Not only Allen, even the late pop star Michael Jackson’s pictures with the sexual offender went viral on social media, although back in the day, all the allegations of involvement were denied
In 2015, Woody Allen and his wife, Soon-Yi Previn, went on a trip to Washington, D.C. With the help of their friend Jeffrey Epstein, they were able to tour the White House.
Allen’s friendship with Epstein has been known for years, but emails in the huge trove of records released by the Justice Department in recent days illustrate that relationship in new depth.
The filmmaker, his wife and Epstein were neighbors in New York City, and the three dined together often, records show. They offered each other emotional support during periods when they were being criticized in the media. They commiserated about being accused — unfairly, they told each other — of sexual misconduct.
The expose of
Hollywood
Not only Allen, even the late pop star Michael Jackson’s pictures with the sexual offender went viral on social media, although back in the day, all the allegations of involvement were denied.
Epstein’s mail to producer Barry Josephson dated August 19, 2015 read, “I suggested to Woody that he do a new stand-up routine for either Apple TV or Amazon… Make a true biographical experience with his stand-up being the capper. Somebody like Jon Stewart could host/narrate the biographical part.”
The other names that cropped up from Hollywood were Sarah Jessica Parker, Robert De Niro, Christy Turlington, Anderson Cooper, Jane Fonda, Julianna Margulies.
Axel Duma has something to say
Axel Dumas, chief executive of the French luxury house Hermes, acknowledged Thursday that he met
Jeffrey Epstein in 2013 when the convicted sex offender invited himself to a workshop visit with actor Woody Allen and other guests.
“I had one single contact with Jeffrey Epstein, it was in March 2013,” Dumas said as the company presented its full-year financial results.
“He was not on the guest list and joined a group of guests invited by Woody Allen and his wife, without prior warning,” he said.
A photo in the mass of Epstein investigation files released by the US Justice Department shows the three men at an Hermes workshop outside Paris.
“Someone took the opportunity to take an impromptu picture, which he evidently kept preciously,” Dumas said. “And indeed, he had a bad reputation.”
“Afterwards, he tried to meet with me three times, which I always declined,” he added.
Emails consulted by AFP in the Epstein files, sent by Dumas’s assistant, show he refused several of his invitations.
“Finally, in 2016, he took part in a charity auction and won a lot offered by the house, a course of workshop lessons,” Dumas said.
“When we learned that he was the winner, we refused and compensated the charity with the equivalent amount,” he said.
Dumas also said Hermes refused a request by Epstein to redecorate the interior of his jet.
“I can’t tell you exactly what we knew about him or not, because I can’t recall from 13 years ago, but he had an odious reputation,” he said.
Dumas’s comments are the latest Epstein revelations that have shaken France following the Justice Department’s latest release of Epstein investigation files last month.
On Tuesday, France’s foreign minister said he had requested a probe into a French diplomat, Fabrice Aidan, who corresponded with Epstein, and who another envoy said was investigated while at the United Nations over child sex abuse websites.
With added inputs from agencies
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