Federal authorities created a diagram of Jeffrey Epstein’s inner circle, at least several of whom authorities considered to be potential co-conspirators, according to a document released on Friday.
The document featured photos and names of a number of well-known people in Mr. Epstein’s orbit, including his convicted accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell; his lawyer Darren Indyke; his accountant Richard Kahn; his financial adviser Harry Beller; his longtime assistant Lesley Groff; and Jean-Luc Brunel, who died by suicide in a French jail after being charged with rape.
The names and faces of several other people, described as Mr. Epstein’s employees or girlfriends, were redacted in the document.
Of all the people depicted or referred to in the chart, only Ms. Maxwell was ever charged with helping Mr. Epstein engage in the sex trafficking of teenage girls. But the photo montage shows that at least around the time of Mr. Epstein’s arrest and death in 2019, federal authorities were looking into a wider array of potential co-conspirators.
Three people whose photos were not redacted, Mr. Indyke, Mr. Kahn and Mr. Beller, were some of Mr. Epstein’s closest employees. Mr. Indyke and Mr. Kahn currently serve as the co-executors of Mr. Epstein’s estate. They and Mr. Beller, whose name is misspelled in the document, were involved in the inner workings of Mr. Epstein’s finances. The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, which has been investigating the government’s handling of the investigations into Mr. Epstein, has announced plans to depose Mr. Indyke and Mr. Kahn.
Lawyers for Mr. Indyke, Mr. Kahn and Ms. Groff were not immediately available for comment on Friday. A lawyer for Mr. Beller had no immediate comment.
The document also listed several of Mr. Epstein’s other employees and associates, including his pilots and Leslie Wexner, the billionaire retail magnate, who for years was Mr. Epstein’s most important financial benefactor. There is no indication in the document that federal authorities considered those men to be among Mr. Epstein’s co-conspirators.
Matthew Goldstein is a Times reporter who covers Wall Street and white-collar crime and housing issues.
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