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1. Jeffrey Epstein and Alan Dershowitz have been friends for years. The two met in July, 
1996, when Mr. Epstein was introduced to Mr. Dershowitz by a mutual friend and flew 
on his private jet to Martha's Vineyard to spend the day with Mr. Dershowitz. 
2. Mr. Epstein, had grown up in Coney Island. He did not graduate from college. 
3. Mr. Epstein was wealthy and owned luxurious houses and private planes and was 
sometimes accompanied by beautiful women. He had many intellectuals as friends. 
4. Mr. Epstein and Mr. Dershowitz quickly found common interests. Mr. Dershowitz has 
said they talked about science, academia, and Harvard. 
5. In August, 1996, Mr. Epstein invited Mr. Dershowitz to meet Leslie Wexner, whom Mr. 
Epstein described as his mentor. Mr. Epstein and Mr. Dershowitz took Mr. Epstein's 
private jet to New Albany, Ohio, where Mr. Wexner had an estate, to attend a party for 
Mr. Wexner's fifty-ninth birthday. Mr. Dershowitz later said that he was Mr. Epstein's 
intellectual gift to Mr. Wexner. 
6. In the seventies, Mr. Epstein had been a trader and a wealth manager at Bear, Stearns, 
before leaving in 1981 to start a small firm, J. Epstein & Co. 
7. In 1987, Mr. Wexner hired Mr. Epstein as his financial adviser. Mr. Epstein has said that 
he re- fused to accept clients with less than a billion dollars in assets. The only client that 
he has ever named publicly is Mr. Wexner. When asked in a deposition whether Mr. 
Wexner was his only client, Mr. Epstein took the Fifth. 
8. In 1989, Mr. Wexner bought a seven-story Manhattan mansion, overlooking the Frick 
Museum. The mansion was among the largest private residences in the city. Mr. Wexner 
is reported to have sold it to Mr. Epstein for one dollar. In 1996, Mr. Epstein told the 
Times that he owned the mansion. 
9. In 1997, Mr. Epstein invested thirty million dollars in Boston Provident. Orin Kramer, 
the founder of the hedge fund, understood that the money came from Mr. Wexner. Later 
in 1997, Mr. Epstein

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