How Epstein Helped Solve a Billionaire’s Problems With Women
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/23/business/jeffrey-epstein-leon-black.html
How Epstein Helped Solve a Billionaire’s Problems With Women
The Wall Street titan Leon Black paid Jeffrey Epstein $170 million for what he said was tax and estate work. But his services went beyond that.
In October 2017, a yoga instructor emailed Jeffrey Epstein with a delicate question: When might she receive the tens of thousands of dollars she’d been promised by the billionaire Leon Black?
She and Mr. Black had been in a sexual relationship, and since at least 2009, hundreds of thousands of dollars had flowed to her from Mr. Black’s bank accounts. But in 2017, the setup changed. Now Mr. Epstein would wire the money — in this case, $100,000.
“He said that now he does it through you,” the woman wrote to Mr. Epstein in an email that the Justice Department released this year. Mr. Epstein wrote back, confirming the arrangement.
Matthew Goldstein is a Times reporter who covers Wall Street and white-collar crime and housing issues.
Jessica Silver-Greenberg is a Times investigative reporter writing about big business with a focus on health care. She has been a reporter for more than a decade.
Steve Eder has been an investigative reporter for The Times for more than a decade.
David Enrich is a deputy investigations editor for The Times. He writes about law and business.
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New York Academy of Art: The school, where a former student was among the first to complain to authorities about the behavior of Jeffrey Epstein, announced that it was giving away money that Epstein had donated after new revelations about his involvement there were made public.
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Dr. Bernard Kruger: Dr. Kruger, a Manhattan doctor who once arranged a private E.R. membership for Epstein and unnamed “girls,” has stepped away from roles at two concierge medicine practices after the public disclosure of his relationship with Epstein.
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