James PaTTERSON
Epstein prefers diminutive women, but Nadia is tall. She's rail-thin and blond like the sun, with glowing skin, a wide smile, and sky-high cheekbones.
On a good day, she could pass for a Bond girl—a woman caught up in a web of crime and intrigue. But of course, that’s
exactly what she is.
In certain circles, the academics and the women in Epstein’s Ei orbit are almost a joke. In a 2003 profile of him, New York maga- zine quotes Harvard professors (“He is amazing”), Princeton : professors (“He changed my life”), MIT professors (“If I had acted a
upon the investment advice he has given me over the years, I'd a 3 Virginia Roberts: 1999 be calling you from my Gulfstream right now”), and other lumi- a naries, up to and including Bill Clinton.
“Pye known Jeff for fifteen years,” says Donald Trump. rump’s estate, Mar-<
“Terrific guy; he’s a lot of fun to be with.” 2 q ulously wealthy he: No one knew then that someday Trump would run for presi- > F sits on twenty perfi dent. (When he does, he'll attack Hillary Clinton for Bill Clinton's ; 4 miles away from Jeffrey E own entanglements with Epstein.) But Trump's already ahead of | home to the exclusive Mar- the curve in that he ends up severing his ties to Epstein well j FE courts, an before the police or the media get wind of Epstein’s penchant for 3 q ee ena a underage girls. __ they blocked all his efforts | He does this because he finds out that in their endless hunt ~ | Other clubs on the island- for “masseuses,” Epstein’s procurers have been prowling around ~ ; blacks and Jews—had neve
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