An email sent to Melanie Spinella, containing the text of a demand letter originally dated Jan 29, 2016. The text, likely written by Jeffrey Epstein to a wealthy associate (suspected to be Leon Black), demands $40 million per year for estate and tax planning services. It outlines a specific payment schedule ($25M upfront), mandates the restructuring of the recipient's family office, including firing specific staff ('fire john') and shutting down entities like 'Regan Arts' and 'Artspace', while criticizing the performance of the current CEO, Brad.
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Melanie Spinella | Recipient |
Recipient of the email containing the draft text.
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| Barry | Trustee/Advisor |
Proposed replacement trustee; needs training; writer has hope in him.
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| Wechsler | Potential Trustee |
Writer prefers he is not the replacement.
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| Brad | CEO |
Described as 'your ceo', accused of providing bad results; writer concerned about him taking Barry's place.
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| John | Employee |
Instruction to 'fire john'.
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| Joslin | Employee |
Stays for a year or so.
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| Tom | Employee |
Stays (implied).
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| Akin | Employee |
Mentioned in list of people.
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| Heather | Employee |
Exception to the rule that everyone should be replaced.
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| Halperin | Advisor/Professional |
Comparison point; writer told recipient they could do better than him.
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| Name | Type | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Artspace |
Instruction to 'Sell Artspace'.
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| Regan Arts |
Instruction to 'shut down regan arts'.
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| Paul Weiss |
Law firm; mentioned negatively ('direct screw up') regarding Caesars.
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| Caesars |
Mentioned in relation to a screw up by Paul Weiss.
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| IRS |
Listed under reporting requirements.
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| SEC |
Listed under reporting requirements.
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| Location | Context |
|---|---|
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Mentioned in context of a sale ('Miami sale').
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"I will only work for the usual 40 million per year."Source
"fire john .. joslin stays for a year. or so. so does tom and . except for heather everyone should be replaced with new."Source
"Sell Artspace and shut down regan arts."Source
"Your office is a multi billion dollar responsibility."Source
"you decided not to pay me per our agreement."Source
"no agreement - no work."Source
"I expect as a friend you will understand that I will no longer , not even for one day , work on your affairs . without the compensation that is long overdue."Source
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