Jeffrey Epstein plotted with lawyer to try to have woman deported, documents reveal | Jeffrey Epstein

Jeffrey Epstein plotted with a high-powered Manhattan lawyer to try arranging the deportation of a woman who was an inconvenience to someone in his social circle, newly released documents reveal.

While their efforts were unsuccessful, emails also reveal that this Epstein associate, Wall Street attorney Brad Karp – who represented the late financier’s business associate, Leon Black – coordinated surveillance on the woman.

This correspondence, made public in the justice department’s recent disclosure of 3m Epstein investigative files, suggests that Karp was trying to use a Manhattan US attorney’s office connection in the disgraced financier’s push to have her charged with a crime.

Emails from 2015 show that Epstein and Karp – who resigned from his top role at the white shoe firm Paul Weiss last week as their correspondence went public – discussed whether law enforcement could be used to expel this woman from the US, or jail her. Karp did not respond to multiple requests for comment. A spokesperson for Paul Weiss also did not respond to multiple inquiries.

“Is it possible for your contacts to 1 get her current visa status ? 2. Is there a way for us to file something that would revoke a tourist visa?” Epstein wrote Karp on 29 July 2015.

“Both good ideas; will work on this,” Karp responds several hours later.

These emails indicate that the woman was unnerving an Epstein associate named “Leon”.

On 16 August 2015, Epstein wrote: “can you tell me for certain that if leon decides enough is enough, ( she has not responded to an email from him that says i am checking on you). that you and lorin can have her arrested.!! fed extortion, high bail. . maybe deportation?”

The emails repeatedly mention a man named “Lorin” as potentially involved in these apparent silencing efforts. A surname is not in these specific exchanges. In emails about the woman between Epstein and Karp, only the first name “Lorin” appears.

However, an attorney with the name Lorin Reisner, who started at Paul Weiss about one year before this Epstein-Karp correspondence, previously helmed the criminal section at the Manhattan federal prosecutor’s office. Reisner did not respond to requests for comment.

“If she does not respond to his email and shops for attnys telling each one a horror story, he will be a target for a long time. in many of the cases that i have read, two things pop out, some survive a MTD . bad for leon. and some if not most all claim she has filed suit beacuse i refused to be extorted,” Epstein wrote on 16 August 2015. “I think the extortion claim AFTER a filing is fairly weak. and would be seen to be an intimidation tactic from a powerful man, if you think you are being extorted ( like the two jills in miami ) , they went right to the police. . and the dynamic and energy is on the side of teh good guys.”

Two minutes later, Karp responded: “I’ll check again with lorin, but my strong belief is that the answer is yes. Especially with the referral coming from the most recent head of the sdny usao.”

The emails do not provide a surname for Leon, nor do they outline specific allegations or extensive details on his concerns about this woman.

There is a Leon whose name does come up repeatedly in the Epstein files. Leon Black is listed on a page titled “PROMINENT NAMES” in an FBI presentation about Epstein’s case. The purpose of this FBI presentation is not known and the slideshow does not say that authorities verified any allegations of misconduct against him that are mentioned on this page.

Black has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing related to Epstein.

In a portion of the emails that describe surveilling this woman, Karp says in a 23 August 2015 message that “GG” was in Moscow. A woman named Guzel Ganieva filed a defamation lawsuit against Black in 2021, which was ultimately thrown out; she had also accused him of sexual assault.

The Guardian asked representatives for Black whether he asked Epstein or Karp to help get this woman deported. The Guardian also noted the initials GG and asked Black’s camp: “Is the person discussed in these emails Guzel Ganieva?”

“As has been well documented in the Dechert Report, Epstein was providing tax and estate planning advice to Mr. Black and his family office. At the time of these emails, Ms. Ganieva was threatening Mr. Black and his family while attempting to blackmail him as he was ending their years long consensual relationship,” Black’s attorney, Susan Estrich of Estrich Goldin, said in a statement. “Ms. Ganieva’s lawsuit against Mr. Black, filed years later, was dismissed with prejudice and that decision was affirmed by the appellate court.”

Representatives for Ganieva’s team declined to comment.

Epstein continued exploring possible charges on 16 August 2015, writing “And do you add the visa under false pretense.? … that Lorin quoted. Does not seem to be used very often for this type of thing. Maybe some sample cases. Their timing and dispositions?

“Let him detail what exactly would happen timing…detainment how long bail? Time in/? Likelihood of [deportation]? Any chance of doing so and trying to keep it quiet.? ca n a john doe be a complaintant[sic] at least at first ? “ Epstein wrote early the next morning.

“Checking with Lorin, since this is in his wheelhouse,” Karp said.

Reisner, along with Karp, is the recipient of a 14 August 2015 email described as a “draft transcript of a recording of a conversation between John Doe (JD) and [redacted]” at the restaurant Le Bernadin.

At one point of this conversation, the John Doe addresses the other speaker as “Guzel”. He tells the other speaker that her request for $100m is “extortion” and says the outcome of their dispute can “go in three directions”.

“We can come to a mutually satisfactory, um, economic solution, um, number one. Uh, number two, urn, you can file a suit and you go public,” the man says in this conversation. “Number three, um, you know there can be, um, you know, possible other consequences of that.

“And the last thing you should know – and it’s – I want to underscore this – it’s not a threat – um, but, you know, if you do take this frivolous case public … it will give me no choice but to, you know, go to the authorities and pursue a criminal case … against you,” the John Doe said. “And you’ll likely end up in jail.

“And I also just, you know, I want you to, you know, I did go … to my lawyer to talk about … what has been said. Um. And this is just – this is from – he was the ex-head of the criminal division of the US Attorney … Who wrote to the files so there’s no intention of using it. But basically just saying based on our conversations before you have committed a crime both under federal statutes and under New York statutory law …”

Reisner, along with Karp, is also the recipient of a 13 August 2015 email described as a “draft transcript of a recording of a conversation between John Doe (JD) and [redacted] GG)” at the Four Seasons Restaurant one day prior. Lorin Reisner and Karp also received transcripts of John Doe recorded meetings from 19 August and 15 October of that year.

In August, Epstein and Karp discussed keeping an eye on the woman’s whereabouts.

“Did we get a report on where she went after lunch. ? details ?” Epstein asked Karp on 23 August 2015.

“To the Cielo apartment bldf on 83rd and York where she stayed until she traveled to JFK . She was snuck out through the [garage], in a car with tinte windows, and we have license plate numbers,” Karp said.

About a month later, Epstein asked Karp: “Is she still being surveilled. Is she still in [london] leon wants to nail down the fact that she is a pro. Have [unclear] use russian contacts or.”

“Sorry for the delay. We stopped the surveil=ance on Friday. She was in London then, and were not aware that she[unclear]left,” Karp said, adding they could follow up on a suspicion, but “haven’t found any evidence yet”.

The emails show them continuing to discuss legal options against her.

“Can you have lorin or someone actually determine the likelihood of bringing a real case against her in London or New York So far I have not seen anything concrete. Leon thinks a case [is] viable in London, too much riding on the fact for it to be non feasible though technically possible,” Epstein wrote.

“We can’t bring a private case against her in=ny, only in London. And even in London, it’s very tricky. Our London lawyer says she likely will lose a criminal trial for blackmail, though it’s certainly not my (or your) preferred outcome,” Karp said.