This document contains a series of email correspondences from 2016, likely between Jeffrey Epstein and Leon Black (addressed as 'Leon'), mediated partly through Melanie Spinella. The text reveals significant friction regarding financial management, with the sender (Epstein) aggressively defending his 'high fees' by claiming to have generated billions in value while criticizing the 'outrageous incompetence' of Leon's family office staff (including Alan, Joslin, and others) regarding IRS audits, valuation discounts, and tax planning structures like CLATs and 1031 exchanges. The document includes specific references to Empire Valuation, PWC, BDO, and Akin Gump.
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Jeffrey Epstein | Recipient/Sender |
Addressed as 'Jeffrey E.' and uses email 'jeevacation@gmail.com'. Appears to be the author of the advice to 'Leon' re...
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| Leon | Recipient of advice |
Addressed directly in the text ('Leon please read...'). Likely Leon Black based on context of high fees and family of...
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| Melanie Spinella | Intermediary/Recipient |
Recipient of emails, likely an assistant asked to facilitate communication or print emails for the principal.
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| Alan | Employee/Advisor |
Sent an email about Empire Valuation. Criticized heavily in other emails for incompetence and bad presentations.
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| Lesley | Associate |
Someone Melanie should talk to.
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| Debra | Associate |
Mentioned in relation to owning 'half the boat'.
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| Tom | Unknown |
Returning from vacation.
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| Karp | Advisor/Lawyer |
Spoken to regarding the issues.
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| Pezner | Advisor/Lawyer |
Spoken to regarding the issues.
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| Fenn | Advisor/Lawyer |
Spoken to regarding the issues.
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| Brad | Advisor/Lawyer |
Spoken to regarding the issues; mentioned in context of 'corporate speak'.
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| Joslin | Advisor/Lawyer |
Spoken to regarding the issues.
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| Bodian | Advisor/Lawyer |
Spoken to regarding the issues.
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| Name | Type | Context |
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| PWC |
PricewaterhouseCoopers, mentioned in notes.
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| BDO |
Accounting firm, noted as 'almost finished'.
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| Akin Gump |
Law firm, noted as 'agrees'.
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| Empire Valuation |
Provided a draft response regarding valuation discount.
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| IRS |
Recipient of a proposed response; conducting an audit or review.
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| Family Office |
The office managing Leon's finances, criticized for 'outrageous incompetence'.
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| Location | Context |
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New York, sender states 'I will be in ny until monday morning'.
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"you must deal with the outrageous incompetence in your family office"Source
"I ve have always given you my best advice, If you reflect on your financial life , you have been kept safe , had remarkable results and no disasters."Source
"you told me last week that the emotional reason was in order to be weaned off my group and not have to pay my high fees."Source
"ignoring the benefit of between 1.5 and 2b to the better"Source
"says debra owns half the boat?"Source
"100k for illness expense and funeral, in a spread sheet of 5 billion dollars.?"Source
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