Relationship Details

An email from Jeffrey Epstein to Leon Black (via Melanie Spinella) dated May 12, 2016. Epstein aggressively criticizes Black's financial team (specifically Brad, Castrucci, and Joslin), comparing his own financial structuring work to a 'work of art' that is being ruined by incompetent staff. The email discusses estate planning, missing documentation for deals and planes, an ongoing audit, and warns about IRS scrutiny.

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.

A September 2016 email/memo, likely from Jeffrey Epstein to Leon Black (via Melanie Spinella), demanding $35-40 million annually for financial structuring services referred to as 'artwork.' Epstein criticizes the recipient's staff (specifically 'Brad'), warns against giving the law firm Paul Weiss access to the 'entire story,' and advises on specific business moves involving Regan Arts, Phaidon, and Artspace. The document reveals deep involvement in the recipient's estate planning, tax strategies (GRATs), and organizational structure.

This document is a highly critical email from October 2015, ostensibly from Jeffrey Epstein to a high-net-worth individual (contextually Leon Black), sent via Melanie Spinella. The sender lambasts the recipient's CEO, 'Brad,' for gross incompetence, financial errors, and lack of documentation regarding planes and deals. The email outlines a 'mutual goal' to end their business relationship but disputes the final payments, citing a '37 percent' agreement, and concludes with a punch-list of action items including firing specific staff (Ada, Eva, Castrucci), restructuring assets (plane, boat, Phaidon), and revising estate plans.