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Section sizes Section size for Jeffrey Epstein (69 sections) Section name Byte count Prose size (words) Header Total Header Total (Top) 17,363 17,363 497 497 Early life 6,492 6,492 287 287 Career 13 58,712 0 3,091 Private school teacher (1974–1976) 6,878 6,878 186 186 Bear Stearns (1976–1981) 2,929 2,929 118 118 Financial troubleshooter (1981–1987) 7,670 7,670 349 349 Towers Financial Corporation (1987–1993) 4,017 4,017 219 219 J. Epstein & Company (1988–2019) 11,093 33,634 752 2,026 Liquid Funding and the Bear Stearns explosion (2000–2008) 8,224 8,224 627 627 Epstein & Zuckerman (2003–2004) 1,931 1,931 107 107 Zwirn (2002–2008) 2,845 2,845 142 142 Epstein and Barak: Carbyne (2014–2019) 8,795 8,795 296 296 Other businesses 746 746 102 102 Geopolitical activities (2012–2019) 47 3,571 0 193 Ivory Coast security agreement 1,749 1,749 124 124 Mongolia security initiative 1,775 1,775 69 69 Video, photo and email archives 5,968 5,968 327 327 Audio recordings 2,614 2,614 61 61 Legal issues 2,547 51,693 82 2,471 First criminal case (2005–2011) 42 34,288 0 1,744 Initial developments (2005–2006) 14,365 14,365 627 627 Non-prosecution agreement (NPA) (2006–2008) 8,534 8,534 412 412 Conviction and sentencing (2008–2011) 7,877 7,877 510 510 Reactions 3,470 3,470 195 195 Second set of criminal charges (2019) 44 12,940 0 573 Sex trafficking charges 10,796 10,796 450 450 Investigation in France 2,100 2,100 123 123 Birthday book release 1,851 1,851 72 72 Civil cases 67 67 0 0 Personal life 1,087 130,298 141 6,213 Romances and procuresses 31 11,925 0 461 Eva Andersson-Dubin (1980s) 1,353 1,353 28 28 Ghislaine Maxwell (1991–2006?) 7,390 7,390 283 283 Karyna Shuliak (2010–19) 3,151 3,151 150 150 Juvenile victims 3,049 3,049 226 226 Acquaintances 19,149 42,039 538 1,623 Pre-penal Epstein 1,550 1,550 131 131 Post-penal Epstein 4,284 4,284 243 243 Association with Trump 9,264 9,264 303 303 Association with Woody Allen 2,249 2,249 156 156 Association with Noam Chomsky 3,002 3,002 150 150 Association with Clinton 2,541 2,541 102 102 Notable criminal associates 326 326 37 37 Club memberships 912 912 26 26 Lolita Express 8,440 8,440 243 243 Wealth 9,437 9,437 497 497 Residences 468 20,220 81 1,025 Southern District of New York 6,860 6,860 293 293 US Virgin Islands 7,959 7,959 381 381 Southern District of Florida 1,955 1,955 158 158 Other properties 2,978 2,978 112 112 Offices 2,509 2,509 301 301 Political donations 4,567 4,567 252 252 Alleged connections to intelligence agencies 12,607 12,607 682 682 Philanthropy 9,071 12,321 423 648 Interest in eugenics and transhumanism 3,250 3,250 225 225 Health and wellness 859 859 51 51 Death 11,405 43,208 481 1,983 Autopsy 6,619 6,619 343 343 Final will 396 396 52 52 Burial 1,822 1,822 57 57 Investigations 22,966 22,966 1,050 1,050 In popular culture 884 10,307 39 39 Artworks 2,554 2,554 0 0 Documentaries 2,452 2,452 0 0 Film and television 4,417 4,417 0 0 Notes 26 26 0 0 References 30 30 0 0 External links 3,974 3,974 0 0 Total 330,685 330,685 14,969 14,969

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The following reference(s) may be useful when improving this article in the future: Enrich, David; Eder, Steve; Silver-Greenberg, Jessica; Goldstein, Matthew (16 December 2025). "Scams, Schemes, Ruthless Cons: The Untold Story of How Jeffrey Epstein Got Rich". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 24 December 2025. Retrieved 24 December 2025.

why no mention of Marina Lacerda? she was a central witness against Epstein who went public

Marina Lacerda should be mentioned in this article, in relation to the 2019 case against Epstein.

According to The Guardian: Marina Lacerda, a Brazilian immigrant identified as “Minor-Victim 1” in the federal indictment, was a central witness who spoke publicly for the first time in September. She detailed her abuse by Epstein from the age of 14 and said she saw Donald Trump with Epstein more than once ... Her testimony ultimately resulted in Epstein’s indictment.

And according to The Independent: The woman credited with helping to indict Jeffrey Epstein has spoken out for the first time in the decades since she was first abused by the disgraced financier at age 14. Marina Lacerda was part of a vast network of victims who were abused by Epstein as a teenager. Until now, she was identified as an unidentified minor victim in the 2019 federal indictment against the disgraced financier ... Although she’s credited with helping secure the 2019 criminal charges against Epstein, investigators first approached her about his abuse in 2008, she told ABC News.

It seems like there should be some mention about her in the article, as her contributions to Epstein's indictment were significant. ~2025-40672-28 (talk) 03:39, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Juvenile victims section

With the exception of Virginia Giuffre, none of the other people named in Jeffrey_Epstein#Juvenile_victims appear to have been juveniles (i.e. under 18) when they were abused by Epstein. And one of the sources for exploiting underage girls is a claim made in a primary court filing (WP:PRIMARY), not evidence or corroboration. There are certainly claims involving underage girls earlier in the article, but this section seems misleading and haphazardly assembled. --Animalparty! (talk) 21:18, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Insert "wife" between "second" and "Valeria" in section on Noam Chomsky. ~2025-42392-47 (talk) 06:00, 24 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Done –Deacon Vorbis (carbon • videos) 07:40, 24 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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There may be a spelling mistake in the name "Eva Andersson-Dublin" where there is only a singular "s" in "Eva Anderson-Dubin (1980s)" in the Personal Life; Romances and procuresses; sections in the Jeffrey Epstein page Jimc618 (talk) 14:24, 28 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed –Deacon Vorbis (carbon • videos) 14:44, 28 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Grammatical error in the first paragraph

I can't edit it myself, so if anyone reading this has the power to do so: In the sentence that starts with "Him and trump", Trump should start with an upper case T. Biharek 24 (talk) 19:14, 5 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed – Muboshgu (talk) 19:47, 5 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

thanks! Biharek 24 (talk) 23:06, 5 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Expanding Acquaintances

Seeing as how the black book is the primary source for most of the people detailed more people should also be listed, as an example, Bill Gates although he did 'regret' it, i could find 4 "reliable" sources on him with just one search. Making an article on Acquaintances of Jeffery Epstein should also be done

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Google Search BronMeat (talk) 16:58, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Made the article, Now need to shift info to there and make Acquaintances shorter BronMeat (talk) 08:20, 14 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

removal of the "Further Reading" section !?

Strongly disagree with the removal of a list of articles and books from the "Further Reading" section. The editor who did this simply wrote "already long" in their edit summary, as if this is an appropriate reason for removing additional reading suggestions.

I feel like this should be reverted, what do others think? ~2025-40672-28 (talk) 04:26, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

100% Agree. BronMeat (talk) 07:53, 14 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, it should be reverted back, they also removed the "page needed" in one of the then Line 59 ~2025-43053-85 (talk) 19:57, 14 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

What should we do something with r/Epstein on this article and the article ""Don't worry. Boys are hard to find." Part 1 o2"?

This subreddit has way more information, such as news articles and other stuff, than on wikipedia, and therefore i have a idea to put the subreddit into the "Further Reading" section, this section was removed by someone for being "already long" but it will be reverted back due to the opinions as mentioned in the above discussion, i also found this article named ""Don't worry. Boys are hard to find." Part 1 o2" https://lisevoldeng.substack.com/p/dont-worry-boys-are-hard-to-find?r=1uodw7&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay&triedRedirect=true It is written by Lisa Noelle Voldeng and it discusses a Iraq War veteran named Sascha Riley who was a victim, it is too long to write everything that is in the article, however there is a multiple news articles about it https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/who-is-lisa-noelle-voldeng-substack-user-who-leaked-sasha-rileys-alleged-epstein-audio-tapes-101768354980755.html https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/sascha-riley-audio-testimony-explodes-online-triggering-global-debate-over-unverified-epstein-linked-claims/ar-AA1UbMYI?ocid=BingNewsVerp https://news24online.com/world/who-is-sasha-riley-and-whats-behind-viral-testimony-audio-of-alleged-epstein-survivor/711215/ https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/who-is-sasha-riley-and-why-is-alleged-epstein-survivors-testimony-audio-going-viral/ar-AA1U8Yxy?ocid=BingNewsVerp https://news24online.com/world/sasha-rileys-alleged-viral-audio-recording-reignites-debate-around-epstein-case-heres-all-you-need-to-know/711577/ https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/sasha-riley-alleged-epstein-survivors-testimony-audio-recordings-go-viral/ar-AA1U9GLd?ocid=BingNewsVerp https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/who-is-lisa-noelle-voldeng-substack-user-who-leaked-sasha-rileys-alleged-epstein-audio-tapes/ar-AA1U9OXH?ocid=BingNewsVerp https://www.msn.com/en-in/entertainment/celebrities/sasha-riley-alleged-epstein-survivor-s-testimony-audio-recordings-go-viral/ar-AA1U9GLd?ocid=BingNewsVerp https://sundayguardianlive.com/world/who-is-sasha-riley-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-alleged-epstein-survivors-audio-going-viral-164466/ https://www.newsx.com/world/who-is-sasha-riley-sascha-iraq-war-veteran-behind-viral-epstein-survivor-audio-drops-bombshell-claims-names-powerful-figures-146891/ Therefore it could be added in Wikipedia because there are multiple news articles about it. ~2025-43053-85 (talk) 20:17, 14 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

in fact, i found out about this article on this subreddit, so my reason is correct (i don't know what word to use, so i'm using correct) and i found news articles by searching about it. ~2025-43053-85 (talk) 20:28, 14 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Therefore the subreddit is a geniunly great place to find information and news articles about it, either on the subreddit or by searching information you found on the subreddit. ~2025-43053-85 (talk) 20:33, 14 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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In the Personal life section under the subhead Juvenile victims there is a sloppy error in the sentence "They were accompanied by former UFC fighter Stephanie Tidwell, his bodyguard Igor Zinoviev,".

Stephanie Tidwell was a woman on Jeffrey Epstein's plane, she has never been a UFC fighter and no one named Stephanie Tidwell has ever fought in the UFC. His bodyguard Igor Zinoviev is the one who formerly fought in the UFC, so it is verifiably false to attribute Stephanie Tidwell as a former UFC fighter.

The sentence should read "They were accompanied by a woman identified as Stephanie Tidwell, his bodyguard former UFC fighter Igor Zinoviev, personal chef Lance Calloway, and assistant Sarah Kellen, on the Lolita Express.".

Alternatively, Stephanie's name could also be taken out since there is not much public info on her, and she could be a victim of Jeffrey Epstein. "They were accompanied by his bodyguard former UFC fighter Igor Zinoviev, personal chef Lance Calloway, and assistant Sarah Kellen, on the Lolita Express."

Source 228 appears to have the mistake in the story. Here are sources that corroborates that Igor Zinoviev is the former UFC fighter in the story not Stephanie Tidwell.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12931579/Inside-cult-model-joined-visiting-Jeffrey-Epsteins-pedo-island-Ruslana-Korshunova-lured-Moscows-Rose-World-humiliates-members-tells-rape-victims-fault.html

Korshunova's name is circled on the manifest. She was on board with JE (Epstein); IZ (his bodyguard Igor Zinoviev, a former UFC fighter); LC (Lance Calloway, who worked as Epstein's chef on the island); SK (Epstein's long-time assistant Sarah Kellen) and Stephanie Tidwell

https://nypost.com/2024/01/05/news/top-model-who-killed-herself-flew-on-epsteins-private-jet/ - This source has an error where they say "an unidentified former UFC fighter", but name bodyguard Igor Zinoviev earlier. Igor is the former UFC fighter, here is a link to his MMA record https://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Igor-Zinoviev-191

Korshunova’s trip to Epstein’s island was just weeks before the moneyman was arrested in 2006 and later convicted of sex with underage girls. He was listed as being with her on the flight, along with three of his staffers — bodyguard Igor Zinoviev, personal chef Lance Calloway, and longtime assistant Sarah Kellen. There was also a woman identified as Stephanie Tidwell — and an unidentified former UFC fighter. The4RealNews420 (talk) 08:41, 16 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Partly done: Thank you for catching this mistake. I ended up removing the sentence entirely, as the existing sources only mention Tidwell by name and not any of the others. They are also WP:UNDUE for inclusion in the article here as it's not clear what their role was other than flying on the plane. Note that the Daily Mail and New York Post aren't considered reliable sources by Wikipedia and can't be used here. Day Creature (talk) 15:17, 16 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Mention controversial state in infobox's "Cause of Death"?

The Cause of death line in infobox states only "suicide by hanging". Should we add something like "(contested)" / controversial / official findings, and append a reference of media summarizing the controversial around behind it? 海盐沙冰 _{/ aka irisChronomia / Talk} 16:57, 21 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

There is a HTML note next to this in the infobox, saying "DO NOT ADD "disputed", etc. Two separate RFCs on the talkpage with numerous participants found that there was robust consensus not to include this, and that the exact wording should be "suicide by hanging", see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Jeffrey_Epstein/Archive_6#RfC:_Epstein_death_infobox and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Jeffrey_Epstein/Archive_6#Infobox_cause_of_death? ".--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 17:08, 21 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for noting. I didn't see that. Maybe we should convert it into / add an invisible comment around so users of visual editor (e.g. me) can also see that? 海盐沙冰 _{/ aka irisChronomia / Talk} 18:29, 21 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]