ATTERSON iccusations of sexual misconduct x nightmare he'd had to endure as a y Epstein finally seemed to be over. ‘h Epstein behind her, Ghislaine ve the oceans now,” a socialite says atter at a private Palm Beach Club. rraMar Project, describes itself as transformation of the high seas.” ‘ight million metric tons of plastic umped into the world’s oceans earlier enterprise, the Seed Media ipstein in 2005 to the tune of two awake at night because they're he asks in 2014 at a TEDx talk in Ee you scared about what could hap- yout what could you do that would ad of troubles?” behalf of the environment are SID- ~ ‘Ul ill appears in the society pages. sea Clinton’s wedding in Rhines@ list Richard Johnson reports & a 1g in an Iditarod dogsled race 4 as 274 Firtuy Ricu Alaska. “It’s hard to top Ghislaine Maxwell in the globe-trotting department,” he writes. Upon her return, the president of the China Arts Foundation International hosts Maxwell at a dinner cooked by the former chef for Madame Chiang Kai-shek. Sources say that Maxwell still maintains her warm relation- ship with the Clintons. She was never charged with a crime. And Maxwell has repeatedly denied all allegations made by Virginia Roberts—and continues to do so today. Through her lawyer, Maxwell says she’s had no connection to any criminal misconduct involving Virginia Roberts (or any other young woman) and Jef- frey Epstein. She claims that Virginia’s story about her experience as a “sex slave” has c

JAMES PATTERSON his team reviewed refuted the accusations of sexual misconduct against Dershowitz. , For Alan Dershowitz, the long nightmare he’d had to endure asa result of his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein finally seemed to be over. Ghislaine Maxwell Trying to put her troubles with Epstein behind her, Ghislaine Maxwell took up a new calling. “She’s doing something to save the oceans now,’ a socialite says over the din of cocktail-party chatter at a private Palm Beach Club, Maxwell's nonprofit, the TerraMar Project, describes itself as “a platform for citizenship and transformation of the high seas.” Its focus is on cleaning up the eight million metric tons of plastic debris—garbage—that are dumped into the world’s oceans each year. (Sources say that an earlier enterprise, the Seed Media Group, was funded by Jeffrey Epstein in 2005 to the tune of two million dollars.) “Is anybody here staying awake at night because they're frightened about the ocean?” she asks in 2014 at a TEDx talk in Charlottesville, Virginia. “Are you scared about what could hap- pen? Are you trying to think about what could you do that would help the ocean and all its myriad of troubles?” But although her efforts on behalf of the environment are sin- cere and articulate, Ghislaine still appears in the society pages. In 2010, she attends Chelsea Clinton's icine in Rhine- a beck, New York. In 2014, New York journalist Richard Johnson reports that she’s newly back from running in an Iditarod d

\TTERSON 10 was arrested for hiding more of jewelry. r people involved in Rothstein's enced. ration with the feds, his was the | which all the victims recovered in was put into a witness protec- fifty-year sentence anonymously, mM. *rshowitz arrived at Shriver Hall, s University, in Baltimore, to talk so obvious,” he said. “There has k, a group of women—students opkins Feminists—stood up in ‘ith duct tape over their mouths, d out of the hall. n read. > student paper asked Dershowitz ~ 7s victims. Wasn't it true that Der q ; té . Fo those victims was “asking for it! showitz replied. “I have an obliga- q ‘ovide a full and zealous detense (og all the things you had just listed, T P \ (sa ” und incompetent as counsel. ' i 72 FirtHy Ricy He asked the reporter, “Would any defense lawyer not look on the websites, look on social networks, find out what the woman who was accusing my client was doing? We were able to disprove many of the charges, just like how I was able to dis- prove the charges against me. Falsely charging somebody with rape is a heinous thing to do. First of all, it creates horrors for the person who has been falsely accused. Second, it so hurts real rape victims because it makes it clear that some women lie for money. Our country, unlike others, requires that everybody be detended, and I’m going to continue to do that whether my cli- ents are guilty or innocent. Let me tel] you, most of my clients have been guilty. They deserve a zealous defense ju

James PATTERSON and his own wife, Kimmie, who was arrested for hiding more than one million dollars’ worth of jewelry. All in all, more than thirty people involved in Rothstein's schemes were arrested and sentenced. Thanks, in part, to his cooperation with the feds, his was the only Ponzi scheme in history in which all the victims recovered their money. In return, Rothstein was put into a witness protec- tion program and is serving his fifty-year sentence anonymously, in an undisclosed prison location. Alan Dershowitz On November 10, 2015, Alan Dershowitz arrived at Shriver Hall, on the campus of Johns Hopkins University, im Baltimore, to talk about the Arab-Israeli conflict. “The outlines for peace are so obvious,” he said. “There has to be a two-state solution.” Fifteen minutes into the talk, a group of women—students belonging to a group called Hopkins Feminists—stood up in protest. Dressed all in black, with duct tape over their mouths, they held up a sign and marched out of the hall. YOU ARE RAPE CULTURE, the sign read. Afterward, a reporter for the student paper asked Dershowitz about Jeffrey Epstein and Epstein’s victims. Wasn't it true that Der showitz had implied that one of those victims was “asking for it?” “Tm a defense attorney,” Dershowitz replied. “I have an obliga- us defense to © d,1 tion under the Constitution to provide a full and zealo my clients. If I have failed to do all the things you had just liste could be disbarred. I could be found in

James PATTERSON All these possibilities seemed bizarre. And yet everything CE connected with Epstein’s story seemed to be bizarre. Bill Clinton got the use of a jet out of Epstein—a trip to Africa. But he and Epstein weren't bosom buddies. As for Prince Andrew, we already know how he feels about women. But what did Dershowitz get out of Epstein, aside from Epstein’s wise counsel on all the books he'd written? One advantage Dershowitz had, as he laid out his argument, was that when it came to Jeffrey Epstein, all bets were off. He didn’t have to establish his innocence. All he had to do was make ] sure that the waters stayed muddy. The more complicated things ; seemed to be, the better they were for Dershowitz. a Thanks to Jeffrey Epstein’s actions, and the endlessly compli- Scott Rothstein On October 27, 2009, Floric cated cycle of suits and countersuits those actions inspired, Rothstein a voice-mail mess os A 7? ‘ . «4 q . — 7 4 Or, re oe those waters were very muddy indeed. “Hey, Scott,” the gover Greek governor. Hope you’ 7 touch base and let you kno | twenty-fourth, and it is ge brother.... Really enjoyed ; watchling] a little football a me. We love you. Take care. That same day, Rothstei Casablanca, Morocco. For a Tunning. But a few days late 4 Fort Lauderdale. The Ponzi! q j The moment he did, he s for a lenient sentence. Roths ] the list included people at hi 270 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_009351

TTERSON -arances, he could afford it: sev- 1, which had offices in Florida, t Rothstein’s millions actually scheme he'd been running since dwards joined Rothstein's firm. ; along, and Rothstein showed potential investors. In exchange ein said, investors would receive ‘er, which Epstein would pay in | say that Edwards had no knowl- scheme. (Prosecutors, and the -as soon as he caught wind of the But the few months he spent in howitz the opening he needed to usations. ce, Dershowitz would say, as well 2oberts added Dershowitz's name ad abused her. 'd been pulled into a billion- dollar tched. And for Edwards and Cas- 4 y benefit: Dershowitz had helped 7 ntial non-prosecution agreement i licating him directly in Epsteins 4 ershowitz claimed, Edwards ange p” that agreement. | Mary pass on the part of wn internal logic. 268 i ar ‘ek r Fiitay Ricw The idea that Bradley. Edwards and Paul Cassell were trying to blackmail Leslie Wexner—blackmail him for one billion dollars, no less—sounds highly improbable. But we do know for a fact that Edwards had worked with Rothstein—a man who'd been running his own billion-dollar con. Edwards may not have known that Rothstein was taking his files on Jeffrey Epstein and showing them to investors. But Edwards's proximity to Rothstein didn’t look good. It may not have been as damaging as Dershowitz’s close friendship with Epstein, but it was damaging nonetheless. It gave Dershowitz the opening he needed to make his argument. And th

JAMES PATTERSON Association. By all outward appearances, he could afford it: sev- enty lawyers worked in his firm, which had offices in Florida, New York, and Venezuela. But Rothstein's millions actually came from a $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme he’d been running since 2005. In April of 2009, Bradley Edwards joined Rothstein's firm. The lawyer brought his papers along, and Rothstein showed those pertaining to Epstein to potential investors. In exchange for a lump sum up front, Rothstein said, investors would receive a far larger chunk of money later, which Epstein would pay in future settlements. Edwards and Rothstein both say that Edwards had no knowl- edge whatsoever of the Ponzi scheme. (Prosecutors, and the Florida Bar, agree.) Edwards left as soon as he caught wind of the scheme, in November of 2009. But the few months he spent in Rothstein’s company gave Dershowitz the opening he needed to pry open Virginia Roberts's accusations. It was at Edwards’s insistence, Dershowitz would say, as well as Paul Cassell’s, that Virginia Roberts added Dershowitz's name to the list of men she claimed had abused her. According to Dershowitz, he'd been pulled into a billion-dollar extortion plot Edwards had hatched. And for Edwards and Cas- sell, there had been a secondary benefit: Dershowitz had helped to work out Epstein’s confidential non-prosecution agreement with the government. By implicating him directly in Epsteins abuse of underage women, Dershowitz claimed, Edwards and ~ Ca

James PATTERSON Epstein; they obviously put Prince Andrew in there in order to get massive publicity around the world. And every media in the world, practically, called me, from the BBC to CBS to ABC to CNN, and I responded to lies with the truth. - And the truth that you attempted to convey was that Bradley Edwards and Professor Paul Cassell were unethical lawyers who fabricated false charges against you, right? - The truth that I intended to convey was that the charges against me were false and fabricated, that I never had any sexual contact— - Fabricated by whom, sit? - Please don't interrupt me....that l never had any sexual con- tact with Virginia Roberts. Because Professor Cassell insisted on conveying to the public that he was a former judge and © that he was a professor and that he was using — improperly, in my view—the stationery and name of his university to add credibility to his claims, | felt that it was imperative for me to indicate that he was engaging in impropet and unethi- cal conduct. It would have been improper for me to have allowed his use of his credibility as a former federal judge, as a professor who uses, misuses, his university imprimatur — it was very important for me to attack the credibility of the messengers of the false information. And it was important ey: for me to also remind the public that Bradley Edwards was 4 partner of [Scott] Rothstein, a man who is spending fifty years in jail for fraudulently creating a Ponzi scheme to se

TTERSON *becca says Virginia had previ- vas abused by? on. Wexner one of the people that the question. | fore December of 2014, when the q that your name had come up 7 1 Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse of minors, 1 ‘-e 2014, end of December, was it acted in any way inappropriately erts, that I ever touched her, that + been with her. I was completely never been any allegation. She told you that secretly in 2011, but 3 ‘s of any such conversation. You, a 1is allegation and will be deposed 7 on. I believe it is an entirely false ‘ in 2011 that she had had any sex ~ nk she’s lying through her teeth 4 doubt that your notes will reveal if she did tell you that, she would lying. So I am completely a were put in a legal pleading at " was never alleged that I had am My \ . ‘eu - § 264 Firtuy Ricw sexual contact with Virginia Roberts. I know that it was alleged that I was a witness to Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged abuse, and that was false. I was never a witness to any of Jeffrey Fpstein’s sexual abuse. And I wrote that to you, something that you have falsely denied. And I stand on the record. The record is clear that I have categorically denied I was ever a witness to any abuse, that I ever saw Jetfrey Epstein abusing anybody. And—and the very idea that I would stand and talk to Jeffrey Epstein while he was receiving oral sex from Virginia Roberts, which she swore to under oath, is so outra- cous, So preposterous, that even David Boies [a prominent lawyer associated with the firm re

JaMEs PATTERSON 11:35 a.m. Q: Who are the people that Rebecca says Virginia had previ- ously told her that Virginia was abused by? | A: [never asked her that question. Q: Did you ask her was Les Wexner one of the people that j abused Virginia? A: I told you I never asked her the question. Q: Are you aware that years before December of 2014, when the PA CVRA pleading was filed, that your name had come up repeatedly in connection with Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse of minors, correct? A: 1am aware that never before 2014, end of December, was it ever, ever alleged that I had acted in any way inappropriately with regard to Virginia Roberts, that I ever touched her, that | ever met her, that I had ever been with her. I was completely aware of that. There had never been any allegation. She claims under oath that she told you that secretly in 2011, but you have produced no notes of any such conversation. You, of course, are a witness to this allegation and will be deposed ~ as a witness to this allegation. ! believe it is an entirely false F allegation that she told you in 2011 that she had had any sex 4 ual contact with me. | think she’s lying through her teeth : ; , when she says that. And I doubt that your notes will reveal 4 any such information. But if she did tell you that, she would ih be absolutely, categorically lying. So I am completely aware that never—until the lies were put in a legal pleading at the | end of December 2014, it was never alleged that | had any & 264

JaMES PATTERSON A: 1 left that to my lawyers. I know that we did produce tele- phone records during the relevant periods of time when Vir- ginia Roberts knew Jeffrey Epstein, and those telephone records established that I could not have been at the loca- tions and at the times that Virginia Roberts claimed to have had—falsely claimed to have [had] sexual contact with me. Q: I promise you we're going to get to those. A: Good. Q: Promise you. Along with all the flight logs that you claim exonerate you. 11:11 a.m. : Let’s go to the very second contact that you had with either Michael or Rebecca. Who initiated the second contact? - 1 think I did. I called and got Michael on the phone. - Where did you call from? : [think New York. - Tell me in as much detail as your superb memory allows you to recall everything that was said during the course of that Q Oro>r phone conversation. [Dershowitz’s lawyer]: Let’s object to the form and the continued use of the word superb. He’s described his memory. That's your characterization. Go ahead. Q: No, I think that that was Mr. Dershowitz’s characterization, ~ which I have adopted. [Lawyer]: Okay. Go ahead. A: I called, spoke to Michael. I asked Michael if he had spoken og his wife. She said yes, and she was still reluctant to talk to mg 4 260 Fy Q: I'm sorry—she said yes spoken to his wife? A: He said yes. And that sh suggested to him that p just so that she hears wh and remain on the phone wanted. And there cam when she

James PATTERSON “Pm thrilled they sued me,” he'd told reporters. “In the end, someone will be disbarred. Either it will be me or the two lawyers.” But if Dershowitz was swinging for the fences in his struggle to keep his hard-earned reputation afloat, he still had a bomb- shell to drop. When deposed by Scarola, he proposed his own theory about why Virginia Roberts had named him, along with Prince Andrew, as one of the men who had sexually abused her at Epstein’s New Mexico ranch, in New York City, and in Palm Beach. A theory that implicated the lawyers who were suing him ina much larger conspiracy. According to Dershowitz, Brad Edwards pressured Virginia Roberts into identifying Dershowitz as one her assailants. Dershowitz said that Edwards did this so that they could blackmail Jeffrey Epstein’s patron Leslie Wexner for one billion dollars. Roberts lied about him, Dershowitz maintained, to give Wexner an idea of what would happen to him if Edwards's demands weren't met. Furthermore, Dershowitz said, he had proof. 252 | 4 oll ve .. F< oOo , onl yee SO Excerpts from the Deposi October 15, 2015 9:46 a.m. Q: In an interview with Hala broadcast on CNN Live, yo Do you acknowledge havir A: I have asuperb memory, sc My mother had an extraorc college and I was on the de to debate on the Sabbath, w the condition that I not tak I discovered that I have a v to—generally didn’t have ously, at the age of seventy have a very good memory, } NS HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_009333

CHAPTER 6 Alan Dershowitz: October 2015 bout fifteen minutes into the ripped-from-the-headlines episode of Law & Order: SVU that was inspired by the Jef- frey Epstein saga, the plot takes an interesting turn: before officers have a chance to arrest him, Jordan, the character mod- eled on Epstein, shows up at SVU headquarters. The twelve-year-old French girl raped him, Jordan says. Wearing a monogrammed fleece pullover like the ones favored by Jeffrey Epstein, he describes an evening at home. “The party was in full swing,” he explains. “A friend said she j wanted to give me a special present. Told me to wait in my mas- sage room—” An SVU guy interrupts: “Guy has a massage room?” “T suffer.from chronic back pain,” Jordan says. “While I was waiting, I fell asleep. Now, at first I thought Il must be dreaming. I was aroused. I felt myself being manually” 250 and he had come armed for b manipulated. Then I reme- enjoy myself. But then it gx eyes.” “What did you see?” “A woman. A woman I “A woman? Dominique “It was dark. I just wan: “But the twelve-year-olc “No. She threatened me. she was going to scream ‘R: “And there was nothin; years and a hundred pound “The party was going on: was going to look. I was nake It was a brilliant plot tw: dan to get off scot-free. But the plot twist that I on the day of Alan Dershow Florida, courthouse was eve “There was a criminal extort Edwards and Paul Cassell’s ] 2015. “Your clients were involv Bradley and Cassell had s for defamati

PATTERSON osed to interview a girl and bring 25 for Epstein. riginal] training in Chiang Mai. While I id special guy and told him hon- ed to do. He told me I should get 1¢ people I was working for were could not walk away or disobey us punishment, including my life. zct me. I had confidence [in] him »as my opportunity to escape and ruly loved me and would protect v to Australia. d told him I was not coming back. : fallen in love.” Epstein basically 1 good life.” I could tell he was not hat he was going to do to me. I owerful friends might send some- killed. ward, out of concern for my safety stayed in Australia with my hus- rom late 2002 to October 2013. To > United States during these years, ' visit my mother. And my absence las not voluntary —I was hiding of what he would do to me if I (es. 246 fter not hearing from anyone for contacted by someone who identi- 7 yunding name and claimed he was ~ = “4 i) cd ) Firtyy Ricy with the FBI. It seemed very odd for someone doing an offi- cial criminal investigation to Just call up on the phone like that. I hadn't heard Epstein’s name for years. I didn’t know who this person was and what it was really about. I couldn’t tell what was going on. 36. This man said he was looking into Jeffrey Epstein. The man asked if I had been involved with Epstein. My first instinct was to say nothing because I wasn’t sure he was really with the FBI or any authorities. | answered a few basic questions, telling him that I knew Jeffrey Epst

Fittruy Ricw PATTERSON ‘never been in the same place with Alan Dershowitz also goes on the attack. Virginia’s claims y up out of whole cloth.” are part of a plot to extort him, he claims. The motion that ‘rady become involved in lawsuits Edwards and Cassell have filed is “the sleaziest legal document” ‘king with a former federal judge he’s ever seen. yfessor named Paul Cassell, he had “They manipulated a young, suggestible woman who was other unnamed woman. Six years interested in money,” Dershowitz says. “This is a disbarrable ig, and now, Edwards and Cassell | olfense, and they will be disbarred. They will rue the day they combined. : ever made this false charge against me.” It’s a vehement denial. ake part in the jawmenit ; But then, the allegations made by Virginia Roberts, on January berts, the girl who says that Ghis- 3 15, 2015, in a declaration filed against the government in an attempt to overturn Jeffrey Epstein’s non-prosecution agreement are highly disturbing. r for Epstein at Trump's resort, id other young girls to prominent iticians, world leaders, and other sratiate himself with them for busi- financial gain, as well as to obtain arts claims. ~ed her and other underage girls to a rgin Islands. : y and Alan Dershowitz as two of the 4 f ave sex with and claims that Der ; ‘tness to the sexual abuse of many | several of Epstein's co-conspirators.” wv does respond to the allegations. 2 ding and ongoing civil proceeding 5 ch the Duke of York is not a party, .

JATTERSON ssage. But I had to take off my ne. It hurt. I started to bleed, and me.” _ “We're going to arrest this man. lew York so you can testify.” ir lamais! Jamais! embarrassments, many of which nds. The wedding of Prince Wil- yproaching, and the ongoing trou- : Prince Andrew keep threatening {arch 6, a spokesperson for Sarah in paid off part of the seventy-eight ichess borrowed from a man who appear in the Telegraph and other a ‘APPEALED TO JEFFREY EPSTEIN TO HELP = i f myself, dccplys regret that Jeffrey = ny way with me,” Prince Andrew's © ibhor paedophilia and any sexual | ‘that this was a gigantic error of cannot say. Whenever I can I vill ve nothing ever to do with Jeffrey : ; he ongoing civil lawsutts agail ns Nadia Marcinkova are both ask ce ms with Epstein. 4 FittHy Ricw “Would you agree with me that Prince Andrew and Jeffrey Epstein used to share underaged girls for sexual relations?” Kel- len is asked. On the instructions of my lawyer,” Kellen replies, “I must invoke my Fifth Amendment privilege.” “Have you ever been made to perform sexually on Prince Andrew?” lawyers ask Marcinkova. “Fifth” is Nadia’s simple, succinct reply. That same week, the government downgrades Prince Andrew’s role as Great Britain’s royal trade envoy. But the British press is tenacious, and in the Telegraph, the Guardian, and elsewhere, stories appear on a daily basis: ¢ The Duke, His Paedophile Guest, and the Most Unusual Use of an RAF Base e Andrew’s Secret Love Life Rev

JAMES PATTERSON Me “Jordan. He wanted a massage. But I had to take off my clothes. He climbed on top of me. It hurt. I started to bleed, and it wouldn't stop. The doctor came.” : a “Dominique,” the cops say. “Were going to arrest this man. q 4 But we need you to return to New York so you can testify.” 4 i “Non,” says the girl. “Non! Jamais! Jamais!” For Epstein, there are other embarrassments, many of which have to do with his royal friends. The wedding of Prince Wil- liam and Kate Middleton is approaching, and the ongoing trou- bles of Prince William’s uncle Prince Andrew keep threatening to derail the festivities. On March 6, a spokesperson for Sarah Ferguson confirms that Epstein paid off part of the seventy-eight thousand pounds that the duchess borrowed from a man who was once her personal assistant. The next day, headlines appear in the Telegraph and other British papers: DUKE OF YORK “APPEALED TO JEFFREY EPSTEIN TO HELP 4 DUCHESS PAY DEBT.” , 4 “I personally, on behalf of myself, deeply regret that Jeffrey 4 Epstein became involved in any way with me,” Prince Andrew's ~ ex-wife tells journalists. “I abhor paedophilia and any sexual — abuse of children and know that this was a gigantic error of aq judgment on my behalf. 5 “I am just so contrite | cannot say- Whenever I can I will repay the money and will have nothing ever to do with Jeffrey Epstein ever again.” | 3 That week, as part of the ongoing civil lawsuits against Epstein, Sarah Kellen and Nadia Marcinkov

PATTERSON or Nuclear Research)—to “deter- any, for defining gravity.” se issued by Epstein’s foundation, ‘ge was that space is “not quite CHAPTER 62 Jeffrey Epstein: February 2, 2011 t's Groundhog Day, and once-reclusive Jeffrey Epstein is hit- ting the peak of his fame in a ripped-from-the-headlines epi- sode of Law & Order: SVU that tracks, eerily well, with his own legal history. The setup for this episode is the rape of a very young French pet One who's been flown to New York ona very rich man’s pri- "Yate jet, then flown back—coach class—to Paris. _ On the plane, she has a freak-out. She thinks the middle-aged guy sitting next to her is trying to rape her. In Paris, the local ‘police get involved. “It was Just a birthday party,” the tearful girl tells the SVU Lops via videoconference from France. “We were his present.” ’ The cops ask: Whose present? ’ “The billionaire. The one who owns the jet.” _ Does the French girl know his name? HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_009318

James PATTERSON : (the European Organization for Nuclear Research)—to “deter- mine what the consensus is, if any, for defining gravity. os in’s foundation, Ey According to a press release issued by Epstein’s fo i the consensus that did emerge was that space 1s not quite empty.” enter Ce el Oe Eee? = , ~ “4 - 4 4 Jeffrey Epstein: Februar jg \ t's Groundhog Day, and « ( ting the peak of his fame sode of Law & Order: SV _ own legal history. & q The setup for this episod: : q girl. One who's been flown tc 4 q vate jet, then flown back— cx , | On the plane, she has a fre ; guy sitting next to her is try | Police get involved. “It was just a birthday pz if q Cops via videoconference fron : o The cops ask: Whose pres “The billionaire. The one \ Does the French girl knov 236 4 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_009317

'ATTERSON artificial intelligence, systems of 1 other topics. get-togethers like this for years. s investigation, in March of 2006, shysicists— including three Nobel brity physicist Stephen Hawking — m called “Confronting Gravity,’ . : rorkshop to explore fundamental . y CHAPTER 61 ology.” 3 p,” one of the Nobel Prize winners Las Source. ot fun and physics, and that’s fun Al Seckel: January 2012 ly interested in Stephen Hawking. orized, the universe would stop rich point time would begin to run | that computer viruses were living , the size of the universe, alien life & eve in God. But he had a vast appre- 3 : x5 of the universe, and this is why q iendous gift. He paid to have a sub- q uld fit Hawking and his wheelchair ~ : glimpse of an actual alien world— pstein’s partner in the Mindshift conference, a man named Al Seckel, was known for throwing fabulous parties that .- were said to have included the actor Dudley Moore, magi- p cian James “the Amazing” Randi, and future Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk, as well as many of the scientists Jeffrey _ Epstein would court in the course of his own climb up the social _ ladder. In certain Los Angeles circles, Al Seckel was a very good man “to know. But, like Jeffrey Epstein, Seckel was a sort of illusionist. ee rting to Mark Oppenheimer, a journalist who knew Seckel i: followed his career for fifteen years, Seckel made his mone b selling rare books and papers, often through his social my ace demic connections. a ita A