Money, Women and Taxes: Jeffrey Epstein’s Fiery Friendship with a Wall Street Titan
New emails show how Mr. Epstein pressured Leon Black, his longtime friend and patron, to fork over millions for financial services.
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Jeffrey Epstein was furious. For years, he had relied on the billionaire Leon Black as his primary source of income, advising him on everything from taxes to his world-class art collection. But by 2016, Mr. Black seemed to be reluctant to keep paying him tens of millions of dollars a year.
So Mr. Epstein threw a tantrum.
One of Mr. Black’s other financial advisers had created “a really dangerous mess,” Mr. Epstein wrote in an email to Mr. Black. Another was “a waste of money and space.” He even attacked Mr. Black’s children as “retarded” for supposedly making a mess of his estate.
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Matthew Goldstein is a Times reporter who covers Wall Street and white-collar crime and housing issues.
David Enrich is a deputy investigations editor for The Times. He writes about law and business.
Steve Eder has been an investigative reporter for The Times for more than a decade.
Jessica Silver-Greenberg is a Times investigative reporter writing about big business with a focus on health care. She has been a reporter for more than a decade.
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