Email Correspondence / Drafts (House Oversight Committee Evidence) - HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023297

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14

People

7

Organizations

2

Locations

2

Events

3

Relationships

6

Quotes

Document Information

Type: Email correspondence / drafts (house oversight committee evidence)

File Size: 2.86 MB

Summary

This document contains email drafts from December 7, 2015, written by Jeffrey Epstein (via Melanie Spinella) to Leon Black. Epstein proposes terminating their current business relationship while demanding $65 million in fees ($25M for the current year and $40M for the next) and outlines a plan to restructure Black's family office ('Eysium') with specific personnel and budgets. Notably, Epstein reminds Black of his value by stating he has done things that 'will need to remain unknown' and discusses tax strategies involving 1.8 billion dollars and entities like Apollo and Phaidon.

People (14)

Name	Role	Context
Jeffrey Epstein	Sender (Implied)	Author of the text (implied by the tone, demand for fees, and relationship context). Writing to Leon Black.
Leon Black	Recipient	Addressed as 'Leon'. Discussed regarding his business, Apollo, Phaidon, and fees owed to the sender.
Melanie Spinella	Intermediary/Assistant	Recipient of the email drafts/notes from the sender, likely to forward to Leon Black.
Heather	Employee/Associate	Described as having behavior emblematic of a 'sloppy office'. Also mentioned as 'heatehr diana george' involved in ar...
Brad	Associate/Employee	Criticized by the sender for opining on things he knows little about; sender was shocked by his involvement.
Josh	Associate/Family	Mentioned with Ben regarding buying back Phaidon.
Ben	Associate/Family	Mentioned with Josh regarding buying back Phaidon.
Wendy Dolman	Potential Hire	Cited as the quality standard for a new office manager.
Alan	Professional	To handle trusts and GRATs.
Zoe	Professional	To handle trusts and GRATs.
Diana George	Associate	Involved in art partnership.
Joslin	Associate	Mentioned regarding charity answers.
Debra	Associate/Family	Mentioned regarding payments 'from debra and you'.
Rich	Associate	New tax person to work with him.

Organizations (7)

Name	Type	Context
Apollo		Apollo Global Management; mentioned regarding 'Apollo gain' and coordination.
LBF Holdings		Likely Leon Black Family Holdings; mentioned regarding corrections.
Phaidon		Publishing company; discussed regarding payroll and potential buy-back.
Eysium		Likely 'Elysium'; mentioned as the office requiring a budget.
Akin		Law firm (Akin Gump); mentioned for coordination.
Paul Weiss		Law firm; mentioned for coordination.
House Oversight Committee		Source of the document (Footer).

Timeline (2 events)

July 2015

Sender suggested fixing the plane.

Unknown

Jeffrey Epstein Leon Black

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May 2015

Meeting at sender's house where Leon told Brad it had been 5 months and he was fed up.

Epstein's House

Jeffrey Epstein Leon Black Brad

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Locations (2)

Location	Context
Lobby	Meeting location where 'Brad' was surprised to see the sender.
My house	Meeting location in May.

Relationships (3)

Jeffrey Epstein → Business/Advisory → Leon Black

Epstein demands $25M/$40M fees; discusses structuring Black's family office; claims to have done things that must 'remain unknown'.

Jeffrey Epstein → Adversarial → Brad

Epstein criticizes Brad's competence and knowledge ('opining on things he knows little or nothing about').

Melanie Spinella → Assistant/Intermediary → Jeffrey Epstein

Recipient of Epstein's dictation/drafts.

Key Quotes (6)

"There is little I won't do for you, or at least try to do as a friend, and a great deal that I have already done ( both known and some things that willneed to remain unknown.)"

Source

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