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'''Jeffrey Edward Epstein''' (born January 20, 1953) is an [[United States|American]] financier and science philanthropist, and convicted sex offender. He served thirteen months in prison and remains under investigation for involvement with underage girls and for money laundering.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/mar/07/prince-andrew-decide-trade-role-vince-cable?CMP=twt_gu | location=London | work=The Guardian | first1=Helene | last1=Mulholland | first2=Nicholas | last2=Watt | title=Prince Andrew must decide whether to continue in trade role, says Vince Cable | date=2011-03-07}}</ref><ref>[http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/perv_don_shmear_me_GzYV0fJYoWleFsSTrQyaJK#ixzz1FuzV4Lyl Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein: I'm a sex offender, not a predator" New York Post Fabruary 25, 2011] Retrieved 2011-03-07</ref><ref>Financier pledges $30 million to support Harvard researcher, ''The Associated Press'', 7 February 2003</ref><ref name=crimson>{{cite news |url=http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=514187 |title=Harvard to Keep Epstein Gift |work=[[The Harvard Crimson]] |location=[[Harvard University]] |date=2006-09-13. |accessdate=2007-09-13}}</ref>
'''Jeffrey Edward Epstein''' (born January 20, 1953) is an [[United States|American]] financier and science philanthropist, and convicted sex offender. He served thirteen months in prison and remains under investigation for involvement with underage girls.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/mar/07/prince-andrew-decide-trade-role-vince-cable?CMP=twt_gu | location=London | work=The Guardian | first1=Helene | last1=Mulholland | first2=Nicholas | last2=Watt | title=Prince Andrew must decide whether to continue in trade role, says Vince Cable | date=2011-03-07}}</ref><ref>[http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/perv_don_shmear_me_GzYV0fJYoWleFsSTrQyaJK#ixzz1FuzV4Lyl Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein: I'm a sex offender, not a predator" New York Post Fabruary 25, 2011] Retrieved 2011-03-07</ref><ref>Financier pledges $30 million to support Harvard researcher, ''The Associated Press'', 7 February 2003</ref><ref name=crimson>{{cite news |url=http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=514187 |title=Harvard to Keep Epstein Gift |work=[[The Harvard Crimson]] |location=[[Harvard University]] |date=2006-09-13. |accessdate=2007-09-13}}</ref>


== Life ==
== Life ==

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Jeffrey Epstein, photographed on his release date from prison

Jeffrey Edward Epstein (born January 20, 1953) is an American financier and science philanthropist, and convicted sex offender. He served thirteen months in prison and remains under investigation for involvement with underage girls.[3][4][5][6]

Life

Born in Brooklyn, New York, Epstein attended Lafayette High School. He attended classes at Cooper Union from 1969 to 1971 and then at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, leaving without a degree. From 1973 to 1975 he taught calculus and physics at the Dalton School, before becoming an options trader at Bear Stearns.[7][8]

Financial career

Epstein began his financial career in 1976 as an options trader at Bear Stearns.[7] He specialized in mathematical models such as the Black-Scholes option-pricing model and later worked in the special products division, advising high net worth clients on tax strategies.[7] In 1980, Epstein became a partner at Bear Stearns.[7] In 1982, Epstein founded his own financial management firm, J. Epstein & Co., managing the assets of clients with more than a billion in net worth. In 1987, Leslie Wexner, founder and chairman of the Columbus, Ohio–based Limited chain of women's-clothing stores became a well-known client.[7] In 1996, Epstein changed the name of his firm to The Financial Trust Company and based it in the US Virgin Islands.[7]

In 2003, Epstein publicly bidded for New York Magazine, along with advertizing executive, Donny Deutsch, investor Nelson Peltz, publishing mogul and owner of The Daily News, Mortimer Zuckerman and film producer Harvey Weinstein. They were ultimately out bid by lontime wall street investor Bruce Wasserstein for $55 million.[9] In 2004, Epstein and Mortimer Zuckerman, committed to finance up to $25 million to back Radar, a celebrity and pop culture magazine and Maer Roshan, its editor in chief and founder. Epstein and Zuckerman were equal partners in the venture, and Mr. Roshan retained a small ownership stake.[10]

Since all but one of his financial clients are anonymous, it has been speculated that much of Epstein's lavish lifestyle may be financed by Wexner.[7] In September 2002 he flew Bill Clinton, Kevin Spacey and Chris Tucker to Africa in his private Boeing 727, to promote the former president's anti-AIDS efforts.[7]

In addition to his private island in the U.S. Virgin Islands (Little St. James Island), Epstein owns a 50,000-square-foot (4,600 m2) townhouse in Manhattan that was formerly owned by Les Wexner, a villa in Palm Beach, Florida and a ranch in Santa Fe, New Mexico.[11]

Science funding

Epstein is a financial supporter of the sciences and founder of two science foundations, The Epstein Foundation and The Florida Science Foundation.[12] In 2003, he donated $30 million to Harvard University to set up Harvard's Program for Evolutionary Dynamics.[13][6] In 2004, Epstein's foundations funded Martin Nowak's research at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton University. [7][14][6]

Epstein has also provided substantial funding to scientists, including physicist Stephen Hawking, Kip Thorne, Marvin Minsky, Lawrence Krauss, and Gregory Benford.[7][15] Epstein's foundations have sponsored conferences in the US Virgin Islands with such scientists as Stephen Hawking and Lawrence Krauss, covering such topics as a unified gravity theory, neuroscience and artificial intelligence.[16][17]

Solicitation of prostitution

In March 2005, a woman contacted Palm Beach police, concerned that her 14-year-old step-daughter had been taken to Epstein’s mansion by an older girl and been paid $300 after stripping and massaging him.[18] She had told him that she was 18 years old.[11] She undressed but had left on her underwear.[19] By 2011 at least 40 girls had come forward with similar stories, some saying Epstein sexually assaulted them during the massage.[18]

Police started an 11-month undercover investigation of Epstein, followed by a search of his home. Subsequently, they alleged that Epstein had paid several escorts to perform sexual acts on him. Interviews with five alleged victims and 17 witnesses under oath, phone messages, a high school transcript and other items they found in Mr. Epstein's trash and home allegedly show that some girls were under 18, although some maintained to him at the time that they were of proper age.[20] A search of Epstein's home found numerous photos of girls throughout the house, some of whom had been interviewed earlier by the police.[19] He had set up a system of young women recruiting other women for his massage services.[11] Two housekeepers stated to the police that Epstein would receive massages every day whenever he stayed in Palm Beach.[19] In May 2006, Palm Beach police filed a probable cause affidavit saying that Epstein should be charged with four counts of unlawful sex with minors and one molestation count.[19] His team of lawyers included Gerald B. Lefcourt, Alan Dershowitz and later also Kenneth Starr.[11] Epstein passed a lie detector test in which he was asked whether he knew of the under-age status of the girls.[21] They also questioned the credibility of the teenage accusers, based in part on their MySpace postings and information obtained by private investigators. [failed verification][20][22]

Instead of following the recommendation of the police, the prosecutors considered the evidence weak[21] and presented it to a grand jury, an uncommon procedure in non-capital cases. The grand jury returned only a single charge of felony solicitation of prostitution,[23][dead link] to which Epstein pleaded not guilty in August 2006.[22]

In June, 2008, after pleading to a single state charge of soliciting prostitution, Epstein began serving an 18-month sentence. Following his release he was required to register as a sex offender [24]

He served 13 months in jail of his 18-month sentence as a convicted sex offender in the state of Florida for soliciting an underage girl for prostitution. He is a registered sex offender[24] and remains under investigation by the FBI over allegations of involvement with underage girls and for money laundering.[25][26][27]

After the accusations became public, several parties returned donations they had received from Epstein, including Eliot L. Spitzer, Mark A. Green, Bill Richardson,[6] and the Palm Beach Police Department.[20] Harvard announced that it would not return any money.[6]

On June 18, 2010, Epstein's former butler, Alfredo Rodriguez, was sentenced to 18 months in jail for trying to sell a journal that he said recorded Epstein's activities. Special Agent Christina Pryor reviewed the material and agreed it was information "that would have been extremely useful in investigating and prosecuting the case, including names and contact information of material witnesses and additional victims."[28][29]

Civil lawsuits

On February 6, 2008, an anonymous Virginia woman filed a $50 million civil lawsuit[30] in federal court against Epstein, alleging that when she was a 16-year-old minor in 2004-2005, she was "recruited to give Epstein a massage." After being brought to his Palm Beach mansion, she claims that he exposed himself and had sexual intercourse with her, and paid her $200 immediately afterward.[23][dead link] A similar $50 million suit was filed by a different woman in March 2008 who was represented by the same lawyer.[31] Several of these lawsuits were dismissed and all other lawsuits were settled out of court.[32] He has so far made 17 out-of-court settlements, and some cases are ongoing.[33]

References

  1. ^ The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/22/business/media-post-mortems-for-a-media-deal-undone.html?ref=jeffreyeepstein. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ^ . The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/22/business/media-post-mortems-for-a-media-deal-undone.html?ref=jeffreyeepstein. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ^ Mulholland, Helene; Watt, Nicholas (2011-03-07). "Prince Andrew must decide whether to continue in trade role, says Vince Cable". The Guardian. London.
  4. ^ Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein: I'm a sex offender, not a predator" New York Post Fabruary 25, 2011 Retrieved 2011-03-07
  5. ^ Financier pledges $30 million to support Harvard researcher, The Associated Press, 7 February 2003
  6. ^ a b c d e "Harvard to Keep Epstein Gift". The Harvard Crimson. Harvard University. 2006-09-13. Retrieved 2007-09-13. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Landon Thomas Jr. (2002-10-28). "Jeffrey Epstein: International Money Man of Mystery". New York.
  8. ^ "JPMorgan's Hersch succeeds colorful money manager". Reuters. Thomson Reuters. 2008-02-11.
  9. ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/22/business/media-post-mortems-for-a-media-deal-undone.html?ref=jeffreyeepstein
  10. ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/19/arts/19radar.html?_r=3&ref=jeffreyeepstein
  11. ^ a b c d "The Fantasist". New York. 2007-12-10.
  12. ^ Edge Foundation, Inc., Edge.org.
  13. ^ Financier pledges $30 million to support Harvard researcher, The Associated Press, 7 February 2003
  14. ^ Financier pledges $30 million to support Harvard researcher, The Associated Press, 7 February 2003
  15. ^ http://stthomassource.com/content/news/local-news/2006/03/17/physicists-debate-gravity-st-thomas-symposium
  16. ^ http://stthomassource.com/content/news/local-news/2006/03/17/physicists-debate-gravity-st-thomas-symposium
  17. ^ http://newsblaze.com/story/2012011210210500001.pr/topstory.html
  18. ^ a b Leonard, Tom (2011-03-02). "Prince Andrew risks losing ambassador job as girl in underage sex case reveals meeting him". London: Daily Mail.
  19. ^ a b c d "Billionaire In Palm Beach Sex Scandal - Investigators: Moneyman Jeffrey Epstein solicited teen masseuses". The Smoking Gun. Archived from the original on 2008-05-13.
  20. ^ a b c "Jeffrey Epstein craved big homes, elite friends - and, investigators say, underage girls". Palm Beach Post. 2006-08-14.
  21. ^ a b Gregorian, Dareh (2007-11-12). "COPS' FLOPS LETTING MOGUL GET OFF EASY". New York Post.
  22. ^ a b Goodnough, Abby (2006-09-03). "Questions of Preferential Treatment Are Raised in Florida Sex Case". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-05-06.
  23. ^ a b Keller, Larry (2008-02-06). "Second teen-sex suit seeks $50 million from Jeffrey Epstein". Palm Beach Post.
  24. ^ a b Landon Thomas, Jr. (2008-07-01). "Financier Starts Sentence in Prostitution case". New York Times. Retrieved 2010-11-05.
  25. ^ Mulholland, Helene; Watt, Nicholas (2011-03-07). "Prince Andrew must decide whether to continue in trade role, says Vince Cable". The Guardian. London.
  26. ^ Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein: I'm a sex offender, not a predator" New York Post Fabruary 25, 2011 Retrieved 2011-03-07
  27. ^ "FBI to reopen case against sex offender friend of Prince Andrew" Mail Online 5 March 2011 Retrieved 2011-03-07
  28. ^ Dargan, Michele (June 18, 2010). "Former Epstein house manager Alfredo Rodriguez sentenced to 18 months". Palm Beach Daily News. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
  29. ^ Spencer-Wendel, Susan (February 1, 2010). "Ex-Epstein worker faces obstruction charges". The Palm Beach Post. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
  30. ^ "Billionaire Faces $50M Sexual Assault Lawsuit". FindLaw. 2008-02-06.
  31. ^ Keller, Larry (2008-03-05). "Third alleged victim files sex suit against Jeffrey Epstein". Palm Beach Post. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  32. ^ . 2009-09-20 http://celebrifi.com/gossip/Billionaire-Jeffrey-Epstein-shells-out-more-money-in-latest-sex-abuse-lawsuit-1299009.html. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  33. ^ Churcher, Sharon (2011-03-02). "Prince Andrew and the 17-year-old girl his sex offender friend flew to Britain to meet him". The Daily Mail. London: Associated Newspapers Ltd. Retrieved 2 March 2011.

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