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People
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Organizations
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Locations
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Events
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Relationships
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Type: Email / correspondence draft
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Summary

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.

People (14)

Name Role Context
Melanie Spinella Recipient
Recipient of the email; involved in fee discussions and management decisions.
Eileen Staff/Bookkeeper
Kept books solely with little input; 'ran the desk'; subject of debrief query.
Tom Partner
Provided little advice or correction; described as a partner.
Ralph Lerner Legal/Advisor
Contextual reference: 'Ralph wrote the book'; likely Ralph E. Lerner (art law expert).
Brad Manager/Overseer
To oversee brokerage and investment; subject of training; 'your choice . not mine'.
Ada Staff
At the bank reviewing docs.
Carlyn Staff
In the kitchen making mush.
Julie Staff/Hiring input
Mentioned in context of hiring Dagastino.
Miriam Paralegal
Listed among staff types (temps, paralegals).
Samantha Staff
Two years out of school; distinguished from new staff hires.
Dagastino New Hire
Hired with 'no inut from me'.
Ava Staff
Needs to be replaced.
Heather Staff
Needs help.
Debra Associate
Linked to 'phaidon' (Phaidon Press).

Organizations (15)

Name Type Context
Apollo
Apollo Global Management; mentioned as handling expenses 'in house', coordination with tax.
IRS
Regulatory body.
SEC
Regulatory body.
Paul Weiss
Law firm (Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison).
McDermott Will & Emery
Law firm (spelled Mcdermit Will).
Macfarlanes
Law firm.
Price Waterhouse
Accounting firm (PwC).
Withers Bergman
Law firm.
Akin Gump
Law firm.
BDO Seidman
Accounting firm (spelled bbd seidman).
JPM
JPMorgan Chase (Bank).
DB
Deutsche Bank.
GS
Goldman Sachs.
Knowledge Universe
Education company (Milken related).
Phaidon
Publishing house.

Timeline (3 events)

2014-04
Date referenced regarding brokerage accounts suggestions (JPM, DB, GS).
2015-01
Training Brad; Brad brought on.
2015-10-15
Projected end of work date mentioned in fee dispute.

Locations (2)

Location Context
Mentioned under contingent liabilities.
NYS
New York State (tax context).

Relationships (3)

Sender Professional/Operational Apollo
Mentions 'cooridnation with tax from apollo' and expenses done 'in house apollo'.
Eileen Colleagues Tom
Eileen ran the desk, Tom is a partner; Eileen kept books with little advice from Tom.
Sender Client/Provider (Disputed) Melanie Spinella
Discussing fees, 'after care', and dissatisfaction with management decisions.

Key Quotes (5)

"expenses ie airplane was done in house apollo."
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"books as they were mysteriously called was being kept soley by eileen"
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"re tax there was almost no oversight of income, estate, gift ,sales and use, transfer excise etc"
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"many outside counsel with litle or no coordination."
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"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"
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. that was it. ada was at the bank but reviewing docs. carlyn was in the kitchen making mush ( abel and
cain)
books as they were mysteriously called was being kept soley by eileen, with little or no input ,correction
or advice from tom. herarely if ever asked questions. expenses ie airplane was done in house apollo.
(1031 exchange blown etc) at this time
as I recall you got quite annoyed, and agressive and initiated the" talking out of the both sides of your
mouth " tiddy, when i suggested that the level of their competence left much to be desired. ( ralph lerner's
came later ) .response - eileen ran the desk, tom is a partner, ralph wrote the book etc
re tax there was almost no oversight of income, estate, gift ,sales and use, transfer excise etc . IRS
SEC GAMING NYS. real estate, valuations ( many )tax filings- disclosures, etc. re grats trusts defect
trusts, llcs corps , trustees , partnerships. foreign corps. 100 bank accounts. gift taxes, , loans, notes.
payables. expenses. . , insurance.( life , art, split dollar), cashflows, operating biz, , investments,
contingent liabilitiites.( funds , miami ) , commitments dividends, BRH TRA, shareholder agreements,
bank loan agreements. wills, construction, , contracts planning permits etc..employ rules. checking
account reconciliations, crediti cards. jewelry , cost basis ,( art stock etc.) foundations regs , brokerage
accts, old stock certificates. stock options,( environmental solutions still not done !). estate tax
calcualtion firedrill, ( note ,basis etc ) low basis , step ups , however with no accounting system, no
reveiw of boat expenses plane expenses etc. . many outside counsel with litle or no coordination.
Paul Weisss , Mcdermit Will, Macfarlanes. Price Waterhouse , Reich, withers bergman, Empire, , akin
gump, bbd seidman, Wendy , Apollo in house .
lumber, knowledge universe, ennrironmental, solutions 12 mii in stock, . on and on
the priority list that you asked me to prepare for brad and you in dec , unfortunatlleyso far , little change
ie no accounting system that ties, no, brokerage accounts though strongly suggested , jpm db, gs, april
of 2014 . IT antiquated
dagastino hired , no inut from me, julie, temps, paralegals miriam . etc.
still need new accounting system - on line banking . staff hires. ( seprate from samantha two years out of
school ). audit system, . ?? john murphy? joslin? dag? eva? . i strongly suggest workers at the highest
level of competence. two senior accountants. not managers workers who will get into the weeds. partn
expertise, , replace ava, get heather help. a new person legal , new IT,system and person, way way
overdue, new receptionist, bill opener, ability to oeversee
in house, boat plane review household ( 12million ) review, filings- partnerhip accounting,- familitarity
with grats, trusts etc . audit system put in place. that should be the easy part. then strategy to deal with :
As new facts on the ground develop , phaidon debra, children meeetings, ? stock sale sale of art, , apt(
large gain ), 1031 trade in , plane depreciation, boat sale. construction , brad will oversee brokerage and
investment, ?? pe. real es, . publishing, grats, tra, brh ( death). foundation , museum, tax proejctions cash
flow projections, cooridnation with tax from apollo. etc
Date: Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 12:23 PM
Subject:
To: Melanie Spinella [REDACTED]
1.I believe I have heard you , but i wanted to make certain that I have understood
Though after much discussion ,- much! you were adamant that i receive my fee only at the very END of
my work, oct 15 , this was a long discussion but you felt very strongly at the time . 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 . I have continued to pay others as well.
I have asked and you have previously said you would lay out for me what you thought was encompassed
by the concept. that was end of january Training brad?? who was your choice . not mine ,by a long
shot. only brought on in january? ? hundreds of hours spent . eileen debrief? 2. boat. plane household
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