Epstein
The
latest
drop
of
Epstein
files
contains
all
manner
of
disturbing
revelations,
but
few
as
dark
as
the
correspondence
between
the
infamous
sex
trafficker
and
a
Biglaw
attorney.
In
the
files
there
are
a
number
of
emails
from
a
Clifford
Chance
email
address.
The
correspondence
between
the
Clifford
Chance
trainee
lawyer
in
the
Paris
office
and
Jeffrey
Epstein
do
not
show
an
attorney/client
relationship,
but
rather,
Epstein
grooming
a
young
woman.
As
spokesperson
for
Clifford
Chance
said,
“The
firm
has
never
acted
for
Epstein.
The
correspondence
is
not
related
to
the
business
of
the
firm.” And
Boies
Schiller
Flexner
told
RollOnFriday
on
the
woman’s
behalf
that
she
“was
a
victim
of
Jeffrey
Epstein”
and
a
survivor
of
abuse.
Given
this
lens,
the
emails
are
unsettling.
The
woman
met
Epstein
in
2011,
and
she
wrote
to
him,
“I
really
would
like
you
to
teach
me
new
things…
as
you
asked
I
googled
you.
well,
maybe
your
passion
is
Young
girls
as
Snowboarding
is
mine.
Im
not
scared
anyway.”
Epstein
flew
her
around
the
globe,
and
also
in
2011
she
wrote,
“You
and
the
girls
are
really
fun!
The
fashion
show
with
half
naked
models
walking
around…haha.”
She
also
said,
“Look
at
all
the
girls
how
much
they
love
you
and
me
becoming
one
of
them,
and
all
the
love
you
give
them,
make
them
feel
secure
delighted
thrilled
comfortable
and
loved
all
the
time,
impressive.”
Epstein
integrated
himself
into
the
woman’s
professional
ambitions,
having
her
draft
a
sex
contract,
for
which
Epstein
provided
typo-laden
feedback,
“not
a
bad
first
try,,
.
there
is
no
penalty
for
brach,?
no
third
part
mediation
in
case
of
dispute,…
no
quality
assuaranvce.
with
standard
practice.
,
no
time
limit,
a
no
complaining
clause,
etc.”
Epstein
also
advised
the
woman
on
her
application
to
U.S.
law
school.
“I
do
work
on
it
now,”
she
replied,
“standing
on
the
balcony
of
the
meeting
room
of
Clifford
Chance…
then
closing
my
eyes
and
visualizing
getting
an
acceptance
letter
from
HLS.”
The
woman
even
said
to
Epstein
at
one
point,
“Older
men
can
abuse
us…how
to
figure
out
whom
to
trust
is
hard.”
RollOnFriday
also
documents
the
woman’s
(who
they
refer
to
as
“V”)
descent
into
become
a
recruiter
for
Epstein.
A
feature
of
Epstein’s
crimes
was
his
curation
of
a
vast
network
of
victims,
and
he
quickly
groomed
V
into
becoming
one
of
his
recruiters.
Emailing
her
at
work
in
2011,
he
asked,
“Did
you
find
the
my
new
girlfrined?”V
replied,
“Oh
i
dont
like
sharing,
would
like
to
keep
you
all
for
me
There
might
be
two
candidates
if
you
want,
russian
and
austrian
girls,
both
smart
and
blond”.Epstein’s
preferences
became
normalised:
on
another
occasion
she
asked
him,
“what
would
you
like
me
to
bring
you
from
sweden?
except
for
girls?”V
became
overt
about
her
purpose,
asking
Epstein
in
2012,
“Do
you
want
to
see
me
or
you
are
interested
in
me
only
because
I
found
pretty
girls
for
you?”
This
is
a
role
the
woman
would
have
for
a
number
of
years.
She
continued
to
search
for
women
for
Epstein,
updating
him
in
2013,
“There
is
one
who
is
into
finances
and
investments,
very
intelligent
and
super
hot.
others
are
law
students,
all
beautiful
and
interesting
people.
I
give
English
classes
to
one
of
them.
She
is
thrilled
to
speak
English
to
you,
lol,
her
French
accent
is
so
cute.”“You
can
make
them
do
catwalks
for
you
or
we
go
to
gym
and
you
play
Mr
Coach,
ahah”,
said
V.By
2017
she
was
helping
Epstein
procure
“young
attractive
assistant[s]”,
forwarding
him
details
of
lingerie
models
(he
told
her
one
of
her
candidates
was
“too
old”,
and
she
acknowledged,
“no
more
over
24!
Sorry
for
that”).
“The
CVs
and
candidates
keep
on
coming…i
feel
like
a
recruitment
agency
now
:-)”
she
wrote.
After
the
woman
left
Clifford
Chance,
she
continued
to
the
U.S.
to
continue
her
legal
studies.
As
reported
by
Law.com,
she
asked
Epstein
to
finance
them.
In
response
to
one
which
asks
if
Epstein’s
organisation
could
sponsor
her
studies
at
Berkeley,
Epstein
writes:
“I
will
do
it
personally.
,
I
am
disappointed
that
you
have
yet
to
produce
assistants
as
partn
of
our
understanding.
now
that
you
are
a
lawyer
i
woudl
have
thought
you
recognized
that
an
agreement
had
two
sides,
each
with
their
own
obligations.
)):”
The
woman
continued
to
correspond
with
Epstein
until
2019,
six
months
before
Epstein
was
arrested
on
child
sex
charges,
when
she
thanked
him
“for
bringing
so
much
joy,
inspiration
and
care
in
my
life.”
Kathryn
Rubino
is
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Senior
Editor
at
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