable on technical grounds
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Towers Financial Corporation imploded when it was exposed as one of the biggest Ponzi schemes in American history, losing over US$450 million of its investors' money (equivalent to $1 billion in 2025)
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Career landmark: trustee (1992–2007).
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While Epstein was still consulting for Hoffenberg, he founded his financial management firm, J
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Was made to take over Emery Air Freight Corp
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That had Epstein's photo but another name
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As a consultant for Towers Financial Corporation, a collection agency that bought debts people owed to hospitals, banks, and phone companies
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Epstein met Wexner through their mutual acquaintances, insurance executive Robert Meister and his wife, in Palm Beach
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Epstein discovered his clients' funds in a Cayman Islands branch of a Canadian bank
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Epstein was introduced to the Spanish actress and heiress Ana Obregón through a mutual friend, and the pair began dating
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Stroll invested $450,000 with Epstein in what was presented as a crude oil deal
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Trouble arose for Epstein when the firm investigated a $15,000 personal loan he made to a former classmate, which may have breached federal brokerage rules
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Epstein became a limited partner at 27 years old with a salary of $200,000 per year (over $800,000 in 2025 dollars)
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Epstein was interviewed at Bear Stearns, where he reportedly impressed Alan Greenberg, who preferred hiring men of modest backgrounds with "a deep desire to become rich
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Studied at Courant Institute School of Mathematics, Computing, and Data Science (1971–1974).
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Studied at Cooper Union (1969–1971).
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From Lafayette High School at age 16, having skipped two grades
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Studied at Lafayette High School (1969).
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Epstein attended the National Music Camp at Interlochen Center for the Arts
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Born 1953-01-20.
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