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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFrom 2015: Here is Jeffrey Epstein's Little Black Book.
https://gawker.com/here-is-pedophile-billionaire-jeffrey-epsteins-little-b-1681383992Donald Trump, Courtney Love, former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, and uber-lawyer Alan Dershowitz may have been identified by a butler as potential "material witnesses" to pedophile billionaire Jeffrey Epstein's crimes against young girls, according to a copy of Epstein's little black book obtained by Gawker.
An annotated copy of the address book, which also contains entries for Alec Baldwin, Ralph Fiennes, Griffin Dunne, New York Post gossip Richard Johnson, Ted Kennedy, David Koch, filmmaker Andrew Jarecki, and all manner of other people you might expect a billionaire to know, turned up in court proceedings after Epstein's former house manager Alfredo Rodriguez tried to sell it in 2009. About 50 of the entries, including those of many of Epstein's suspected victims and accomplices as well as Trump, Love, Barak, Dershowitz, and others, were circled by Rodriguez. (The existence of the book has been previously reported by the Daily Mail. Gawker is publishing it in full here for the first time; we have redacted addresses, telephone numbers, email addresses, and the last names of individuals who may have been underage victims.)
According to an FBI affidavit, Rodriguez described the address book and the information contained within it as the "Holy Grail" or "Golden Nugget" to unraveling Epstein's sprawling child-sex network. But despite having been subpoenaed for everything he had on his former boss, Rodriguez didn't share it with the FBI or Palm Beach Police Department detectives investigating Epstein. Instead, he tried to make a $50,000 score by covertly peddling the black book to one of the attorneys launching lawsuits at Epstein on behalf of his victims.
The plot backfired when the attorney reported Rodriguez to the FBI, and he was promptly charged with obstruction of justice. But not before he had, according to the FBI affidavit laying out the crime, marked up the book and an accompanying notepad with "handwritten notes" that contained "information material to the underlying investigation that would have been extremely useful in investigating and prosecuting the case, including the names and contact information of material witnesses and additional victims."
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Asked why Rodriguez might have circled his name, Alan Dershowitz told Gawker, "I've never seen the book and I have no idea what it means. I was neither a victim nor a material witnessI never witnessed any crimes or participated in any crimes, and I can prove it."
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Although Bill Clinton and Prince Andrew have been mentioned in connection with Epstein's sordid deeds, their names aren't circled in the black book. But Epstein did have 21 contact numbers and various email addresses for Clinton, as well as several contact numbers for the prince.
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From 2015: Here is Jeffrey Epstein's Little Black Book. (Original Post)
pnwmom
Jul 2019
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trev
(1,480 posts)1. And so it begins....
...what is it distracting us from? Iran, or is it the nail in the coffin for Trump? I hate to get hopeful. Im in Ohio so the Wexner piece is interesting to me? When the little black book first appeared I thought, here we go. Time will tell.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)3. The article is written by a prime "Franklin Scandal" CT'er
"Nick Bryant is the author of The Franklin Scandal, the true story of a nationwide pedophile ring that pandered children to a cabal of the rich and powerful"
It's an address book with a bunch of entries in it, which includes probable Epstein victims, and of course a roster of famous, wealthy and powerful people he knew. Pretty much what youd expect in his address book.
The butler, not Epstein, made notations in it.
Wow, that's huge.
For those unfamiliar with the bullshit conspiracy theory being promoted by the author of the article in the OP:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_child_prostitution_ring_allegations
After investigation, a grand jury in Douglas County, where Omaha, Nebraska is situated, determined the abuse allegations were baseless, describing them as a "carefully crafted hoax" and indicting two of the original accusers on perjury charges.
That is the type of source being promoted by this OP.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)4. In case there is any confusion
the linked gawker article is from Jan 1, 2015, so obviously Epstein had plenty of time to fill another book up till now.
Apple Fritter
(131 posts)5. I feel icky and grimy just clicking on the title. n/t