Khaberni - In a report, the "Daily Mail" revealed 6 previously unknown aspects of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, which came to light with the release of millions of case-related documents recently.
According to the newspaper, the latest batch of U.S. Department of Justice files revealed more details about his connections with people in politics, business, academia, media, entertainment, and high society; many of whom lost their jobs, power, and status this month as soon as news of their connections to this convicted sex offender emerged.
However, the documents also uncovered simpler things about Epstein, such as his tastes, habits, eccentricities, mood, numerous physical ailments, and even his jokes with his brother.
The "Daily Mail" highlighted six unseen glimpses of the corrupt financier, which appeared after two weeks of research and scrutiny of the Epstein files:
From hot water bottles to "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter"
Epstein was meticulous about the details in his homes, involving himself even in the minutiae of landscaping, furnishings, and bed linens at his properties in New York, Palm Beach, the Virgin Islands, New Mexico, and Paris.
Emails and correspondence between him, his partner Ghislaine Maxwell, former girlfriend Karina Shuliak, and his staff, along with a staff manual, reveal meticulous details about how he insisted on managing his homes.
These details included staff placing hot water bottles under his bed covers at exactly 7 PM daily, preparing a French press every morning containing exactly eight scoops of ground coffee and "JE" special muffins - filled with bran to maintain his bowel regularity. The muffins had to be microwaved for 25 seconds and served with "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter" spray.
Refrigerators in Epstein's main bedrooms had to be stocked daily, and house staff had to address him as "Sir."
According to the staff manual, beside every phone in each house there should be "a set of 3.5 reading glasses with a large and small notepad, 3 ink pens and 3 pencils, with daily checks for the cleanliness of the glasses."
Emails indicate that Epstein sent Shuliak – his girlfriend for nine years prior to his death – to receive special training in Japan and to an etiquette school in Switzerland to learn to manage his houses and employees according to his strict specifications, after buying her admission into Columbia University's Dental School and covering her expenses.
Shuliak studied "etiquette and protocol" at the "Vito Pierveio" institute near Geneva, and in her application, she wrote of hoping to acquire "the ability to manage New York's social salons." She was the person Epstein entrusted most of his real estate and wealth to two days before his suicide in 2019, but she has been unable to access it due to pending legal claims by the victims against his estate.
Beef Jerky
While Epstein cherished the finer things in life, he also took beef jerky very seriously. Indeed, the word "jerky" appeared 380 times in the Justice Department files.
The financier was particularly fond of jerky made by Francis Derby, the owner of the now-shut "Cannibal" restaurant in New York, who was on Epstein's payroll. Once in 2012, the chef wrote: "We have used about 70 pounds of steak to make the beef jerky in the past two weeks."
Epstein expressed his anger in an email sent to Derby two months later, criticizing him for not keeping up with his request and wrote: "I'm concerned that after my absence then since Monday, I don't have beef jerky again. I'm very very upset." It turned out that Derby was in the hospital at the time.
Another message shows Epstein scolding Derby for not analyzing and testing the nutritional value of the beef jerky as he had requested: "We talked about this at the farm, why wasn't it done?" And in another email filled with spelling mistakes, the financier lashed out at Derby because of the appearance of the "crunchy pieces of prosciutto" he had prepared for him, questioning how he found this presentation acceptable.
After teaching Epstein's staff how to make the jerky themselves, dozens of other messages show continued monitoring by the aides of the stock and arranging its shipment around the world via planes and "FedEx."
Online Dating
Epstein took a multifaceted approach to finding new sexual victims. Besides bringing girls and young women through escort services, model agencies, and scouting networks in New York, Florida, Europe, the Middle East, and elsewhere, he sometimes lured them from the street.
However, his practices didn't stop there; as messages reveal that the world's most notorious sex offender was on at least four online dating sites, including "Match" where he went by the name "Sultan 175" in 2012.
He was also on "OKCupid" under the username "gggeb" in 2011, and on "Jdate" (a Jewish dating site) as "Edward242E" in 2013, and was also on "EHarmony" in 2009.
Department of Justice documents show that some of these sites sent him daily suggestions for women in their early twenties, although it's unclear if the financier actually used the apps to connect with them directly.
Epstein was required to register as a sex offender after his 2008 conviction, and most of these apps do not automatically check users' criminal records upon registration.
Betting Against the Odds
Epstein started his career as a mathematics teacher at a high school, and later funded research for some of the world's leading mathematicians. Although he must have known the impossibility of winning the lottery, he played it for himself and others.
In 2015, when the "Powerball" grand prize reached $485 million, he purchased 100 tickets to distribute to those he and his staff referred to as "the girls." In 2016, he bought $100 worth of tickets for his friend Woody Allen and sent them via messenger to the director's home. That same month, he bought other tickets for tax lawyer Erika Kellerhals, and when the grand prize grew to $900 million, he bought tickets for every employee working on the island he owned.
An information passed to the then FBI Director Robert Mueller in 2009 alleged that Epstein's "Zorro Trust" won an $80 million
