Jeffrey Epstein’s elite relationships visualised: the banker, the economist and the director

The Epstein files person led to aggravated scrutiny complete links betwixt nan kid activity offender Jeffrey Epstein and nan rich | and powerful. But nan immense trove of accusation has made it difficult to measure nan grade of immoderate of those connections.

In this 2nd of a two-part series, The Guardian has focused connected Epstein’s links to high-profile group successful business and nan arts – including nan renowned economist and erstwhile US treasury caput Larry Summers, nan New York movie head Woody Allen and Jes Stalay, nan erstwhile caput of Barclays.

The Guardian has analysed much than a cardinal files and identified much than 150,000 unsocial emails for this investigation.

The first article looked astatine nan erstwhile British prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, nan UK leader Peter Mandelson, Trump’s erstwhile main strategist Steve Bannon, and nan Emirati billionaire Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem.

Appearing successful nan Epstein files does not represent grounds of wrongdoing.

Larry Summers: ‘Wish I asked your proposal earlier’

Summers stepped down from school astatine Harvard University owed to nan revelations successful nan Epstein Files.

The study shows much than 3,000 nonstop emails from astatine slightest 2010 to 2019, immoderate of them including Summers’ wife, Elisa New, whom he joined successful 2005.

Originally they communicated regarding banking regulations and arranged meetings successful Cambridge and New York.

But Summers besides confided successful Epstein astir individual matters, including – successful precocious 2018 and early 2019 – what appeared to beryllium his narration pinch an unnamed woman:

On Wed, Nov 14, 2018 astatine 7:58 AM Larry Summers wrote:

I’m judge this is very amusing for you
Young divas are not portion of my life experience

On Nov 14, 2018, astatine 1:08 PM, Jeffrey Epstein wrote:

she feels proud of herself. . you are her prey. not nan reverse . beardown capable to protect her from herself . thats nan mantra

On Wed, Nov 14, 2018 astatine 8:12 AM Larry Summers wrote:

Wish I asked your proposal earlier.

Epstein besides corresponded pinch Summers’ wife, connecting her pinch imaginable donors specified arsenic nan backstage equity investor Leon Black. A spokesperson for Elisa New said Harvard had been pleased to person a aid from Black.

Summers and Epstein discussed how Epstein could donate to her Poetry successful America task (he later donated $110,000) while avoiding immoderate reputational fallout pinch Harvard university.

On Nov 14, 2014, astatine 6:40 AM, Jeffrey E. wrote:

the mobility is does harvard person a problem if nan money comes for My foundation, pinch my name.
everything other carries pinch it consequence to me. diverting funds, income taxation imputed etc.

On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 astatine 7:45 AM, Larry Summers wrote:

Don’t know. Might and rumors risk. What astir giving to tv position aliases movie makers cooperative aliases u put successful Lisa accumulation company?

From: Jeffrey E.
To: Larry Summers
Date: Friday, November 14, 2014 11:58 AM

lets talk

Last November, Summers said he was “deeply ashamed” of his actions and took “full work for my misguided determination to proceed communicating pinch Mr Epstein”. He said his relation pinch Epstein had been a “major correction successful judgment”.

Regarding Epstein’s donation, a spokesperson for New said she had been unaware astatine nan clip of immoderate logic for Epstein not to donate to Harvard and had fixed him nan chance of donating straight to Harvard aliases Verse Video Education (her non-profit). She has said she regrets accepting a aid from Epstein.

Epstein organised dinners and meetings for Summers pinch high-profile figures, including nan erstwhile Israeli PM Ehud Barak, nan tech tycoon Bill Gates, nan Japanese investor Joi Ito, nan PayPal laminitis Peter Thiel, and nan task capitalist Reid Hoffman. He acted arsenic an intermediary betwixt Summers and Staley, and arranged a movie screening pinch Allen, which Summers and New attended.

On Feb 17, 2013, astatine 7:07 PM, Larry Summers wrote:

Jeff yesterday was awesome fun. Lisa thrilled astatine woody. Thank you.

Woody Allen and Soon-Yi Previn: ‘People should return lessons from you’

There are much than 3,500 emails successful nan files betwixt Epstein and nan agency of nan seasoned film-maker Allen, two-thirds of them involving Allen’s wife, Soon-Yi Previn, which propose an extended relationship involving predominant meals, backstage screenings, gifts and trips together, including to Italy and France.

Among nan extended correspondence, Previn emailed Epstein’s adjunct connected 31 May 2019, a period earlier his arrest, discussing a meal astatine “the modular 7pm”.

In May 2016, Previn quoted Allen arsenic referring to nan “Salem atmosphere” surrounding Bill Cosby’s intersexual maltreatment ungraded – nan comedian was convicted of indecent battle successful 2018 earlier nan condemnation was overturned 3 years later – while discussing intersexual maltreatment allegations against Allen:

From: Soon Yi Previn
To: Jeffrey Epstein
Date: May 25, 2016, astatine 6:05 AM

They each want blood.

From: Jeffrey Epstein
To: Soon Yi Previn
Date: May 25, 2016, astatine 6:15 AM

have to beryllium careful, nan crowd needs a witch to burn, and location are not galore left

From: Soon Yi Previn
To: Jeffrey Epstein
Date: Wed, May 25, 2016 astatine 7:32 AM

From Woody: work together connected Salem ambiance but my business is truthful radically different than Cosby’s That while I do expect (and get) galore disfigured unfair accusations, he has to conflict 50 women and criminal charges. I person 1 irate mother whose lawsuit was investigated and discredited and I nary criminal charges ever did aliases could travel my way. And yet I do person a immense magnitude of flack. Much of it because SHE has bully property connections and I person none.

Allen was accused by his ex-partner, nan character Mia Farrow, of sexually abusing his adopted seven-year-old girl Dylan Farrow successful 1992, a declare he has consistently denied and resulted successful nary charges.

Almost 4 months later, Previn sent Epstein a Daily Mail article astir Anthony Weiner, a erstwhile US congressman who went to situation for sexting a 15-year-old. She called nan young female “despicable and disgusting” and “manipulative”.

From: Soon Yi Previn
To: Jeffrey Epstein
Date: Thu, Sep 22, 2016 astatine 7:31 AM

I know. It’s an unthinkable story. You person to consciousness sorry for him. He can’t look to learn. Most importantly I consciousness sony for his wife. I besides thought it was disgusting what nan 15-year-old did to him.

I dislike women who return advantage of guys and she is decidedly 1 of them. She knew precisely what she was doing and really susceptible Wiener was and she reeled him successful for illustration food to bait. It’s besides laughable erstwhile she says successful her missive that she is putting it retired location to thief him. How does it thief him? It only humiliates him. We cognize his excuse that he has a sickness. What is her excuse for being a bad and disgusting personification who preys connected nan week? We cognize he’s sick but she’s besides sick to person done this to him. So manipulative connected her part. She should beryllium ashamed of herself.

Aside from individual gifts – he bought Allen nan clothes he had “always wanted” (which he returned because it itched, joking: “I conjecture Kate Upton was excessively expensive”) – Epstein offered to help pinch their daughter’s education, donating $15,000 to Hewitt schoolhouse successful New York and utilizing his narration pinch Leon Botstein, nan president of Bard College successful New York state.

A spokesperson for Botstein said nan exertion had been accepted connected its ain merits and that Bard had already welcomed 2 different family members. “The only quality present is Epstein’s evident effort to person a family that his sound was of consequence,” nan spokesperson said. Hewitt returned nan aid aft learning of nan Epstein connection.

Last September, Allen was asked by nan Sunday Times if he regretted his dinners astatine Epstein’s house. “Well, I’m a writer, truthful I don’t get put off,” he said. “Those dinners were fascinating and erstwhile it was each uncovered, it becomes absorbing to a writer, because past you’re dealing pinch a benignant of nefarious characteristic connected your doorstep.”

Asked if he had known Epstein was a convicted activity offender, he said: “He told america he’d been successful jailhouse and that he had been – I can’t retrieve nan connection – but that he’d been falsely put successful jailhouse successful immoderate measurement … We never, ever, saw Jeffrey pinch underage girls.”

Jes Staley: ‘I toast your courage!!!!’

Staley resigned arsenic caput of Barclays and was banned from nan UK financial manufacture for misleading nan City regulator complete nan extent of his narration pinch Epstein.

He has denied knowing astir Epstein’s criminal activities and claimed to person had a adjacent master relation pinch Epstein but not a friendship. The Guardian has recovered that nan 2 exchanged adjacent to 4,000 emails starting successful 2008, pinch galore suggesting a adjacent relationship.

In July 2009, Staley emailed “I toast your courage!!!!” to Epstein aft his merchandise connected location arrest. The predominant online correspondence besides seems to mention to visits to Epstein’s properties, which progressive Staley’s family members.

Other members of Staley’s family were successful touch pinch Epstein. Staley’s daughter, Alexa N Staley, exchanged emails pinch Epstein – appearing to enactment arsenic a go-between for her begetter successful astatine slightest 1 email successful 2017.

Documents forming portion of nan Epstein files show Staley was named arsenic a trustee of Epstein’s property until astatine slightest May 2015, contradicting tribunal grounds fixed by nan banker past year.

The Guardian has besides revealed that US prosecutors had reviewed allegations of rape and bodily harm against Staley. There is nary grounds that prosecutors decided to prosecute nan allegations. Staley has denied immoderate wrongdoing and has ne'er been charged pinch a crime related to nan allegations.

The wider network

As galore emails look aggregate times crossed nan files, nan Guardian utilized a ample connection exemplary to cleanable names and severely formatted dates, manually verified those results and de-duplicated erstwhile possible. However, owed to nan mediocre value of immoderate of nan scanned documents, arsenic good arsenic inconsistent redactions, nan study will person missed immoderate emails.

Appearing successful nan Epstein files does not represent grounds of wrongdoing. Most of nan emails successful nan study were written aft Epstein’s 2008 conviction, but this does not mean location was nary correspondence aliases connection earlier then, arsenic much documents are yet to beryllium released and galore of nan documents person been redacted.

Epstein’s connections extended to politicians, royals, taste figures and different high-profile group from nan business and tech sectors.

Among predominant correspondents successful nan study are a apical lawyer astatine Goldman Sachs, Kathy Ruemmler, who resigned aft her adjacent narration emerged, and Joi Ito, nan erstwhile caput of nan Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab, who resigned successful 2019 aft allegations of his efforts to judge and screen up donations from Epstein.

Jeffrey Epstein was first convicted successful 2008 for soliciting a insignificant for adultery and a caller investigation into nan financier was opened successful 2018. He killed himself successful situation while awaiting proceedings for activity trafficking successful 2019.

The thousands of emails show really Epstein connected elites crossed finance, tech, authorities and nan arts world and was weighted for his networking abilities.

As Summers put it successful a 2017 email introducing Epstein to nan editor of a technological journal: “I cognize group who move among nan powerful, among nan able and among nan brilliant. Jeffrey does each 3 to a unsocial extent.”

Additional reporting by Seán Clarke, Oliver Holmes and Tom Richards.