A new set of images from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate have been released by the House Oversight Democrats, and once again features a number of famous faces.
Images were released last week that showed Epstein alongside a number of celebrity faces, including Woody Allen, Richard Branson, Bill Clinton, and President Donald Trump.
The new images include a number of shocking photographs, with some showing women with writing on them: extracts from the 1955 novel Lolita about a man’s sexual obsession with a 12-year-old girl.
Other images show disturbing texts from an unknown sender discussing if an 18-year-old Russian girl would be 'good for J'.
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US lawmakers have been releasing sections of the 95,000 images they were sent by the Epstein estate, though have clarified that none of the pictures have been provided with context.
Today (19 December) marks the deadline for the DOJ to release the full ‘Epstein Files’ after a law was passed in November which demanded the full release of the images and files linked to the disgraced financier.
Here are all the famous faces and celebrities who appeared in the new set of Epstein photos released (Note: The images are not proof of any wrongdoing).
Bill Gates
Co-founder of Microsoft and tech multi-billionaire Bill Gates appears in two different images alongside young women. Their faces have been redacted from the files to protect their anonymity.
Gates is one of the most high-profile names to have been included in previous leaks of the Epstein files and as a single entry on the highly publicised flight logs. False claims have spread online that he travelled to the island ‘37 times’, however Gates has admitted publicly that he took multiple meetings with Epstein.
Interviewed by Anderson Cooper in 2021 about his relationship with Epstein, he said: “It was a huge mistake to spend time with him, to give him the credibility of being there.
"I had several dinners with him, you know, hoping that what he said about getting billions of philanthropy for global health through contacts that he had might emerge… when it looked like that wasn’t a real thing, that relationship ended.”
Bill Gates’ ex-wife Melinda French Gates has pointed to his relationship with Epstein as a factor in their divorce, saying: “I did not like that he had meetings with Jeffrey Epstein, no. I made that clear to him.”
She said she met with Epstein ‘exactly one time’ to see who he was and that she found him ‘abhorrent’, stating: “I regretted it the second I walked in the door… He was evil personified.”
Attendees of a ‘Billionaires' Dinner’
Several of the photos appear to be taken from ‘The Edge Billionaires' Dinner 2011’, a regular event held by John Brockman. Brockman is a literary agent who started the Edge Foundation, an online magazine which explores scientific and intellectual ideas.
Photos released showed former YouTube CEO Salar Kamangar, Google co-founder Sergey Brin, and New York Times columnist David Brooks. Though not included in the images released by House Oversight Democrats, Elon Musk and Steve Bezos also attended the dinner.
Bezos has not been alleged to have any links to Epstein and, while Musk was included in a single entry of the Epstein files released earlier this year, he said he was invited to visit Epstein's island but declined and said the financier was ‘obviously a creep’.
A Times spokesperson released a statement saying: “As a journalist, David Brooks regularly attends events to speak with noted and important business leaders to inform his columns, which is exactly what happened at this 2011 event. Mr Brooks had no contact with [Epstein] before or after this single attendance at a widely-attended dinner.”
Noam Chomsky
The public intellectual, author, and professor often known as ‘the father of modern linguistics’ appears in two images alongside Epstein on his private plane.
Previously Chomsky had stated that his relationship with the financier, who was arrested on charges of sex trafficking of minors before his death, went as far as him helping Chomsky and his late-wife transfer money.
He told the Wall Street Journal previously that they would also occasionally meet to discuss academic and political matters.
In emails released in November of this year however, Chomsky stated that it was a ‘most valuable experience’ to be in ‘regular contact’ with Epstein.
These emails also showed that they were close enough to be regularly discuss music and possible vacation spots. He wrote an undated letter of support for Epstein, saying: “I met Jeffrey Epstein half a dozen years ago. We have been in regular contact since, with many long and often in-depth discussions about a very wide range of topics, including our own specialties and professional work, but a host of others where we have shared interests. It has been a most valuable experience for me.”
David Blaine, Steve Bannon, and Woody Allen
Magician David Blaine has never spoken about his connection to Jeffrey Epstein, but has been a long-reported name from leaked flight logs and emails. Blaine performed a private show for Epstein in 2003 also attended by an aide for Bill Clinton and Google co-founder Sergey Brin. He is shown in one image performing for Epstein, Woody Allen, and others.
Woody Allen spoke out in support of Epstein in the past, saying that he ‘never, ever, saw Jeffrey with underage girls’. Allen and his wife Soon-Yi Previn were neighbours with Epstein and would regularly go for dinner with him.
When asked in a New York Times interview whether he regretted his dinners after the revelations of Epstein’s horrific crimes, he said: “Well, I’m a writer, so I don’t get put off. Those dinners were fascinating and when it was all uncovered, it becomes interesting to a writer, because then you’re dealing with a kind of nefarious character on your doorstep."
Political strategist Steve Bannon is another face to have appeared in both sets of releases of images from Epstein’s estate, claiming that prior to the disgraced financier's death he was working on a film about him.
He has roughly 15 hours and said earlier this year: “We're going to release the film, the five-part series, next year - early next year.”
Leaked messages from the BBC imply however that their relationship was far closer than he has suggested, saying Epstein sometimes acted like Bannon's ‘personal assistant’.
Topics: Jeffrey Epstein, Bill Gates, Celebrity, US News
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