This document is a printout of a highly critical email sent on June 30, 2015, to Melanie Spinella. The sender (likely a financial consultant, trustee, or high-level manager) details extreme disorganization in the financial, legal, and tax affairs of the subject entity (implied to be the Epstein estate/enterprise), citing a lack of accounting systems, uncoordinated outside counsel (listing major firms like Paul Weiss and Withers Bergman), and incompetent staff. The email concludes with a dispute over professional fees, where the sender pushes back against providing free 'after care' services despite having been paid a large sum.
| Name | Role | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Melanie Spinella | Recipient |
Recipient of the email; involved in fee discussions and management decisions.
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| Eileen | Staff/Bookkeeper |
Kept books solely with little input; 'ran the desk'; subject of debrief query.
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| Tom | Partner |
Provided little advice or correction; described as a partner.
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| Ralph Lerner | Legal/Advisor |
Contextual reference: 'Ralph wrote the book'; likely Ralph E. Lerner (art law expert).
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| Brad | Manager/Overseer |
To oversee brokerage and investment; subject of training; 'your choice . not mine'.
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| Ada | Staff |
At the bank reviewing docs.
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| Carlyn | Staff |
In the kitchen making mush.
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| Julie | Staff/Hiring input |
Mentioned in context of hiring Dagastino.
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| Miriam | Paralegal |
Listed among staff types (temps, paralegals).
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| Samantha | Staff |
Two years out of school; distinguished from new staff hires.
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| Dagastino | New Hire |
Hired with 'no inut from me'.
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| Ava | Staff |
Needs to be replaced.
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| Heather | Staff |
Needs help.
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| Debra | Associate |
Linked to 'phaidon' (Phaidon Press).
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| Name | Type | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Apollo |
Apollo Global Management; mentioned as handling expenses 'in house', coordination with tax.
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| IRS |
Regulatory body.
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| SEC |
Regulatory body.
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| Paul Weiss |
Law firm (Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison).
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| McDermott Will & Emery |
Law firm (spelled Mcdermit Will).
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| Macfarlanes |
Law firm.
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| Price Waterhouse |
Accounting firm (PwC).
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| Withers Bergman |
Law firm.
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| Akin Gump |
Law firm.
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| BDO Seidman |
Accounting firm (spelled bbd seidman).
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| JPM |
JPMorgan Chase (Bank).
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| DB |
Deutsche Bank.
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| GS |
Goldman Sachs.
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| Knowledge Universe |
Education company (Milken related).
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| Phaidon |
Publishing house.
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"expenses ie airplane was done in house apollo."Source
"books as they were mysteriously called was being kept soley by eileen"Source
"re tax there was almost no oversight of income, estate, gift ,sales and use, transfer excise etc"Source
"many outside counsel with litle or no coordination."Source
"you now feel that as it was a very large sum of money . some of my time this year should be spent on your recent concept of "after care ". - and that after care should be for free"Source
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