The former Duke asked the notorious paedophile if it was “good to be free” months after his release from prison, according to newly released Epstein files
Jeffrey Epstein offered to set Andrew Mountbatten Windsor up for dinner with a “beautiful” young Russian woman just months after the dead paedophile was released from prison.
And the former Prince asked Epstein if it was “good to be free?” Epstein replied saying it was “great to be free of many things.”
Emails between the pair dated early August 2010 show Epstein telling Andrew: “I have a friend who I think you might enjoy having dinner with. Her name is Irina she will be London 20-24”
Andrew said he would be “delighted” to see her, and asked Epstein: “Will she be bringing a message from you?”
Later in the exchange, Epstein describes Irina as “26, Russian, clevere (sic) beautiful, trustworthy and yes she has your email.” Andrew was 50 years old at the time. It’s not clear if the lunch ever took place.
Some parts of the exchange are redacted, but Andrew complains to Epstein: “So many opportunities that I am frustratingly not allowed to participate in. And so many that are obvious but can’t get anyone to fire on.”
In a separate exchange, Epstein discussed with a major movie producer the idea of making a “fictionalised” film showing what happens to people “falsely accused” of sexual misconduct – naming former Prince Andrew and Bill Cosby as his inspiration.
In 2015, Epstein emailed producer Barry Josephson with the idea, saying: “If I wanted to make a film, a fictionalised account of what happens to people falsely accused.
“Locations are easy…jets, yachts, islands, mansion.”
He added: “Cosby, girls, Duke…few willing to stand up and say that these girls are liars, simple.”
He asked Josephson: “Script first?”
Josephson replied: “Yes, script first.”
He told Epstein he was a signatory of the Writers Guild of America and offered to put the project through his company.
“I could do it where nobody knew it was you, or you can do with people knowing you believe in a cause.”
He recommended Epstein watch Absence of Malice, a 1981 Paul Newman film about a man falsely accused of murder.
“Lemme know why (sic) help you need. Writers list, Directors etc.”
Epstein replied: “I’m willing to fund. I’m thinking it could be a fun idea. Princes, politicians, beaut[iful] girls, the one percent, etc.”
He also said the film could include “fake detectives, hidden videos of girls schemmng (sic) to get rich”.
“Could be a fake tell all,” he suggested. “Filmed by one of the girls. Goes to see lawyer, he tells he[r] what she needs to say. Dickenson like . ? or Virgina Roberts? She wants to get famous, so do her friends etc.”
Josephson replied that this would be “certainly the side of the coin NOT covered by news outlets.”
The Justice Department said it was releasing many more records from its investigative files on Jeffrey Epstein, resuming disclosures under a law intended to reveal what the government knew about the millionaire financier’s sexual abuse of young girls and his interactions with rich and powerful people including Donald Trump and Bill Clinton.
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said the department was releasing more than 3 million pages of documents in the latest Epstein disclosure, as well as more than 2,000 videos and 180,000 images. The files, which were being posted to the department’s website, include some of the several million pages of records that officials said were withheld from an initial release of documents in December.
The documents were disclosed under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, the law enacted after months of public and political pressure that requires the government to open its files on the late financier and his confidant and onetime girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell.
“Today’s release marks the end of a very comprehensive document identification and review process to ensure transparency to the American people and compliance with the act,” Blanche said at a news conference announcing the disclosure.
The prospect of previously unseen records tying Epstein to famous figures has long animated online sleuths, conspiracy theorists and others who have clamored for a full accounting that even Blanche acknowledged might not be met by the latest document dump.
“There’s a hunger, or a thirst, for information that I don’t think will be satisfied by review of these documents,” he said.
He insisted that, “We did not protect President Trump. We didn’t protect — or not protect — anybody,” Blanche said.