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Extraction Summary
18
People
4
Organizations
3
Locations
4
Events
3
Relationships
6
Quotes
Document Information
Type:
Email chain / correspondence (house oversight committee document)
File Size:
2.96 MB
Summary
This document is a chain of emails from October 2015, likely written by Jeffrey Epstein to Melanie Spinella (assistant to Leon Black). The sender aggressively critiques the recipient's family office ('Elysium'), suggesting a 'heart operation' to restart it from scratch due to incompetence, poor IT, and financial mismanagement. The text details specific financial disputes, including a $2 million payment to the sender and a $5 million foundation contribution, while discussing assets like Apollo stock, Phaidon publishing, a private plane (partially owned by 'Debra'), and various staff members.
People (18)
| Name | Role | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Melanie Spinella | Recipient |
Receiving emails on behalf of the primary subject (likely Leon Black given the context of 'Apollo stock' and 'Phaidon').
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| Sender (Implied Jeffrey Epstein) | Advisor/Sender |
Giving aggressive financial and structural advice regarding a family office; mentions 'wean yourself away from me'. R...
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| Brad | Employee/Trustee |
Working in the family office; grade moved from D- to C-; suggested to replace Richard as trustee.
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| Richard | Trustee |
Being replaced.
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| Barry Cohen | Potential Trustee |
Described as perfect but 'carries the trustee taint now'.
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| Joslin | Employee/Associate |
Needs replacing; cost '1 + mil'; sender met with Joslin recently.
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| Heather | Staff |
Advised to keep her.
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| Samantha (ssmantha) | Staff |
Advised to keep her.
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| Jack Robertson | Associate/Advisor |
Gave advice on renovating sender's first house.
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| Tom | Tax/Finance |
Not useful in the end.
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| Rich | Tax/Finance |
Not useful in the end.
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| Alan | Tax/Finance |
Described as 'the only smart one'.
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| Joe | Associate |
Suggested to bring him over.
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| Debra | Family Member (Debra Black) |
Owns 49 percent of plane.
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| Ben | Family Member (Ben Black) |
His house is 'unaccounted for'.
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| Regan | Associate (Judith Regan) |
Associated with 'art space'; needs more cash.
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| Leon | Subject (Leon Black) |
Mentioned in the third email: 'leon seems to have replaced Eillenn'.
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| Eillenn | Former Staff/Associate |
Replaced by Leon.
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Organizations (4)
| Name | Type | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Apollo |
Stock mentioned ('apollo stock could be sold').
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| Elysium |
Family office entity; advised to 'close down the mess of elysium forever'.
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| Phaidon |
Publishing company; 'looks like close to breakeven in a few years'.
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| House Oversight Committee |
Document source (Footer).
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Timeline (4 events)
Locations (3)
| Location | Context |
|---|---|
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Mentioned regarding lighting contractor and IT.
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Unaccounted for.
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Argued as third home; will cost to refinance if sold.
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Relationships (3)
Sender (Epstein)
→
Advisor / Financial Manager
→
Leon Black (Implied Recipient/Subject)
Sender provides deep structural advice on family office, discusses payments of $2M to himself, and suggests weaning the subject off his help.
Leon Black
→
Spouse
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Debra Black
Implied by 'your wife heirs' and 'debra owns 49 percent of plane'.
Key Quotes (6)
"Your office is the heart of the familys financial life and temp future, it needs a heart operation"Source
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Quote #1
"The best way to wean yourself away from me is to have someone else do the whole thing from scratch."Source
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Quote #2
"what you thought was ultimately fair was the contribution of 5 million to a foundation and a total of 2 million dollars to me."Source
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Quote #3
"START from total scratch. there is absolutely nothing worth keeping in your family office except for heather"Source
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Quote #4
"close down the mess of elysium forever"Source
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Quote #5
"only last week told debra owns 49 percent of plane"Source
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Quote #6
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