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Jeffrey Epstein Moved Freely in Hollywood Circles Even After 2008 Conviction
The Hollywood Reporter ^ | 7/10/2019 | Tatiana Siegel , Marisa Guthrie

Posted on 07/10/2019 11:57:12 AM PDT by detective

The billionaire, arrested July 6 for sex trafficking of minors, attended high-profile events like the 'Batman v Superman' premiere and frequented Oscar season parties even as the #MeToo movement took down other powerful figures.

On March 20, 2016, guests at Warner Bros.' Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice premiere in New York began whispering about one man mingling among the A-list crowd. No, it wasn't the film's Ben Affleck or Henry Cavill, or Affleck's hulking bodyguard, who almost knocked over the studio's former marketing head Sue Kroll as the VIP area became too crowded.

The surprised looks were aimed at Jeffrey Epstein, who was being introduced to guests by New York society doyenne Peggy Siegal. When a Warners executive was asked at the time how a highly recognizable level-three registered sex offender landed the hottest ticket in town, the executive offered no comment.

(Excerpt) Read more at hollywoodreporter.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government
KEYWORDS: 2percentclub; epstein; everybodyknew; hollywood; jeffreyepstein; usualsuspects
From the article:

After serving a 13-month sentence and a subsequent year of house arrest in Palm Beach, Florida, Epstein in late 2010 hosted a dinner party in honor of his friend Prince Andrew at his 71st Street mansion in New York. Among the 15 to 20 guests, the New York Post reported at the time, were Katie Couric, Charlie Rose, Woody Allen, Chelsea Handler and George Stephanopoulos.

1 posted on 07/10/2019 11:57:12 AM PDT by detective
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To: detective

This man knows all their secrets and perversions (Hollywoods/left), nobody will say anything bad about him, except for President Trump

Looks like he has nothing on Trump, it would have came out in 2016 and President Trump helped the prosecution in 2007


2 posted on 07/10/2019 11:59:04 AM PDT by Trump.Deplorable
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To: detective
Jeffrey Epstein Moved Freely in Hollywood Circles Even After Conviction

Ya frikken think?

How stupid are people?

A billion dollars is a whole heap of money. Anything--ANYTHING--can be bought with enough money.

And a billion or so is pretty much enough.

3 posted on 07/10/2019 12:03:26 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: detective

I don’t think they’ll have to dig very deep to find a George Soros connection.


4 posted on 07/10/2019 12:03:34 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: detective

Who was more connected to Hollywood than Bill Clinton?
Hardly anyone.


5 posted on 07/10/2019 12:05:11 PM PDT by Zathras
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6 posted on 07/10/2019 12:06:47 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: detective
Acosta is doing a presser right now. He is scared $hitless. He is asking for victims to come forward......For God's sake there are flight logs with the name of every victim. Like the DOJ can't find victims who's names are on flight logs?

He's covering for many. He's afraid for his life.

7 posted on 07/10/2019 12:09:20 PM PDT by blackdog
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To: detective
The surprised looks were aimed at Jeffrey Epstein, who was being introduced to guests by New York society doyenne Peggy Siegal. When a Warners executive was asked at the time how a highly recognizable level-three registered sex offender landed the hottest ticket in town, the executive offered no comment.

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Multiple sources say the event was organized by Siegal, who presented it as an opportunity to meet the prince at the largest single-family dwelling in New York City. Given that it was less than two months after Kate Middleton and Prince William's engagement, interest in the royals was running high. Multiple guests who now decline to speak on the record note that optics of attending such an event did not raise an eyebrow, in part because the invite came from Siegal. Siegal declined comment.

8 posted on 07/10/2019 12:12:03 PM PDT by maggief
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To: maggief

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-455902/Ghislaine-Maxwell-just-like-Daddy.html

18 May 2007

Among the select few were Hollywood
star Matthew Modine, Kennedy family
member Mrs Anthony Radziwill, Peggy
Siegel, PR consultant to the stars, and
Julie Janklow, heir to a literary dynasty.
There was a Rockefeller on the list, as
well as the inevitable countesses,
billionaires and New York luminaries.

The
guests spent the evening sipping vintage
Dom Perignon champagne from cut
crystal glasses before toasting their hostess
— the woman whose immaculate society
credentials had drawn them all together.

As the glasses of such an elite set were
being raised in her honour, she must
surely have felt as if she had finally made
it in New York.
After the toast, she
took the guests into the townhouse’s
imposing library. There, they were
confronted with yet more evidence of
how seriously their hostess took the
social pecking order.
She had stuck fake spines on the books,
with titles referring to her best friends.
According to an eyewitness, this led to
something of a scramble among the
guests as they struggled to see if they had
made it as one of her book titles:

“There
was ferocious competition between
guests as they compared how far up the
friendship pecking order they were.”

So just who is this superstar society
hostess who has New York’s rich and
talented clamouring for admission to her
inner circle?

None other than Ghislaine
Maxwell, the youngest daughter of the late newspaper tycoon and
fraudster, Robert Maxwell.


9 posted on 07/10/2019 12:22:44 PM PDT by maggief
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To: RoosterRedux

That is true. And the way films are financed these days - wealthy investors buy a slate or package of several films with one big chunk of money - makes it even more important for the studios to stay close to money. That the convict managed other people’s money (supposedly) made the relationship even more important.

But there could be other reasons, too. Favors, leverage, all the stuff we’ve read speculated about.


10 posted on 07/10/2019 12:31:26 PM PDT by monkeyshine
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To: detective

Alex Baldwin was listed in Epstein’s “little black book” of contacts.


11 posted on 07/10/2019 12:49:31 PM PDT by TigerClaws
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To: detective

Hollywood has never had a problem with pedophiles. They idolize the likes of Woody Allen, Roman Polanski and more. They are the tip of the iceberg according to many victims. It’s just since the “me too” movement that this stuff is starting to be a awkward for them, so they just keep quiet.


12 posted on 07/10/2019 1:03:42 PM PDT by ETCM
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To: RoosterRedux

AnyTHING can be bought with enough MONEY.

AnyONE can be OWNED with the right INFORMATION...


13 posted on 07/10/2019 1:39:46 PM PDT by GraceG ("If I post an AWESOME MEME, STEAL IT! JUST RE-POST IT IN TWO PLACES PLEASE")
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To: detective

So Epstein is gonna walk? Or get less than the full punishment that he so richly deserves?

I’m hoping that President Trump has the BALLS to fully prosecute this scumbag, damn the fallout and ramifications, and not let up until the cell door slams shut for keeps.

Same problem we (still) have with Hillary ... are there TWO sets of laws or is there “equal justice under the law” in these United States? Mr. Trump has talked a good game so far, but we need action.


14 posted on 07/10/2019 4:57:12 PM PDT by DNME (The only solution to a BAD guy with a gun is a GOOD guy with a gun.)
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To: detective

Of course he did. A Class 3 Sex Offender, but that just gave him character in Whollyweird.


15 posted on 07/10/2019 5:28:49 PM PDT by YogicCowboy ("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - J. R. R. Tolkien)
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To: detective

Weinstein gave all of Hollywood a black eye.

He was a stand out.

Epstein’s invitation represents an effort to lessen the relative appearance of the Weinstein crime.

This was also the pattern after the first Lewinsky revelations:

“They ALL do it..!!”


16 posted on 07/10/2019 5:41:43 PM PDT by gaijin
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