Sunday 21st June 2026 – 10.30am for prompt 11am departure
Matthew Steeples will be your guide as you explore some of London’s most storied neighbourhoods. Whilst the addresses we’ll visit may seem to be ritzy superficially, you’ll learn of the darker events that have occurred in SW1 and SW3 alongside some jollier details too. Aside from buildings connected to Ghislaine Maxwell and Lord Lucan, you will hear the story of a high society ‘Bright Young Thing’ who got away with murder and a Bakelite plastics heir who ultimately didn’t; this will be a thought provoking tour where there’ll also be plenty of opportunity for questions and conversation.
Duration:
2 to 2.5 hours including one stop at a halfway point for brief refreshments and use of facilities, if participants feel the need for such.
Details:
Starting point – Belgravia, SW1X; nearest underground stations are Knightsbridge and Sloane Square.
The exact meeting point will be confirmed after your booking has been made.
Finishing point – Chelsea, SW3.
Participants will be welcome to join for drinks at the end of the walk (at their own expense).
Participants should be over 18 years of age to enjoy the experience to the full and are advised to wear suitable attire for walking in Central London.
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Sophie from Southwark, London – Endorsement of previous tour:
“The tour was both enjoyable and fascinating, with Matthew pointing out both well-known and not-so-well-known crimes. I’ve done a few walking tours here and there and this one was the best – Matthew really knows the history and the who’s who of the area. I highly recommend the tour for both information and general entertainment value.”
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As Kevin Spacey’s eccentric ‘friend’ Geoffrey Mark claims the “exonerated” actor will now “leave the nonsense behind” and begin his comeback, we remind of his friendships with ‘curious sorts’ including Prince Andrew, Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and Harvey Weinstein
A ‘friend’ of Kevin Spacey, Geoffrey Mark, has declared that the Academy Award winning actor and ‘friend’ of the jailed sex offender Ghislaine Maxwell “was always innocent, and just preferred enjoying a bachelor’s lifestyle rather than an abuser’s.”
Asked further about Spacey being “exonerated recently in a London court” at an event for the Hollywood Museum, self-professed “walking encyclopedia of show business history” Mr Mark replied:
“Yeah… It’s very rare, in or out of showbusiness, when someone has a very strong opinion about something, that one is shown to be absolutely correct.”
“I’ve known Kevin for many years. I knew he was innocent. I knew why these charges were being brought. I understood how wrong the whole thing was. We’ve discussed that off camera. I am thrilled to discuss it on camera.”
“Kevin Spacey is one of the most talented human beings on the planet and he needs to get his career back because we’re missing out on all the wonderful, wonderful, wonderful performances that he’s still got left in him.”
“So, let’s leave all this, erm, nonsense behind. Let’s celebrate Kevin Spacey. He’s my buddy. I do.”
“[Kevin’s] a brilliant conversationalist and yes, erm, he does like younger men. Men. Yeah, they’ve been times he’s shown up with a blonde or a brunette on his shoulders, but they were grown folks who were intelligent, brilliant conversationalists.”
“Kevin has given so much to charity that people don’t even know about. That’s the guy I know; this charity loving, charity giving bon vivant, raconteur who is more talented and more attractive than even he realises and I just feel blessed… I just feel blessed. It’s so good to be just a little part of his life.”
“Was it fair the way he was treated? I think yes and no. An allegation is an allegation. I don’t think someone should lose their livelihood over an allegation. On the other hand, all of us who sign contracts have moral clauses in them. Alienating a good part of your audience is a money loser.”
“I think it happened too quickly. I think it happened too much, but I don’t think it is unfair because there are folks out there who are guilty of these things. We can’t just look the other way about paedophilia. We can’t just say: ‘Kevin wasn’t guilty, so therefore nobody else is’ as no, unfortunately, a lot of people are. Just not him and sometimes we have to air on the side of children and say, well, erm, ‘I take it on the chin because you gotta [sic] keep the kids’ welfare the most important thing.”
“I think if the scandal were about anything else, I would say he was terribly and unfairly treated. Only because the subject was children, you’ve got a take a stab and say: ‘This is unfair, but in a way it’s understandable’ and I am thrilled that he has been exonerated. That’s fair.”
Turning to “what’s next for Spacey,” the decidedly eccentric Grammy Award nominee Mr Mark warbled on and opined:
“I think it’s all going to all be about the money. If Kevin comes up with something that looks like it’s going to make studios money, they’re going to forgive him and if Kevin can’t come up with that, then they’re going to use these false accusations as an excuse.”
“So, it all depends on what he comes up with next and what happens in this country politically because unfortunately even outrage like this comes and goes in fads and we’ll have to see who really screws up to get headlines to see how much forgiveness Kevin gets.”
“I’m sure he is asking himself exactly that. ‘What is next? What will people accept from me?’ He lost so much, he’s going to have to rebuild.”
“Even though it was never his fault, he should never have had to go through this. He’s going to have to rebuild and in doing so, my opinion is he’s going to go in a direction we hadn’t considered before. He’s going to do something new and creative because that’s who Kevin is and we’re gonna [sic] see a whole new creative side to him come out. And I’m gonna [sic] say that of course and most folks are gonna [sic] say: ‘Wow, I never knew.’ There’s a lot more coming; there’s a lot more coming and I’m thrilled to see it.”
Spacey was exonerated of nine sexual offence charges relating to four men between 2001 and 2013 by a jury at Southwark Crown Court in July. A claim by Star Trek actor Anthony Rapp that he was sexual assaulted by the former House of Cards star when Rapp was only 14 was also previously dismissed whilst allegations concerning 15 other individuals have continued to “tarnish” his reputation.
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Pictured top – Kevin Spacey at Buckingham Palace with convicted sex offending mucky madam Ghislaine Maxwell in 2001. The pair were guests of he who paid £12 million to a woman he claimed never to met, Prince Andrew.
Whilst leaping to the defence of his chum Kevin Spacey, Geoffrey Mark (pictured) conveniently forgot to mention the actor’s involvement with disgraced individuals including Prince Andrew, Bill Clinton, Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.Friendships most curious definitely abound for the South Orange, New Jersey born 63-year-old actor Kevin Spacey. Amongst them Peter Mandelson – a most curious sidekick of his fellow mucker, the since deservedly croaked ‘Paedo Island’ owning Jeffrey Epstein.From Presidents… With alleged, erm, guilty of, erm, many things President Bill Clinton and with the temper tantrum prone model Naomi Campbell and the temper tantrum prone crooner Sir Elton John.To Princes… With alleged sex pest Prince Andrew.To Prime Ministers… With alleged war criminal Sir Tony Blair.To paedophiles… With convicted sex offender Harvey Weinstein.
Attention seeking noxious nonce Ghislaine Maxwell continues to misbehave; fellow prisoners respond with “snitches get stiches” comments after she “ratted out” two “violent” Cuban inmates
Predictable to her rotten core, mucky madam Ghislaine Maxwell has yet again proven she simply doesn’t understand the concept of “the rules are the rules” and that of “playing the game” being the best way to survive life in the pokey.
The convicted criminal sex offending deviant daughter of the late pension plunderer Robert Maxwell and the one-time lover of the Ponzi scheming paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, it was yesterday revealed, has now made enemies at the Florida prison where she is set to spend the next 20 years of her life, FCI Tallahassee.
Said to be “living in fear of retaliation… after she snitched on two violent inmates who tried to exort her” according to the New York Post’s Patrick Reilly, 61-year-old attention seeking Maxwell got two “tattooed, tall and thick” Cuban women placed in solitary confinement for 47 days and of this an unnamed source told the DailyMail.com’s Ben Ashford:
“‘Las Cubanas’ have a reputation for being tough and mean inside jail and they don’t let anything slide. They are saying Maxwell needs to pay for the 47. ‘Snitches get stitches,’ as the saying goes. They will beat her up the first chance they get.”
“When the Cubans discovered what ‘Max’ [the prison nickname of Maxwell] was doing [she was allegedly ‘stealing’ extra fruit, tofu and vegetables with the help of a prison kitchen worker], they demanded she spend her entire commissary limit of $360 on things for them otherwise they would report her.”
“They even wrote her a note which was a bad idea as ‘Max’ took that to the Lieutenant’s office as evidence of blackmail. They take that sort of thing very seriously as it’s considered to be threatening someone. The girls each spent 47 days in the SHU and they are super angry about it.”
“The first rule of life inside is you never snitch. If you have a problem, you handle it with the other inmate, one on one, usually by fighting.”
‘So, when the girls got out, Max was freaking out. She basically had a nervous breakdown over it. She even demanded a transfer. ‘Max’ was given the option of self-segregating by going into protective custody. It’s the same as the SHU, the only difference is that it’s voluntary, so she wouldn’t accept that.”
“One of the Cubans has a particular reputation for starting fights and intimidating other inmates. She gets out later this month so ‘Max’ is praying the guards can keep her safe until then.”
Maxwell – who has been snapped running in the prison grounds previously and who is now simply known as federal prisoner 02879-509 and who has used pseudonyms including ‘Jennifer Ellmax,’ ‘Jen Marshall,’ ‘Janet Marshall,’ ‘Mrs Scott Borgerson’ and just plain old ‘G’ – has previous form with trouble making in prison. In August 2021, the former ‘socialite’ had a “meltdown” and “tried to barricade herself in the video conference room in the Metropolitan Detention Center prison with a cart of legal documents.”
In August 2020, The Steeple Times reported on her “outrageously moaning about not having desk or email access” and quoted her lawyers as saying that she was “still not satisfied with the conditions she [found] herself in in a federal lockup in Brooklyn.” She also did not like being “forced to wear special clothing” or having prison guards “observing her and [taking] notes on her every activity.”
Editor’s Note – Unlike as is the case in many publications, this article was NOT sponsored or supported by a third-party. Follow Matthew Steeples on Twitter at @M_Steeples.
This afternoon on Twitter, Matthew Steeples asked: “Should evil nonce Ghislaine Maxwell stop moaning about prison life and instead name the names of those she sex trafficked her victims to?” By 2pm GMT on Thursday 1st June 2023, the majority of respondents favoured the answer: “Yes; it’d aid her victims.”
Names in the firing line most obvious from attention seeking Ghislaine Maxwell’s filthy ‘Little Black Book’ (if she decides to seek to minimise her sentence as she seeks an appeal)…
Ghislaine Maxwell has until later this month to cooperate and thus “name names” if she wishes to see her sentence reduced.
Those Scott Borgerson’s now ex-wife has been known to associate with – none of whom The Steeple Times is suggesting at this time as having been involved in any of her crimes, but whom she might seek revenge against for not offering her what she might consider enough public or even private support – include:
Alexander Acosta
Woody Allen
Ehud Barak
Tom Barrack
Scott Borgerson
Jean-Luc Brunel (deceased)
Naomi Campbell
President Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary
Alan Dershowitz
Glenn Dubin and his wife Eva
Bernie Ecclestone
Bill Gates
Geordie Greig
Countess of Iveagh (AKA Clare Guinness, Clare Hazell)
Lord Mandelson
Marvin Minsky
George J. Mitchell
Rupert Murdoch
Elon Musk
Peter Nygård
Bill Richardson III
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
Kevin Spacey
Jes Staley
Ken Starr
President Donald Trump and his potentially trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein wife Melania
Ivana Trump (deceased)
Chris Tucker
Harvey Weinstein
Leslie Wexner
Prince Andrew, Duke of York and his live-in ex-wife Sarah, Duchess of York
The low security Federal Correctional Institute (FCI) in Tallahassee, Florida houses around 860 female inmates and was opened in 1938. It is quite a contrast to the life of luxury that Maxwell is used to, but there are opportunities for her to continue her love of yoga and she could also take up painting, leather-work, art and ceramics. It is believed the mucky madam has also found work in the prison library, though it would definitely be best if she were kept away from computers – given her known ‘abilities’ at technical deviancy and connections with espionage.Croaked paedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s ex-lover and co-collaborator Ghislaine Maxwell has made friends since being moved to a low security clink in Florida. She is pictured here walking with an unknown fellow inmate, but is known to have taken Narcisa Veliz Novack (prisoner 91518-004) as a chum. Novack is notorious for having slayed her hotel husband Ben Novack Jr. in the Hilton Hotel in Rye Brook, New York and his mother, Bernice, in the garage of her Fort Lauderdale, Florida home in 2009. She was subsequently sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.Run Ghislaine Run – Running is no doubt a relief from the monotony of jail for the one-time close associate of Presidents Bill Clinton and Donald Trump, Kevin Spacey and the Duke of York. After two years confined indoors in the Metropolitan Detention in Brooklyn, New York, the ocean obsessed vegan must love being outdoors in the Florida sunshine.
As Sarah, Duchess of York finds herself “delayed” with her podcast, she also gets exposed for meeting paedophile Jeffrey Epstein whilst he was under house arrest; shame on this indolent ignoramus
Aside from being hit head-on with a £19 million ($23 million, €22 million or درهم86 million) lawsuit alongside Lord Grade over her shady dealings concerning ‘loans’ taken from Gate Ventures, the hapless harpy that is Sarah, Duchess of York has found new scandal coming her way this morning.
The deranged dope that was formerly known as Sarah Ferguson featured in a Daily Mail ‘exclusive’ that recounted that the now thankfully croaked Ponzi schemer Jeffrey Epstein listed meetings with her – held whilst he was under house arrest having been convicted of gruesome sexual offences – as “Duchess anytime.”
With her “no topic is off limits” Tea Talks With The Duchess & Sarahcuriously delayed also – likely because the monarch, King Charles III, has kiboshed her tittle-tattling claptrap – ‘Feckless Fergie’ now yet again needs to be reminded of the key question that she has thus far failed to answer. That question? Did she ever repay the loans and other benefits she took from the known-to-her-at-the-time-to-be-a-paedophile Jeffrey Epstein?
Editor’s Note – Unlike as is the case in many publications, this article was NOT sponsored or supported by a third-party. Follow Matthew Steeples on Twitter at @M_Steeples.
Should Sarah, Duchess of York now offer an apology after it has been revealed she met with her loan giving paedophile chum Jeffrey Epstein whilst he was under house arrest and should she also cancel her "delayed" podcast "Spill The Tea"? #SpillTheTea#SarahFerguson#DuchessOfYork
This morning on Twitter, Matthew Steeples asked: “Should Sarah, Duchess of York now offer an apology after it has been revealed she met with her loan giving paedophile chum Jeffrey Epstein whilst he was under house arrest and should she also cancel her ‘delayed’ podcast ‘Spill The Tea’?” By 11:30am on Wednesday 31st May 2023, the very clear majority of respondents favoured the answer: “Yes; she is a disgrace.”Sarah, Duchess of York with her paedophile pal Ghislaine Maxwell.Sarah, Duchess of York with her paedophile pal Ghislaine Maxwell’s PR peddler Daphne Barak.Sarah, Duchess of York with her paedophile pal Jeffrey Epstein’s staff.Sarah, Duchess of York’s ex-husband Prince Andrew with likely trafficked Melania Trump, another woman and paedophile pal Jeffrey Epstein.
The Weird Words of “Greedy” and “Needy” Freeloader Wannabe Sherlock Holmes Sarah, Duchess of York… They Get Weirder By The Week (And Soon We’ll Have A Book Of Them)…
Given the live-in ex-wife at Royal Lodge, Windsor of supposedly skint ‘Randy Andy’ – a non-sweating nuisance who got his long-suffering relatives to pay a supposed sum of circa £12 million to Virginia Roberts Giuffre, a woman he has previously claimed to have met – is in on a world tour to prattle on to anyone who pays to listen, perhaps she should be reminded of her own weird and even weirder warblings. They number:
Of sex, herself and goats: “One of the worst headlines said 82% [of the population] would rather sleep with a goat than Fergie. It’s never left me.”
Of her writing novels and her style: “Sherlock Holmes meets Peaky Blinders.”
Of the royal family: “They tried to put the little redhead in a cage.”
Of her own family: “I do believe in family unity. I think forgiveness is key.”
Of the Duke of York: “A good man… In 1986, I married a very good man. Zip.”
Of whether she might remarry Prince Andrew: “Oh bless your heart, no. I think we’re great as we are.”
Of supporting her disgraced ex-husband financially: “I will always be there [for Prince Andrew].”
“When Andrew went through a hard time, I used to be able to throw it to ‘The Boss.’”
“Since he stepped back [from royal duties] he doesn’t actually take taxpayers’ money and I’m in a position where I can support him and the rest of the family through my work. And I’m really pleased and proud to do that.”
“All I will say is that for many years now – it started with Budgie the Little Helicopter – I’ve really pushed to look after my girls and to contribute to the York family life.”
Of where she and the Duke of York will end up living in the future: “Honestly, I operate from living in the present. You never get complacent and it makes for a better day because you never get disappointed, then. You look at life and you go, we can adapt, we can be flexible.”
Of whether she might remarry someone else: “I think I’ve got too much baggage. I look at today and if suddenly I find love again, well, that’s another bonus, isn’t it?”
Of her daughters Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie: “Exceptional… I love my girlies, I’m so proud of them. They are exceptional children… If mum’s OK, they’re OK.”
“My daughters come first in my life, they always have. Because I lost my mum so early, I’m subconsciously very present with them. When I brought them up, I always left my problems at the door. Your problem is not their problem – it’s not their fault. We laugh together a lot. We are just very close.”
Of her grandchildren: “I’m ‘Super Gran’… When my grandchildren see me, they immediately laugh because they know I’m going to be up to something, up to no good somewhere.”
“Every time I think about about co-parenting and co-grandparenting and about divorce, marriage and all these different things, I still come back to the principle that the sun will come up tomorrow, and be grateful, just get on with it.”
Sarah, Duchess of York of the late Queen Elizabeth II: “For me, she was more a mother than my own mother. Aren’t I the luckiest person alive to have had that great honour? When I was with her, I used to say: ‘I can’t believe it. People wait and put on their best dress to have an audience with you, and I’m wandering around the garden in wellies!’”
“For the whole nation, for the world. Steadfast, consistent, iconic. [She had an] extraordinary ability to put someone at ease. I still now think it was such an honour [to have known her].”
“During the last three years, her poor son [was] going through such a tumultuous time… And I think HM was very relieved I could help her with him, so we became even closer, then.”
“I’m so lucky. All my life, I was lucky enough to know ‘The Boss,’ HM. Like the nation and the world, she was always there. It was like having a hand at your back. It just made you always strive for being better and trying to be better, learning from her, whenever you were with her just taking everything she said as a memory. She was such an incredible legend for us all.”
Of the late Queen’s corgis: “They’re very good boys, they’re very gentle. I think they knew that they weren’t to jump up and be naughty. They used to sit and watch the racing with her. And when you give them a biscuit, they don’t snatch. They’re very special, they’re national treasures.”
“They really make me laugh and the follow me around. Sometimes I break a little ‘biccie’ – a digestive biscuit – in the same way the Queen broke it into little pieces, and give it to them and tell them to remember their boss.”
Of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex: “I have been judged all my life, and I have no judgment on the Sussexes.”
“It must be hard for Meghan and can I relate to her. I believe she is modern and fabulous. She was famous before. She is great. Why can’t Meghan be great? Why can’t she be celebrated? I have been in Meghan’s shoes, and I still am. There’s always a twist of negativity and it just gets so sad and tiring… I abhor bullying and I feel desperately sorry for the pain they must be going through.”
“I believe very strongly that I have absolutely no judgment on any other person’s life, and I look at how much she [Meghan] loves him [Harry] and loves the children and gives him a love that he’s never had before. That’s how I look at it… The most important thing is, Diana would be so very proud of Archie and Lili. She would have adored every moment of it.”
Of King Charles III: “It’s incredible what he’s done for the environment. He was a trailblazer and many years ago, everybody said: ‘What’s he talking about?’ But he’s right. I’m a great believer and supporter of him, as I am of the Queen Consort.”
Of herself and her life: “I have been in the gutter.”
“I’m a brilliant mother. The best mother.”
“I don’t believe that any single person has the right to judge another person. I’m not in a position myself to make any judgments.”
“I’m very steadfast and stoic… I won’t let anyone down. I’m very loyal.”
Sarah, Duchess of York on being rather wishy-washy: “The most important thing is that the sun will come up tomorrow and the day will move on.”
Of food, family and dining: “As long as it is hot, wet and goes down the right way, it’s fine with me.”
“With every smell, I smell food. With every sight, I see food. I can almost hear food. I want to spade the whole lot through my mouth at Mach 2. Basta!”
“We all sit round the table and eat together. Andrew and I believe in total parent unity. We’re best friends.”
On the coronation of King Charles III: “Well I’ve decided the best thing about British around a coronation – although I’ve never been to one – I think we should, I should set up a tea room at the bottom of the drive with bunting and cakes.”
“Never presume, never assume. I don’t know. But I’ll be there at the end of the drive with a cup of tea if I’m not there.”
Of wanting to be a television star: “I would quite like to go on Dancing With The Stars. I would like somebody to teach me to tango. I do know the show and my children would be so proud of me.”
On Americans: “I divorced, went to America, wrote a book, went on Oprah and did 12 years as the longest running spokesperson of Weight Watchers. I looked to America to support me and to help me and I really can’t thank the American people enough for what they gave me and what they did for me.”
Of when she decided she wanted to bag a royal: “I met [Prince Andrew] when I was 12, and I said: ‘I’m going to marry him.’”
Of marriage, divorce and work: “I left my marriage knowing I’d have to work. I have.”
“I didn’t want a divorce, but had to because of circumstance.”
“I wish we’d never got divorced. He and I both wish we’d never divorced, but we did. I wish I could go back and be the bride again, but I can’t.”
Sarah, Duchess of York of her many, many mistakes: “I felt that I ostracised myself by my behaviour, by the past, by living with all the regrets of my mistakes, that I sort of wore a hair shirt and beat myself up most of the day thinking and regretting why did I make such a mistake. Why have I made so many mistakes?”
“You look at the devil in the face, which you do. Then you forgive, and you say: ‘OK, I’ve made almost a mistake that will never be forgotten,’ and forgive.”
“I think the obstacles are the way, as opposed to in the way. I feel very strongly that I completely and utterly own my very naïve self and made endless different wrong decisions, whatever they may be, but in the end, it’s got me to today as an author. I’m a person in my own right, I’m Sarah.”
“I was so out of control with desperation… I was looking for quick fixes in the places I wouldn’t normally look… I’ve been a huge overtrusting, idiotic, stupid woman that went to look for the perfect situation, and that’s all I can say really.”
“I’ve done the work to get to myself. I’ve done masses of mental therapy. I probably reached to the wrong places and the wrong people and made, as you call it, mistakes. I don’t call them mistakes. I call them enormous learning curves.”
Matthew Steeples reports on the latest developments concerning the Ponzi scheming paedophile Jeffrey Epstein and the mucky madam Ghislaine Maxwell and shares new news of which ‘famous face’ associates will likely be ‘sacrificed’
WARNING – GRAPHIC CONTENT: This article contains photographs of the rotting body of the rotten deceased sex trafficking monster and paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
The rancid rathole that keeps on ‘giving’ in the most shocking of fashions that is the case of the sex trafficking ring run by the croaked paedophile Jeffrey Epstein and the mendacious mucky madam Ghislaine Maxwell has taken further turns in recent days.
Aside from Epstein’s former cellmate Nicholas Tartaglione – who had bunked up with him at the time of his first ‘suicide’ attempt at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in the summer of 2019 – having finally been convicted of quadruple murder, it seems the demand for the naming of names to whom he and Maxwell sex trafficked their victims to is finally starting to happen.
Whilst the likes of bankers such as disgraced ex-Barclays and ex-JPMorgan Chase CEO Jes Staley stand accused of, at the very list, ‘enabling’ Epstein through not doing enough due diligence about what the now croaked Ponzi schemer was using funds for, the Prime Minister of Israel between 1999 and 2001, Ehud Barak, is now again facing ‘the heat.’
On 4th May, Barak – whose cousin most curiously is an associate of Sarah, Duchess of York, Hillary Clinton and also Maxwell’s most willing PR peddler Daphne Barak – was named in an article in The Jerusalem Post after a calendar of his meetings with Epstein in 2016 came to light.
According to the report, first published in The Wall Street Journal, Ehud Barak:
Supposedly met with Jeffrey Epstein at least 36 times on a monthly basis from December 2015 onwards.
Epstein had been convicted for sex crimes in 2008 and had subsequently served jail time; it does seem curious that an Israeli ex-Prime Minister with a security detail would not have been aware of such.
Barak flew on Epstein’s private jet and visited his mansions in Florida and New York.
Epstein flew Barak from Palm Beach to Tampa on his ‘Lolita Express’ jet; Barak has claimed this was “for a US military installation” and claims he “flew only twice on his airplane, together with [his] wife and security detail.”
Epstein introduced Barak to Noam Chomsky, a “famed critic of Israel,” at his Lenox Hill mansion in January 2016. On that day “a large group of women were seen entering the home.”
Barak denies having had any relations with “girls or women” via Epstein.
Responding, the politician has stated:
“I never participated in any party or any other improper event around [Epstein], and never met him with girls or minors, or even adult women in improper context or behaviour.”
“In retrospect, [Epstein] seems to be a terrible version of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, but at the time seemed to be an intelligent person, socially well connected and of wide areas of interest, from science to geopolitics.”
Turning their attentions to other ‘famous faces’ associated with the deviant duo on Sunday, Edward Helmore for The Guardian featured further names. He observed:
“Like a Hollywood zombie, the scandal surrounding the late sex offender and disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein is resurfacing to infect the reputations of the living, as names once again emerge from legal documents amid fresh details of his daily itinerary of meetings with prominent government, financial and cultural figures.”
“The latest boldface names to emerge from a series of Wall Street Journal reports include the director of CIA, Williams Burns, and Kathryn Ruemmler, White House counsel under Barack Obama, alongside lesser figures including the leftwing professor and activist Noam Chomsky, billionaire venture capitalist Reid Hoffman and Lawrence Summers, former Harvard president and director of the National Economic Council under Obama.”
“And then there were the figures from arts and letters. Woody Allen was scheduled to visit the studio of Jeff Koons with Epstein. Another was Dr Helen Fisher, an anthropologist of human behavior. She was invited to speak to his staff.”
“Simultaneously, a lawsuit filed in US district court by an unnamed woman and the US Virgin Islands against Epstein banker JP Morgan is not only dragging financial fat cats, including JP Morgan’s CEO, Jamie Dimon, and former Barclays CEO Jes Staley, but also Google co-founder Sergey Brin, Hyatt Hotels chairperson Thomas Pritzker, American Canadian businessman Mortimer Zuckerman and former CAA talent agent Michael Ovitz toward giving depositions under oath.”
“Last week, The [Wall Street] Journal looked at just one day – 8 September 2014, six years after Epstein was registered as a sex offender in Florida – and found that he planned to meet with four billionaires: Gates, Zuckerman, Pritzker and Leon Black, a financier whose ties to Epstein are already known.”
“The outlet has not revealed where it obtained the documents, which it said include thousands of pages of emails and schedules from 2013 to 2017.’ It said it could not verify that the scheduled meetings took place, but said some documents ‘provided new details about how often or where the people met with Epstein, and the kinds of favors Epstein did for them.’”
Elsewhere, the appearance of ‘The Grand Old Duke of Broke’ Prince Andrew at his brother’s coronation and coronation concert on Saturday and Sunday last has revived interest in his associations with the dastardly duo Epstein and Maxwell. Both the duke and his live-in ex-wife ‘Fergie’ still have a lot of questions to answer about what money and hospitality they took from the pair and last night’s final episode of Channel 4’s excellent documentary series Andrew: The Problem Prince appropriately concluded with Emily Maitlis asking: “Is there anything left that has been unsaid that you would like to address now?” The rotten royal arrogantly answered: “No, I don’t think so. You have probably dragged out most of what is required.”
Editor’s Note – Unlike as is the case in many publications, this article was NOT sponsored or supported by a third-party. Follow Matthew Steeples on Twitter at @M_Steeples.
Pictured Top (left to right) – Jes Staley, Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell and Ehud Barak.
With latest developments concerning bankers and politicians being more publicly 'connected', will any of those powerful people Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell sex trafficked their victims to be finally be brought to justice? #JeffreyEpstein#GhislaineMaxwell#abuse#power
This morning on Twitter, Matthew Steeples asked: “With latest developments concerning bankers and politicians being more publicly ‘connected’, will any of those powerful people Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell sex trafficked their victims to be finally be brought to justice?” By 11:30am on Tuesday 9th May 2023, the majority of responses (82.9%) were: “No; nothing will develop.”The former Briarcliff Manor police officer Nick Tartaglione was arrested on 19th December 2016 and charged with a quadruple homicide. The case against him was most curiously delayed by everything from “from the decision to seek the death penalty to the COVID-19 pandemic, to an ongoing, months-long hearing on whether a conflict of interest exists that would keep any of the defense lawyers from continuing to represent [him].” Of the 23rd July 2019 supposed “suicide attempt” by Epstein whilst the pair were cellmates and when Prince Andrew’s ‘bestie’ was “found in a foetal position with marks around his neck,” Tartaglione’s lawyer Bruce Barket “told NBC News that the day before Epstein’s death, officials at the MCC informed him in an email that the internal investigation had concluded and his client would face no charges or internal discipline. ‘We’ve always maintained Nick did nothing wrong and that’s clearly been borne out here by the jail itself,’ Barket said.” Tartaglione was found guilty of the execution of the four men and burying them in a mass grave over a perceived debt last month; he now likely will receive a life sentence when sentenced.“I was her parents’ worst nightmare” – words said by James Staley his very self – will be ringing in the ears of swivel-eyed Debbie Nitzan Staley in the wake of her husband’s former company Barclays’s decision to not (yet) payout £22 million the couple were expecting. No doubt that’ll mean one less holiday for her and her two daughters on their 90-foot long gin palace ‘Bequia’ in the coming years. They face troubles further from the JP Morgan investigation into Staley’s 1,200 plus stash of emails to his one-time friend Jeffrey Epstein and no doubt countless other problems as well.Former Prime Minister of Israel Ehud Barak pictured arriving with his face covered up at Jeffrey Epstein’s ‘paedo palace’ at 9 East 71st Street, Lenox Hill, New York, NY 10021 in January 2016. Curiously, given Epstein had become a convicted sex offender in 2008, why on earth would such a powerful politician want to associate with this poisonous paedophile is a question that must be properly answered.Ehud Barak departing the mansion subsequently looking a little beyond sheepish.One-time Jeffrey Epstein associate Ehud Barak’s cousin, ‘journalist’ Daphne Barak, interviewing her friend of 30 plus years Ghislaine Maxwell alongside Kevin Maxwell in January 2023. The connections run deep in this circle of power and privilege.Daphne Barak pictured in December 2022 with “she who has never confirmed if she repaid the wonga she took from the Ponzi scheming paedophile Jeffrey Epstein” Sarah, Duchess of York and with Hillary Clinton – whom she references her as having “hosted” and “supported the presidential bid” of. Here is a ‘journalist’ whose close connections clearly muddy her mind when it comes to interviewing her subjects. When she conducted her January 2023 interview for ‘Jeremy Kyle’ alongside Kevin Maxwell, why didn’t this ‘journalist’ ask mucky madam Maxwell about ‘Killary’s’ husband taking at least 27 flights on Jeffrey Epstein’s ‘Lolita Express’ and his convicted sex trafficker co-collaborator attending Chelsea Clinton’s wedding? Curious that; very curious indeed.The Duke of York may have settled – for a sum unknown that has been estimated as high as £12 million – with Epstein victim Virginia Roberts Giuffre, but questions remain as to whether he and his live-in ex-wife, Sarah, Duchess of York ever repaid loans and other benefits taken from the one-time friend he invited to Balmoral, Sandringham and Windsor Castle. Whilst the prince will never be able to live down this chapter, until he shares the real truth (and not nonsense about being able to remember a visit to a Pizza Express many years ago), he will remain a disgraced laughing stock.Both President Donald Trump and President Bill Clinton still have yet to properly explain the truth of their relationships with Jeffrey Epstein. Both politicians met with the maniac on many occasions and both flew on his ‘Lolita Express’ private jet. Clinton certainly spent more time with the Ponzi scheming paedophile, but Trump went as far as to call the since croaked monster a “great guy.”The body of the late paedophile, sex trafficker and suspected espionage expert Jeffrey Epstein will forever remain the actual last known photographs of him. Though conspiracy theorists claim to have spotted him alive and well in New Mexico and elsewhere, this evil cretin will hopefully and most likely never ever be seen again.The cell of the perverted child abuser in the wake of his alleged “suicide.” Epstein did NOT share the cell will Tartaglione at the time of his second, successful ‘suicide’ attempt.The noose created from bedsheets that Prince Andrew’s close chum supposedly used to kill himself on 10th August 2019.Channel 4’s ‘Andrew: The Problem Prince’ is a two-part must watch for anyone interested in this sordid story.
As noxious nonce Ghislaine Maxwell’s batshit bonkers brother Ian Maxwell bizarrely bangs on about the ‘murder’ of Jeffrey Epstein on an obscure San Francisco news channel, Matthew Steeples suggests this desperado would do better to learn the art of silence
As she rots in the clink, further evidence comes that Ghislaine Maxwell’s brother is getting increasingly desperate. This week, illustrating he isn’t being taken seriously elsewhere, Ian Maxwell turned to an obscure San Francisco news channel named KRON4 to tell yet more yarns about his mucky madam sex fiend sister.
In comments, subsequently shared only by the now little read website MSN, Mr Maxwell supposedly told KRON4’s Vicki Livakis:
“She wishes she had never met Jeff Epstein, and because the havoc that relationship has caused, not just Ghislaine, but really everybody that came in touch with him.”
“Basically, it was a stitch up from after Jeffrey Epstein died in US government custody when Bill Barr was Attorney General.”
“The only person to actually take the fall is Jeff Epstein, and he’s dead of course.”
“We don’t really know, the extent of what happened [on the night of 10th August 2019 at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York]. There, his own family thinks he was murdered. My sister thinks he was murdered.”
“If there are other people that have not yet come into the prosecution’s orbit, and who may be powerful people and don’t wish to be involved in this, somehow that they would find it. An ability to murder my sister or cause her to have an accident that looks like an accident but isn’t.”
“We are her family. We love her, we miss her, and we will support and defend her.”
Bizarrely also, Brian Basham, we can today reveal that the PR peddler the deviant daughter of the pension pot plunderer became so reliant on to push out piffle on her behalf prior to her conviction, has gone remarkably quiet in recent months. He appears to have given up on the paramour of his pen and left the donkey work to Ian and Kevin Maxwell instead.
In spite of threatening to confront me at the 2022 edition of CrimeCon in London (and then being a Cowary Custard no-show), Mr Basham seems to have given up on Twitter. Though not exactly popular there – a tittle-tattling spinner during the era of the British Airways ‘Dirty Tricks’ campaign against the equally rambunctious Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Atlantic – has not tweeted since 2nd July 2022 and not replied to a tweet since 14th September that year also.
Of this development, I today ask:
Is Brian Basham still ‘working’ and is he in the pay of Ghislaine Maxwell?
Has Basham been fired by the Maxwell family or did he quit before he was pushed?
Does Basham still believe in the innocence of the convicted criminal sex offender Ghislaine Maxwell?
Has Basham had an epiphany and realised that the wicked woman he so enthusiastically supported is actually just a monstrous sex trafficker and a boob groping audacious abuser?
Editor’s Note – Unlike as is the case in many publications, this article was NOT sponsored or supported by a third-party. Follow Matthew Steeples on Twitter at @M_Steeples.
Brian Basham (left) is a man who previously had no qualms about defending the sex fiend Ghislaine Maxwell – a batshit bonkers bisexual woman whose nefarious activities with the croaked Ponzi scheming paedophile Jeffrey Epstein resulted in the ruination of the lives of countless young girls and boys even. Mr Basham has been remarkably quiet in recent months. One is left wondering: “Why?”Mr Basham isn’t exactly popular on social media. On Twitter, he has just 240 followers in spite of following 57 accounts also and having previously shared rather a lot there.After the deservedly respected journalist and author John Sweeney shared a “current list of people who don’t like me” in 2020, Brian Basham attempted to belittle him by suggesting him to be an alcoholic before adding he “despised” rather than “disliked” him. He added: “I despise you for coating your investigation with the slime of click bait untrue sensationalism.”
The Truth & The Lies About Visitors To Little Saint James (AKA ‘Paedo Island,’ ‘Island of Sin’ and ‘Orgy Island’)
Jeffrey Epstein liked to call his island home ‘Little Saint Jeff’ rather than Little Saint James. He also owned the adjoining island of Great Saint James. Both remain for sale and though the price was £94.5 million ($125 million, €113.8 million or درهم459.1 million) in March 2022, it has now been revised to “price upon request.”
Rumours abound as to what went on the ‘Islands of Sin’ and false lists of names continue to do the rounds on social media. An analysis of such follows below:
Who has most definitely visited the ‘Paedo Islands’…
The following are confirmed to have been on the islands. This does NOT mean that they participated in anything nefarious, though, of course, several amongst their number have been convicted of exactly such:
Miles and Cathy Alexander – who ran the islands’ management for the since croaked paedophile between 1999 and 2007 and who later claimed: “Our job was about discretion.”
Prince Andrew.
Ehud Barak.
Per Bloomberg.
Jean-Luc Brunel (deceased).
Naomi Campbell.
David Copperfield.
Alan Dershowitz.
Clementine Hambro.
Stephen Hawking.
Victim Virginia Roberts-Giuffre.
Lawrence Knauss.
Adam Perry Lang – who, for a time, was Epstein’s chef and who is now known as a “celebrity chef” in California.
Lord Mandelson and his partner Reinaldo Avila da Silva.
Ghislaine Maxwell.
Victim Sarah Ransome.
Claudia Schiffer.
IT contractor Stephen Scully – who has identified various famous names he supposedly spotted whilst working there.
Kevin Spacey.
Jes Staley and his wife Debbie.
Leslie Wexner.
Who may or may not have visited the ‘Paedo Islands’…
The following are often listed amongst those “rumoured” to have visited. Some names suggested are more far-fetched than others. These people may or may not have actually visited, but these people have neither confirmed nor denied either way:
Enemim.
John Glenn.
George Mitchell.
President Obama.
Itzhak Perlman.
Roger Stone.
Chrissy Teigen.
Chris Tucker.
Oprah Winfrey.
Who has been accused of visiting but publicly denied having been to the ‘Paedo Islands’…
These individuals have been very clear in their comments about accusations they visited Little Saint James:
President Bill Clinton – who Virginia Roberts Giuffre recalls seeing there, but who has denied ever visiting.
Rosie O’Donnell – who went as far as to say “f**k no” when asked.
Kathy Griffin – who responded to suggestions by Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers that she’d been there with comments that included: “YOU GUYSSSSS? Ok, I guess I just gotta #laugh #Ridiculous… STILL WITH THESE NUT JOBS…I know. I know. I guess I just gotta laugh.”
Chelsea Handler – who has, however, admitted to having had dinner with Epstein at his New York ‘Paedo Palace.’
Who has been falsely accused of visiting the ‘Paedo Islands’…
These peoples’ names regularly do the rounds as having visited, but though they have not publicly responded, evidence suggests they did not actually visit:
President Donald Trump – who did, however, fly on Epstein’s ‘Lolita Express’ and who spent time with him in Palm Beach on multiple occasions most definitely.
As the Epstein-Maxwell saga continues to unravel, Matthew Steeples looks at the forthcoming fallout for ‘The Monsters’ linked including Prince Andrew, Steve Bannon, Bill Clinton, Donald Trump and Jes Staley
The rotten rabbit hole that is the Epstein-Maxwell saga seems to never end. Barely a day goes by without new developments or old ones being revisited and in the last week, the prospects of further fallout for linked parties has only grown.
Aside from Prince Andrew whingeing and whining via third parties that he has been left “bewildered” and “in despair” after King Charles III cut him off from access to the £650 million ($782 million, €735 million or درهم2.9 billion) estate left by Queen Elizabeth II, the non-sweating ‘bestie’ of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell is allegedly also ludicrously proposing a new television interview “telling his side” of the story. An unnamed source last week went as far as to claim now “feels there is little else to lose” and that “nothing is off the table… Andrew has been made to give up his job and now potentially his home.”
Turning to Maxwell and her appeal prospects, on Thursday The Guardian’s New York based ‘reporter of courts’ Victoria Bekiempis analysed the mucky madam’s prospects. Bekiempis argued Maxwell “faces [a] hard road in bid to overturn sex-trafficking conviction” with the help of her new lawyer, a representative also of Harvey Weinstein named Arthur L. Aidala.
Going further, Bekiempis added:
“[Aidala has] said Maxwell was a ‘proxy’ for Epstein who was prosecuted ‘to satisfy public outrage over an unpopular non-prosecution agreement and the death of the person responsible for the crimes’ … [His] comments might have been aimed more at generating sympathetic media coverage than being a predictor of the appeal’s likely success. Maxwell cannot mount an appeal based on her own claims that she was a hapless surrogate for Epstein, or too tired at trial.”
“Her legal team will have to argue instead that there were legal errors in proceedings against her that necessitate a verdict reversal, and that is where her bid to have her conviction overturned will succeed or – according to many legal experts – more likely fail.”
“‘The likelihood of the second circuit reversing her trial verdict is close to zero,’ said Ron Kuby, a longtime criminal defense attorney with a focus on civil rights. ‘The second circuit tends to uphold almost all criminal convictions as a general matter.’”
“In the rare cases the second circuit does reverse a trial court outcome, leading to a new trial, it is typically because prosecutors have over-stretched a legal theory – or because the US supreme court has made a decision that affects proceedings in lower courts, Kuby said.”
“‘But Maxwell’s trial was none of that – the Maxwell trial was all very well-plowed legal territory,’ Kuby said. The proceedings against Maxwell – which stemmed from serving as Epstein’s procurer of victims – were not complicated by racketeering counts, nor convoluted bribery charges.”
“‘It’s like very, very, very fancy trappings, but fundamentally, it’s the prosecution of a pimp, which is not that complicated,” Kuby said.”
“Rachel Fiset, co-founder of Los Angeles firm Zweiback, Fiset & Zalduendo, said she thought a successful appeal was ‘unlikely.’”
“While Maxwell, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison, will probably fail in her appeal, there is still a reason for her to try.”
“‘She’s looking at a very long sentence, and they are looking at ways to have it overturned, and there are not any options beyond an appeal,’ Fiset said. ‘She doesn’t have very much to lose other than the cost of the appeal.’”
“‘It’s not uncommon for people with a lot of means to appeal their conviction in the hopes that it’s overturned. Maxwell has remained very steadfast that she has not committed these crimes and that it’s not her fault, so the appeal is not surprising.’”
Elsewhere, interest in Epstein and Maxwell’s involvement with Donald Trump was revived yesterday in Business Insider. In an article titled: “Jeffrey Epstein said he stopped hanging out with Trump ‘when he realised Trump was a crook,’ according to his brother,” writer Jacob Shamsian quoted the croaked paedophile’s sibling Mark Epstein.
Referencing a still to be released video interview between Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump’s disgraced White House advisor Steve Bannon, Shamsian shared:
“Mark Epstein told Insider he viewed a clip of the interview, conducted by Trump’s former White House advisor Steve Bannon, after his brother forwarded it to him in the spring of 2019.”
“At the time, Bannon was conducting filmed interviews with the now-dead pedophile financier. Bannon sent Jeffrey Epstein a Dropbox link to a clip, which he forwarded to his brother. The link is no longer active, according to Mark.”
“‘Jeffrey showed me the link to one of these interviews,’ Mark Epstein said. ‘And in that interview, Jeffrey said he stopped hanging out with Trump when he realised Trump was a crook.’”
“Insider has not been able to independently view the video. Bannon could not be reached for comment.”
“For the documentary project, Bannon recorded more than 16 hours of footage, Mark Epstein said. In November of 2018, the Miami Herald ran a series detailing how Jeffrey Epstein secured a secret, lenient plea deal with federal prosecutors in Florida in 2007, even after law enforcement concluded at the time that he had sexually abused more than 30 girls.”
“‘Steve Bannon was working with Jeffrey to try to help Jeffrey rehabilitate his reputation,’ Mark Epstein told Insider.”
“Bannon and Epstein had become close in 2017, after Bannon left the White House, according to the journalist Michael Wolff. Bannon lived lavishly off Epstein’s vast wealth, using his Paris apartment and butler in 2018.”
“Bannon released a trailer in 2021 for his apparent documentary about Epstein, titled The Monsters [subtitled: ‘Epstein’s Life Among The Global Elite’]. The entire documentary has not yet been released.”
“Both Bannon and Trump now have their own legal issues. The Manhattan district attorney’s office has pending criminal charges against Bannon, alleging he participated in a scam nonprofit organization that raised funds to build a wall on the US-Mexico border. Trump pardoned Bannon on federal charges for the same scheme before he left office. Bannon’s lawyers in the federal case are suing him for allegedly not paying his bills. Bannon was also found guilty last year of contempt of Congress for defying a House January 6 committee hearing subpoena.”
“Trump, for his part, is facing a potential indictment from the Manhattan district attorney’s office for a hush-money scheme ahead of the 2016 election, a rape case headed to trial in April, and a litany of other legal woes.”
Turning to the Department of Justice investigation into Epstein’s death, in a separate and rather lengthy article for Business Insider last Thursday, Shamsian observed:
“Jeffrey Epstein’s death in a federal jail was seen as a shocking Justice Department failure. Over three years later, the DOJ inspector general hasn’t released the results of its investigation. Epstein’s accusers – and his brother – still want answers.”
“The officials said Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide. Pressed for more detail, they just repeated themselves.”
“‘They didn’t give me any information other than ‘After a thorough investigation, we determined it was a suicide,’ Mark Epstein said. ‘It was like I was talking to a f**king robot.’”
“The meeting [on 28th October 2019, two months after his brother’s death] was the only time Mark got any answers from the DOJ about his brother’s death. Three years later, he still doesn’t know exactly how Epstein died and why it’s taken the government that long to share its answer to that question.”
“Mark Epstein told Insider that even though he’s Jeffrey’s next of kin, he hasn’t been able to obtain certain medical records, including the care reports filled out by EMTs who evaluated his brother’s corpse.”
“‘For many people, the death was suspicious, to say the least,’ said Gloria Allred, an attorney who represents 20 of Epstein’s victims. ‘Others have their own conclusions about what happened to Mr Epstein. But the speculation needs to be replaced by facts and evidence.’”
“Mark Epstein remains puzzled by the holdup. He’s convinced his brother didn’t kill himself and stands by the conclusions of Baden, who personally observed the four-hour autopsy of Jeffrey Epstein’s body.”
“‘We all took it by surprise,’ Mark Epstein told Insider. ‘Nobody thought he was gonna kill himself. Nobody.’”
“After losing all [his lavish life on his arrest in 2019], it was possible he found the prospect of life behind bars unappealing, Mark Epstein said. ‘When I first heard that my brother was dead, and found dead from suicide, I just figured, ‘OK, he decided to take himself out,’ he told Insider.”
“An Insider poll taken later that fall found nearly half of Americans believed Epstein was murdered.”
“When Mark Epstein saw Barr dismiss the possibility of a murder based on his review of security footage outside Jeffrey Epstein’s cell tier, he wasn’t remotely satisfied.
“What I thought was, this is either a cover-up, or he’s the dumbest f**k on the planet,’ Mark Epstein said.”
“To Mark, [Attroney General Bill] Barr’s version of events suggests he came to the conclusion that Jeffrey Epstein killed himself and then backfilled evidence from there.”
“Barr seemed to consider only the possibility that a murderer would have been someone who snuck into the jail. Mark told Insider he was gobsmacked that Barr didn’t seem to consider the possibility that someone else in Jeffrey Epstein’s block of cells killed him.”
“Mark Epstein told Insider that he spoke to his brother about once a month in the years before his death. The two caught up over the phone while Jeffrey Epstein was in Paris, the night before he flew to New Jersey and was arrested after his private jet landed.”
“Jeffrey Epstein had reasons to stay alive, Mark said. He didn’t leave a suicide note – or at least none that has been reported – and reportedly deposited money into other inmates’ commissary accounts in return for protection. People who spoke with him in the weeks leading up to his death believed he was optimistic about getting the charges dismissed.”
“Mark Epstein told Insider he built his wealth independently from his brother, founding a silk-screening business before pivoting to real estate with Ossa Properties, which at one point reportedly owned hundreds of apartments in New York City.
“At least one of Mark Epstein’s Upper East Side buildings, however, includes multiple links to his brother. Mark has said he purchased it from the business magnate Leslie Wexner, his brother’s longtime patron. Jeffrey Epstein owned about a dozen apartments in the building, which he used to house at least one of his sex-trafficking victims as well as his private pilots while they were staying in New York, according to testimony at Ghislaine Maxwell’s trial. Right before Epstein died, his lawyers were preparing to appeal a judge’s decision to deny him bail. They had prepared a bond package valued at $100 million.”
“Mark Epstein agreed to guarantee the whole thing, he told Insider, meaning he’d lose that amount of money if his brother tried to flee authorities.”
“‘If you get bail, you’re gonna be home for a year – under house arrest, with an ankle bracelet, armed guards, video cameras, whatever the conditions were – but he’ll be in his house,’ Mark Epstein said. ‘So why kill yourself then?’”
Editor’s Note – Unlike as is the case in many publications, this article was NOT sponsored or supported by a third-party. Follow Matthew Steeples on Twitter at @M_Steeples.
Pictured Top – Steve Bannon’s likely shelved film ‘The Monsters: Epstein’s Life Among The Global Elite’ would (or will) undoubtedly feature not only the croaked paedophile, but also his lover and co-collaborator Ghislaine Maxwell, his “heartfelt” friend and banker Jes Staley and the ‘bestie’ that came to “end their friendship in December 2010,” Prince Andrew.
This morning on Twitter, Matthew Steeples asked: “Who is going to “suffer” most next in fallout from Epstein-Maxwell sex trafficking saga given Jes Staley court case, Trump & Clinton revelations & Prince Andrew’s latest tantrums?” He added the hashtags: #GhislaineMaxwell #JeffreyEpstein #JesStaley #PrinceAndrew #BillClinton #DonaldTrump #SteveBannon and of the four options listed, by 11:30am on Sunday 12th March, the clear majority of respondents favoured the option that it’ll be worst for the “other famous faces linked” than anyone else.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7UD3Nzp-FI
The trailer for the as-of-yet still unreleased Steve Bannon film ‘The Monsters –Epstein’s Life Among The Global Elite’ lasts 2:02-minutes. Of the 16 hours of footage, many are still asking: “Where exactly is the film?” in which Bannon allegedly accused Jeffrey Epstein of being a spy even.Jeffrey Epstein looked at ease whilst being interviewed for a programme subsequently titled ‘The Monsters’ by Steve Bannon. Only a trailer for it has been released thus far (in 2021) and in it in October 2021, the ‘New York Post’ reported that late pedophile stunningly claimed “that he was a “’irm believer and supporter’ of the anti-sexual harassment Time’s Up movement.” Calling him out as a “pervert,” the paper added that he observed: “I made my living from old thinking. But the future is for the way women think. I’ve always believed that women will be, in fact, be able to take over.”That Steve Bannon supposedly spent around 16 hours recording convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein as part of an attempt to allegedly help “rehabilitate” him at his Lenox Hill ‘Paedo Palace’ – sold subsequently for £36 million in March 2021 – sometime in 2018 speaks volumes as the lack of quality of his moral compass. Steve Bannon released his trailer for ‘The Monsters’ under the banner of Victory Films. In August 2020, ‘The Wrap’ shared details of “all 19 movies and shows [that he] wrote, directed or produced.” Amongst them were ‘The Indian Runner’ (1991) with Sean Penn, ‘Seinfeld’ (1992), ‘Titus’ with Anthony Hopkins (1999), ‘Reagan: In the Face of Evil’ (2004), ‘Border War: The Battle Over Illegal Immigration’ (2006), ‘Tradition Never Graduates: A Season Inside Notre Dame Football’ (2007), ‘The Chaos Experiment’ with Val Kilmer (2009), ‘Generation Zero’ (2010), ‘Battle for America’ (2010), ‘Fire from the Heartland’ (2010), ‘Sarah Palin: The Undefeated’ (2010), ‘The Hope & the Change’ (2012), ‘District of Corruption’ (2012), ‘Occupy Unmasked’ (2012), ‘Sweetwater’ with January Jones and Ed Harris (2013), ‘Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power’ (2014), ‘Clinton Cash’ (2016), ‘Torchbearer’ (2016) and ‘Trump @ War’ (2018). Other companies and organisations the Norfolk, Virginia born naval officer and investment banker turned media tycoon and political strategist wannabe has been involved in have numbered Bannon & Co. (sold to Société Générale in 1998), ‘Breitbart News,’ IGE, the Government Accountability Institute, The Movement and Cambridge Analytica.The noxious nonce Ghislaine Maxwell (pictured with her avaricious late mother Betty in 1991) appears incapable of accepting her sentence. Set to attempt to pile yet more misery on her multiple victims, this convicted sex trafficker should be made aware that in 2015 court administration data “indicated that less than 9% of federal appeals in reversals of lower courts,” according to ‘The Guardian’s’ Victoria Bekiempis.Meanwhile Jeffrey Epstein’s very, very rich brother Mark has again been spreading his thoughts about the demise of the Ponzi scheming paedophile. Mark Epstein is clearly very motivated and in suggesting his late brother believed Donald Trump (pictured with his wife Melania Knauss and Ghislaine Maxwell also) to be a “crook,” he is clearly trying to change the narrative in his own favour.President Bill Clinton (pictured at the White House with the co-conspirator sex traffickers Epstein and Maxwell on 29th September 1993) faces further woes from the fallout also. Allegations that Clinton and Maxwell had sexual liaisons that became a full-blown affair have abounded, but remain unconfirmed by either party. Equally, Epstein and Clinton travelled together on multiple occasions and clearly shared a mutual liking for young girls also. The former POTUS was most certainly advised about the derelict and deviant actions of the nefarious former taxi driver turned financier, yet conveniently chose to ignore such and to instead accept the dirty devil’s dollar.One of Jeffrey Epstein’s closest pals, ‘Snow White’ communicator James Edward Staley (AKA ‘Jes Staley’), faces his own woes with a summons on a third-party complaint from JPMorganChase Bank, N.A. and ‘Jane Doe 1’ in regard to his “activities” with and on behalf of his deceased chum. The late CEO of J. P. Morgan and Barclays – who resides at 930 Park Avenue, Unit GN/6S, New York, NY 10028 with his wife Debbie – is set to go down in history as a total disgrace.Meanwhile, the Pizza Express loving mate of the facing-a-trial-for-a-£400-million fraud Bernie Ecclestone that is the Duke of York must be called out as utterly nuts if he decides to give another interview. His last, with Emily Maitlis for the BBC, was an utter car crash of total epic proportions. No doubt encouraged by his money grabbing live-in ex-wife, ‘Feckless Fergie’ (AKA ‘Sarah, Duchess of York), and his dimwitted daughters, here is a needy and greedy berk who King Charles III should most definitely just “cancel.”
As dimwitted dunce Sarah, Duchess of York again leaps to the defence of ropey ratbag Prince Andrew, we again ask ‘Feckless Fergie’ if she ever repaid loans taken from the croaked paedophile Jeffrey Epstein; it is time for some answers
Sarah, Duchess of York would most likely rather a photograph taken of her on 13th February 2010 to forever disappear. It was taken at the now infamous Lenox Hill, New York ‘Paedo Palace’ where Jeffrey Epstein conducted so much of his abuse and it features the royal ratbag grinning like ‘The Cheshire Cat’ alongside the since croaked paedophile’s also since deceased maid, Jun-Lyn Fontanilla.
Epstein, at that stage, was a convicted sex offender who had been released from jail on 22nd July 2009 and one would have thought someone would have advised the son of the late Queen Elizabeth II that hanging around in places of perversion might not be a good idea.
Just as was the case with her non-sweating, mate of Putin loving Bernie Ecclestone ex-husband – who himself spent a few days, where he claimed he was “ending the friendship,” at the “house of horror” at 9 East 71st Street, Lenox Hill subsequently on or about 6th December 2010 – it is clear that here is a woman lacking in the good sense to see that hanging around with a paedophile and his staff was never going to be wise.
Now the proud ‘owner’ – though she can’t sell it without the permission of her daughters whom created a clause effective to such on it – of a £5 million pad in ritzy Belgravia, London, ‘Feckless Fergie’ is currently on yet another tour of America flogging her tawdry tat.
This time in New York promoting a bonkbuster “romance novel” titled A Most Intriguing Lady, the 63-year-old raced to the defence of the ex-husband she weirdly still lives with. She made no comment as to whether they’d be moving from Royal Lodge to Frogmore Cottage, but claimed: “I feel that he [Prince Andrew is] a very good man. Zip.”
Still showing no sign of realising how loathed the Duke of York is, the redheaded rotter added:
“He’s had a few difficult years… [He’s] been going through such a tumultuous time… Since he stepped back [from royal duties] he doesn’t actually take taxpayers’ money. And I’m in a position where I can support him and the rest of the family through my work. And I’m really pleased and proud to do that.”
On Twitter this morning, Matthew Steeples took a very different view. He asked of the former Sarah Ferguson:
Editor’s Note – Unlike as is the case in many publications, this article was NOT sponsored or supported by a third-party. Follow Matthew Steeples on Twitter at @M_Steeples.
Pictured Top – Sarah, Duchess of York with Jeffrey Epstein’s maid Jun-Lyn Fontanilla (left) and promoting an aptly titled book named ‘Odd’ (right).
As grasping grifter Sarah, Duchess of York defends Prince Andrew whilst answering chosen questions on latest moneymaking tour in NYC, should she answer as to whether she ever repaid loans taken from Jeffrey Epstein? #Fergie#JeffreyEpstein#PrinceAndrewhttps://t.co/F45XUUqitD
This morning on Twitter, Matthew Steeples asked: “As grasping grifter Sarah, Duchess of York defends Prince Andrew whilst answering chosen questions on latest moneymaking tour in NYC, should she answer as to whether she ever repaid loans taken from Jeffrey Epstein?” As of 11:30-am on Tuesday 7th March, 42.9% of respondents agreed with the sentiment “yes; outraged she hasn’t.”A second photograph shows Prince Andrew’s ex-wife with Jeffrey Epstein’s maid and her husband Jojo Fontanilla also. Here was a woman who clearly liked spending time at ‘Paedo Palace’ and here was someone very comfortable to associate not only with her host, but also with his staff as well.In her defence, ‘Fergie’ was not the only famous person to pose with Jun-Lyn Fontanilla in Epstein’s New York mansion. President Bill Clinton (shown here with the maid and her husband Jojo, who also worked for Epstein) was another to get snapped with her whilst others included the actress Hilary Swank, the actor Chris Tucker and the politician John Kerry.‘Paedo Palace’ loan taking – The former Sarah Ferguson was snapped at Jeffrey Epstein’s New York mansion on 13th February 2010 with a maid named Jun-Lyn Fontanilla. She was clearly there to see this woman’s boss about her messy financial predicament or to accept his hospitality at the very least. It has been suggested that she took around £15,000 ($18,000, €16,900 or درهم66,100-) as a direct transfer from Epstein around this date and that she also got other “assistance” with her “problems” from him also. 9 East 71st Street (also known as ‘The Herbert N. Strauss Mansion’), Lenox Hill, New York, NY 10021, USA was sold for £36 million ($50 million, €42 million or درهم184 million) in March 2021, a sum 192% lower than the £69 million ($88 million, €74 million or درهم351 million) originally sought in September 2020.The “toe sucking twerp” that is ‘Fergie’ is someone whom many have excused over the years as “a bit simple” and “harmless.” She may well have taken everyone she met as “nice” and “kind,” but that she has repeatedly spent time hanging around wealthy sex fiends such as Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and Peter Nygård shows she’s simply prepared to put money above all else.Drunk in a car, playing char lady and mopping the floors at Royal Lodge or making a fool of herself whilst also drunk; the ‘public looks’ that Sarah, Duchess of York are illustrative of a woman beyond badly advised. It is time that this pointless prattler finally realised the error of her ways; of course, actually, she never will.
Given the live-in ex-wife at Royal Lodge, Windsor of supposedly skint ‘Randy Andy’ – a non-sweating man who got his long-suffering relatives to pay a supposed sum of circa £12 million to Virginia Roberts Giuffre, a woman he has previously claimed to have met – is in America to prattle on to anyone who pays to listen, perhaps she should be reminded of her own weird and even weirder warblings. They number:
Of sex, her and goats: “One of the worst headlines said 82% [of the population] would rather sleep with a goat than Fergie. It’s never left me.”
Of the royal family: “They tried to put the little redhead in a cage.”
Of her own family: “I do believe in family unity. I think forgiveness is key.”
Of the Duke of York: “A good man… In 1986, I married a very good man. Zip.”
Of supporting her disgraced ex-husband financially: “I will always be there [for Prince Andrew].”
“When Andrew went through a hard time, I used to be able to throw it to ‘The Boss.’”
“Since he stepped back [from royal duties] he doesn’t actually take taxpayers’ money and I’m in a position where I can support him and the rest of the family through my work. And I’m really pleased and proud to do that.”
“All I will say is that for many years now – it started with Budgie the Little Helicopter – I’ve really pushed to look after my girls and to contribute to the York family life.”
Of her daughters Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie: “Exceptional… I love my girlies, I’m so proud of them. They are exceptional children… If mum’s OK, they’re OK.”
Of the late Queen Elizabeth II: “More my mother than my mother… The Queen was like a hand of support behind your back without being there.”
“For the whole nation, for the world. Steadfast, consistent, iconic. [She had an] extraordinary ability to put someone at ease. I still now think it was such an honour [to have known her].”
“During the last three years, her poor son [was] going through such a tumultuous time… And I think HM was very relieved I could help her with him, so we became even closer, then.”
Of the late Queen’s corgis: “They’re very good boys, they’re very gentle. I think they knew that they weren’t to jump up and be naughty. They used to sit and watch the racing with her. And when you give them a biscuit, they don’t snatch. They’re very special, they’re national treasures.”
Of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex: “I have been judged all my life, and I have no judgment on the Sussexes.”
“It must be hard for Meghan and can I relate to her. I believe she is modern and fabulous. She was famous before. She is great. Why can’t Meghan be great? Why can’t she be celebrated? I have been in Meghan’s shoes, and I still am. There’s always a twist of negativity and it just gets so sad and tiring… I abhor bullying and I feel desperately sorry for the pain they must be going through.”
Of herself and her life: “I have been in the gutter.”
“I’m a brilliant mother. The best mother.”
“I don’t believe that any single person has the right to judge another person. I’m not in a position myself to make any judgments.”
Of food, family and dining: “As long as it is hot, wet and goes down the right way, it’s fine with me.”
“With every smell, I smell food. With every sight, I see food. I can almost hear food. I want to spade the whole lot through my mouth at Mach 2. Basta!”
“We all sit round the table and eat together. Andrew and I believe in total parent unity. We’re best friends.”
On the coronation of King Charles III: “Well I’ve decided the best thing about British around a coronation – although I’ve never been to one – I think we should, I should set up a tea room at the bottom of the drive with bunting and cakes.”
Of wanting to be a television star: “I would quite like to go on Dancing With The Stars. I would like somebody to teach me to tango. I do know the show and my children would be so proud of me.”
Of when she decided she wanted to bag a royal: “I met [Prince Andrew] when I was 12, and I said: ‘I’m going to marry him.’”
Of marriage, divorce and work: “I left my marriage knowing I’d have to work. I have.”
“I didn’t want a divorce, but had to because of circumstance.”
“I wish we’d never got divorced. He and I both wish we’d never divorced, but we did. I wish I could go back and be the bride again, but I can’t.”
Of her many, many mistakes: “I felt that I ostracised myself by my behaviour, by the past, by living with all the regrets of my mistakes, that I sort of wore a hair shirt and beat myself up most of the day thinking and regretting why did I make such a mistake. Why have I made so many mistakes?”
“You look at the devil in the face, which you do. Then you forgive, and you say: ‘OK, I’ve made almost a mistake that will never be forgotten,’ and forgive.”
“I was so out of control with desperation… I was looking for quick fixes in the places I wouldn’t normally look… I’ve been a huge overtrusting, idiotic, stupid woman that went to look for the perfect situation, and that’s all I can say really.”
On Thursday 20th August 1992, the ‘Daily Mirror’ shared what they called “the pictures they didn’t want you to see.” In them, a topless Duchess of York was shown having her toes sucked in the South of France by a Texan millionaire named John Bryan. Of the incident, the ‘Mirror’ later reported: “Royal writer Richard Kay claimed in the ‘Daily Mail’ that he received a message via pager from Princess Diana the night before the photos hit the newspaper stands. Diana’s message was simple: ‘The redhead’s in trouble.’”Questionable Friendships – In February 2020, ‘The Steeple Times’ reported on croaked paedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s chum (and his wife Sarah, Duchess of York’s financial sponsor) Prince Andrew having Bernie Ecclestone over to Royal Lodge, Windsor to celebrate his birthday. Whether this man “with qualities that would make Leona Helmsley look generous” brought Sloppy Giuseppes from Pizza Express (Woking branch) for the bash remains still unknown. Just as was the case for him and his ex-wife over Epstein, the Duke of York’s decision to keep Mr Ecclestone as a friend is something that he deserves to be questioned about given the ex-Formula 1 head honcho is due to go on trial in connection with a £400 million fraud by false representation case brought against him by His Majesty’s Revenue & Customs (HMRC) on 15th November 2023.
Sarah, Duchess of York’s support for the Duchess of Sussex is another example of her backing the wrong horse. In 2019, the feckless live-in ex-wife of ‘Randy Andy’ remarked: “It must be hard for Meghan and can I relate to her. I believe she is modern and fabulous. She was famous before. She is great. Why can’t Meghan be great? Why can’t she be celebrated? I have been in Meghan’s shoes, and I still am. There’s always a twist of negativity and it just gets so sad and tiring… I abhor bullying and I feel desperately sorry for the pain they must be going through.”
In 2018, the mother of Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie had a temper tantrum on ’60 Minutes Australia’ when questioned about seeking out cash from what she clearly must have known to be illegitimate sources.
Matthew Steeples examines whether the recent suicide by gunshot of “the envy of Wall Street” billionaire Thomas H. Lee was in any way linked to a clear association with Bill Clinton and a possible one with Jeffrey Epstein
Thomas H. Lee did not appear in the 95-page infamous ‘Little Black Book’ associated with Jeffrey Epstein or Ghislaine Maxwell. Now, however, after his apparent ‘suicide’ this billionaire financier has not only described as “considerate, generous and unpretentious” and a “constant presence” in her life by Hillary Clinton, but also as having “links” to Jeffrey Epstein.
Sparking rumours of yet another example of the ‘Clinton Body Count’ – the much disputed conspiracy theory that as many as fifty people with close links to the Clintons have died in nefarious circumstances – Stephen M. Lepore for the DailyMail.com shared a photograph of Lee at a New York shindig with another billionaire named Robert Kraft and a couple named Glenn and Eva Dubin. Swedish Ms Andersson-Dubin dated Jeffrey Epstein prior to his 2008 conviction and continued to “socialise with [him] after his time in jail,” Bloomberg reported in 2019.
The 78-year-old Harvard graduate and founder of Lee Equity Partners and Thomas H. Lee Partners was best known himself for having bought the soft drinks brand Snapple Beverages in 1992 for £112 million ($135 million, €127 million or درهم496 million) and sold it for a 334% profit to Quaker Oats for £1.4 billion ($1.7 billion, €1.6 billion or درهم6.2 billion) in 1994.
Known also for being an “avid art collector,” father of five Lee also served as a trustee of Lincoln Center, the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Museum of Jewish Heritage, Brandeis University, Cardozo Law School at Yeshiva University, Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston, Harvard University, the Intrepid Museum Foundation, NYU Medical Center, and Rockefeller University.
In a statement currently opening the homepage of their website, Lee Equity Partners shared:
“It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of our Founder and Chairman, Thomas H. Lee. He was a great partner and wonderful friend whose vision will continue to influence us for many years to come.”
“Tom’s determination, commitment and strategic vision will continue to inspire all of us at Lee Equity Partners. He was a leader, a friend, a partner, and our mentor. We know he will be proud as the firm continues on, with strength. We will work every day to meet the high standards he has set for us and the entire industry. On behalf of our employees, management teams and investment partners, we mourn his loss and extend our deepest sympathies to his family.”
Clearly illustrating that something might be amiss in the financial community, a member of the Wall Street Oasis forum last week remarked of Lee’s death:
“Self-inflicted gunshot wound. Wonder if he knows something about the future…”
Another added: “Perhaps another private equity guy with Epstein connections about to get exposed.”
Going further on Monday, Fortune shared an article with the headline: “Thomas H. Lee’s sudden death shocks partners at his $3 billion private investment firm – with a $1 billion fundraise in the balance.”
For the publication, Dawn Lim and Amanda Gordon added:
“Since then, Lee Equity’s executives have been forced to confront a difficult moment. In at least one conversation, they discussed the importance of reassuring clients that there’s no connection between his death and Lee Equity’s financial health or fund performance.”
“Lee’s death has ushered in a new level of public attention for a shop that manages £2.5 billion ($3 billion, €2.8 billion or درهم11 billion) and doesn’t have a formal media-relations team. It also comes at a critical juncture for the 40-person firm, which is raising a £833 million ($X billion, €942 million or درهم3/7 billion) fund just as investors have become increasingly reluctant to part with their cash amid volatile markets. The firm has raised the vast majority of that fund, other people said.”
“The suicide also presents a test for key partners Mark Gormley, Benjamin Hochberg, Yoo Jin Kim and Joseph Rotberg. They’re among eight executives who climbed the ranks to take bigger leadership roles and steered the firm into financial services and health care.”
“Some investors have taken comfort in the fact that succession is largely complete, people said. They pushed for the firm to spread its wealth more evenly among partners and had sway in the years after the financial crisis, when buyout firms struggled to raise new money. Lee’s cut of the profits was less than 10% for the firm’s last fund.”
“In recent days, several institutions extended condolences and provided expressions of support to the firm. Investors such as Alaska Permanent Fund Corp. committed money to the new fund. The firm’s backers have said they hope Lee’s death doesn’t rattle new investors.”
Returning to the story of the mystery surrounding the supposed ‘suicide’ also by gun shot of Bill Clinton aide turned Jeffrey Epstein associate and wannabe “international deal-maker” Mark Middleton, speaking exclusively to The Steeple Times this morning, Shaun Attwood provided comment to follow up by our two articles this week by Kirby Sommers and Matthew Steeples. The author of Who Killed Epstein? Prince Andrew or Bill Clinton? shared:
“Yet another ‘suicide’ in a long line of suicides #ClintonBodyCount. No surprises here when it comes to the Machiavellian behaviour of the Clinton crime family who’ve left a trail of corpses behind them from Arkansas when Bill was governor to the White House. It is a trail that continues to this day with Jeffrey Epstein and Jean-Luc Brunel.”
Separately, in developing news about the possible move of the “simple shooting party” bestie of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell that is Prince Andrew to Frogmore Cottage and possibly taking over Prince Harry and the former Meghan Markle’s home, Matthew Steeples and Shaun Attwood will be live at 7pm GMT on YouTube tonight to discuss this in the fourth episode of Meghan Markle Expose. Follow the link below to tune in.
Editor’s Note – Unlike as is the case in many publications, this article was NOT sponsored or supported by a third-party. Follow Matthew Steeples on Twitter at @M_Steeples.
Pictured Top – Former U.S. President Bill Clinton enjoying a jolly on the golf course with Thomas H. Lee and enjoying a bit of a bash at the White House with the sex trafficking fiends Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
This morning on Twitter, Matthew Steeples asked: “Was the suicide of billionaire friend of Bill Clinton and financier Thomas H. Lee in any way connected to matters about financiers linked to Jeffrey Epstein?” He accompanied the feature with the hashtags #ThomasHLee #ThomasLee #BillClinton #HillaryClinton #ClintonBodyCount #JeffreyEpstein #GhislaineMaxwell #EvaAnderson. As of 11:30am on Friday 3rd March, 50% of respondents favoured the option: “YES; Eva Andersson etc.”
To watch ‘Meghan Markle Expose – Part 4’ click this YouTube link. The 1 hour 15 minute episode first airs at 7pm GMT on Friday 3rd March 2023. Issues covered primarily focus on the ‘FORGXIT’ saga of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex from Frogmore Cottage, but there is also discussion of Prince Andrew and his grifting wife, Sarah, Duchess of York – a woman who has still never confirmed if she repaid the loans she so disgracefully took from the since croaked paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.Mr Lee’s body was found in a bathroom at his office at 767 Fifth Avenue, New York at around 11am on 23rd February. The 78-year-old was pronounced dead shortly after. A “family friend and spokesperson” named Michael Sitrick later shared: “While the world knew him as one of the pioneers in the private equity business and a successful businessman, we knew him as a devoted husband, father, grandfather, sibling, friend and philanthropist who always put others’ needs before his own.” Just prior to the time of his passing, ‘Forbes’ estimated his worth at £1.7 billion ($2 billion, €1.9 billion or درهم7.3 billion).The now deceased billionaire (second left) partying with the billionaire businessman CEO of the Kraft Group Bob Kraft, the billionaire hedge fund manager Glenn Dubin and his “allegedly racy” wife Dr Eva Andersson-Dubin. Back in April 2022, ‘The Steeple Times’ featured the story of neighbours of the “decidedly dubious Dubins” slashing the price of their Upper East Side apartment from £25.1 million to £21.2 million. Of this news, a New York realtor told us: “1040 Fifth Avenue certainly has a perky past, but whilst Jackie Kennedy and Generoso Pope Jr. were unlikely bedfellows when they both lived there at the same time, the stench of the Epstein-Maxwell connections of Glenn, Eva and Celina Dubin is actually very off-putting to buyers. Who on earth would want to live next to them? It’s no wonder no one is biting-at-the-bit to snap up the apartment currently on offer and I can only suggest the sellers perhaps put off marketing until these two social misfits move off elsewhere.”In February 2021, ‘The Steeple Times’ shared an exclusive story courtesy of information supplied by the crusading author of ‘Ghislaine Maxwell: An Unauthorized Biography’ Kirby Sommers concerning Glenn and Eva Dubin. In it, we featured pictures of the vile paedophile Jeffrey Epstein with one of the couple’s daughters on his lap on his notorious sex trafficking private jet. We titled the article: ‘PLANE PERVERTED.’The house Mr Lee – who went by the self-assigned nickname ‘Tomcat’ as he believed he had “nine different lives” – shared with his second wife Ann Tenenbaum in East Hampton, New York. Of it, the ‘New York Post’ observed: “‘He was regarded as having one of the most admired houses in the Hamptons – Bill and Hillary Clinton were frequent guests, they would regularly stay there,’ the source told ‘The Post.’ The Clintons famously holed up at Lee’s East Hampton pad after the bruising 2008 Democratic primary. ‘He was a regular at Maidstone golf club,’ also, the source noted.”Both Hillary Clinton and her husband attended the New York funeral service for Brooklyn born Thomas Haskell Lee (27th March 1944 – 23rd February 2023) on Monday 1st March 2023 at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall. Remarking, Hillary Clinton commented: “Tom was a constant presence. “We’ve shared births and weddings and anniversaries, state dinners at the White House, lively parties from New York City to Martha’s Vineyard to the Hamptons during good times and tough ones. We’re here expressing our gratitude for years as friends, as colleagues and certainly as family members for his long, successful life.” Mr Lee leaves five children – Jesse, Zach, Nathan, Robbie and Rosalie as well as Ann Tenenbaum, the second wife he married in 1996.Ghislaine Maxwell with Jeffrey Epstein and President Bill Clinton at the White House on 29th September 1993. Allegations that Clinton and Maxwell had sexual liaisons that became a full-blown affair have abounded, but remain unconfirmed by either party Equally, Epstein and Clinton travelled together on multiple occasions and clearly shared a mutual liking for young girls also. The former POTUS was most certainly advised about the derelict and deviant actions of the nefarious former taxi driver turned financier, yet conveniently chose to ignore such and to instead accept the dirty devil’s dollar.
Crusading author Kirby Sommers follows up on the theories surrounding the mystery of the ‘murder v suicide’ death of Clinton-Epstein associate Mark Middleton
When looking for clues as to why Bill Clinton and Jeffrey Epstein associate Mark Middleton – whose clearly strange demise featured in The Steeple Times earlier this week – suddenly decided to commit ‘suicide’ (in quotes because I personally believe he was murdered), I place it under what I refer to as my “Arkansas lenses.”
When Bill Clinton became Attorney General from 1977 to 1979 and then Governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 (and then again from 1983 to 1992), he was already involved with shady men and shady deals.
Mena, the small airfield in Arkansas, had been associated with the Washington-sponsored guns for drugs under the CIAs multiple covert operations. The most well-known connection is to the Iran-Contra affair; although Mena itself became infamous when it made into the Hollywood film American Made starring Tom Cruise in the role of drug-smuggler Barry Seal.
Mark Middleton belonged to the trusted group of men Clinton brought with him from Arkansas to Washington, D.C. During my research of Clinton’s time in Arkansas, state and local police were alleged to be corrupt answering only to him. There were consequences for those who went against him.
Middleton kept Clinton’s secrets – extra-marital affairs and other less talked about matters. This is evidenced by the fact that he is the person who gave Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell access to the White House seven out of the 17 times they are known to have visited the residence. Middleton also flew with Clinton, Epstein, Maxwell, and a couple of unidentified females aboard the now infamous ‘Lolita Express’ private jet.
Did Middleton know too much? Clearly, the answer is yes.
However, Middleton left the White House in 1995. This is where things take a turn, because while he was attempting to become an international dealmaker, he found himself suddenly barred and without access unless he obtained high-level approval. Formally, Middleton was the aid to presidential advisor Thomas F. ‘Mack’ McLarty. McLarty is one of Clinton’s oldest friends having attended the same kindergarten class in Hope, Arkansas.
While McLarty gave Middleton the bad news – it really came from Clinton.
After leaving his job, Middleton was initially allowed to continue using his business cards, had a voice-mail message on the White House telephone system and met with business clients at the dining room in the White House.
Clinton has been known to accept gratuities in exchange for his patronage. Did Middleton forget to thank him properly?
With his dreams of becoming a wheeler-dealer scratched, Middleton moved back to Arkansas and began a family owned air conditioning company.
It is my belief that were it not for the intense publicity the Epstein and Maxwell case received that Middleton would be alive today. After all, it had been a long time since he had accompanied Clinton anywhere.
Suddenly, however, the long-forgotten photos of Clinton shaking hands with Epstein and his lady-friend Maxwell were in newspapers around the world and his name was prominently displayed as the person who gave Epstein access.
Too many people, including Clinton, have much to hide about their involvement with Epstein.
On 7th May 2022, the 59-year-old Middleton was found hanging from a tree with an extension cord around his neck and a wound to the chest. His death was ruled a suicide. Was this a message to others to stay silent?
Kirby Sommers is an author and crusading campaigner. She has written extensively about Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. Follow her on Twitter at @LandlordLinks and on Substack also.
Editor’s Note – Unlike as is the case in many publications, this article was NOT sponsored or supported by a third-party.
Pictured Top – Mark Middleton (left and top right with his wife); Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell with Bill Clinton at the White House on 29th September 1993.
Elsewhere on Twitter this morning, editor-in-chief of ‘The Steeple Times’ Matthew Steeples asked: “Do you believe Bill Clinton-Jeffrey Epstein associate Mark Middleton committed suicide?” The initial response was the answer: “No, Clinton Body Count.”
The 17 occasions Jeffrey Epstein visited the Clinton White House
Between February 1993 and January 1995, Jeffrey Epstein visited the White House an astounding seventeen times for “undisclosed reasons.” On three of those occasions, he visited twice on the same date and on seven of these occasions, the person to have admitted him was Mark Middleton.
The dates concerned were:
25th February 1993.
29th September 1993 – Epstein attended a White House party along with Ghislaine Maxwell.
17th December 1993.
21st December 1993.
24th March 1994.
20th April 1994.
21st April 1994 – Epstein appeared on the White House log at 5pm and again at 7pm.
25th April 1994.
13th May 1994 – Epstein appeared on the White House log at 12 noon and again at 4pm.
7th June 1994.
28th June 1994 – Epstein appeared on the White House log at 2.30pm and again at 6.30pm.
27th October 1994.
28th January 1995.
The obituary for the late Mark Middleton. Was it suicide or was it murder made to look like suicide in the case of this very, very odd death?Ghislaine Maxwell with Jeffrey Epstein and President Bill Clinton at the White House on 29th September 1993. The since exposed as paedophile pair were admitted on that occasion by Mark Middleton. Allegations that Clinton and Maxwell had sexual liaisons that became a full-blown affair have abounded, but remain unconfirmed by either party.Since croaked paedophile and Ponzi schemer Jeffrey Epstein with President Clinton. The pair travelled together on multiple occasions and clearly shared a mutual liking for young girls also. The former POTUS was most certainly advised about the derelict and deviant actions of the nefarious former taxi driver turned financier, yet conveniently chose to ignore such and to instead accept the dirty devil’s dollar.Questions remain as to what involvement President Bill Clinton had with Mark Middleton in the years since he left office. Was this death a case of a man who knew too much being added to the ‘Clinton body count’ list?
