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The rich and famous appeared to have few qualms about palling around with
Jeffrey Epstein following the disgraced financier's 13-month
prison stay for soliciting sex from an underage girl, with boldface names appearing on his schedule such as
Chris Rock, David Blaine, Bill Gates, Richard Branson, JPMorgan boss Jamie Dimon, and the former CEO of one of Donald Trump's Atlantic City casinos.
That's according to a tranche of emails obtained by The Daily Beast, which reveal others who showed up on Epstein's dance card as having included
music industry titan Tommy Mottola, Wendi Murdoch, Russian supermodel Irina Shayk, late comedian David Brenner, artist Jeff Koons, the president of Mongolia, and not one, but two former Norwegian prime ministers. Epstein also often indulged in his infamous "appointments," with longtime executive assistant Lesley Groff setting up multitudes of sessions with young women to service him.
The emails, which The Daily Beast received from authorities in the U.S. Virgin Islands via a Freedom of Information Act request, indicate Epstein's well-connected life proceeded seemingly unhindered by his status as a registered sex offender after his 2008 felony conviction in Florida.
Epstein pleaded guilty in 2008 to state charges of procuring a person under 18 for prostitution and felony solicitation of prostitution, and served more than a year of an 18-month sentence before being released. When he got out, a judge ordered him confined to his Palm Beach home, as part of his year-long probation. But the terms of both Epstein's incarceration and his house arrest
were unusually lax, and he was allowed to travel between Florida, New York, and his private Caribbean island without undue restriction. When his probation ended in July 2010, Epstein was forced to register as a Level III sex offender - a threat to public safety at risk of reoffending - for the rest of his life.
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