Emails from DOJ show more ties between Jeffrey Epstein and Paul Weiss chair
Newly released emails by the U.S. Department of Justice offer further insight into the relationship between multimillionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein and Brad Karp, the chairperson of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison. (File photo by Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison)
Newly released emails by the U.S. Department of Justice offer further insight into the relationship between multimillionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein and Brad Karp, the chairperson of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison.
On Friday, the DOJ released another batch of emails from now-deceased child sex trafficker Epstein, who began corresponding with Karp as early as 2013, Law.com reports.
Among these emails are Karp’s request that Epstein help his son meet film director Woody Allen, as well as Karp and Epstein’s discussions of sexual misconduct accusations against ex-PBS talk show host Charlie Rose and former film producer Harvey Weinstein.
Epstein invited Karp to a January 2016 showing of one of Allen’s movies, according to emails referenced by Law.com. Karp later emailed Epstein, thanking him for the evening and saying his son was “gushing” about meeting and talking with Allen.
Emails show that Karp continued to attend screenings of Allen’s movies, Law.com reports, and later said he wanted Epstein to ask Allen to give his son a job in an upcoming movie project.
In 2017, Epstein asked Karp for his perspective on sexual misconduct accusations against Weinstein, to which Karp responded, “I think it gets pretty bad—and a little bit worse every day,” Law.com reports, citing the DOJ’s emails. Karp also told Epstein via email that news of misconduct by Rose “doesn’t surprise me at all.”
In a statement provided to Law.com, a Paul Weiss spokesperson said Karp met Epstein through his client, Apollo Global Management co-founder and former chairman Leon Black. Law.com first reported on Karp’s emails with Epstein in December after the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Oversight and Government Reform released correspondence between the pair over a multiyear fee dispute involving Epstein and Black.
“During the course of that representation, which began in 2013 and spanned several years, Mr. Karp never witnessed or participated in any misconduct,” the Paul Weiss spokesperson told Law.com. “Mr. Karp attended two group dinners in New York City and had a small number of social interactions by email, all of which he regrets.”
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