Exclusive | Jeffrey Epstein masterminded girls weekends in ritzy Hamptons with weird overnight stays: emails
The Hamptons are front and center in a trove of newly released Jeffrey Epstein files — with emails claiming the convicted pedo routinely paraded “the girls” to the vacation destination and organized overnight stays at his elite pals’ homes.One email exchange praised the disgraced financier and human trafficker for organizing “girls weekends” in the ritzy enclave with one person claiming a local nightclub maven even wanted Epstein to help organize weekly parties exclusively for “beautiful Russian girls,” documents released by the Department of Justice showed.The latest batch of files includes dozens of emails that show Epstein’s tentacles reached deep into the beachfront destination — with one FBI document from 2020 showing someone sent a tip to the agency with claims sex trafficker had close connections in the area who would “procure underage girls for him.”Some files in the latest batch also referred to Epstein’s grooming efforts on the young girls, which is the deliberate, calculated process where an abuser builds a relationship and trust with a child for the purpose of sexual exploitation and abuse, according to the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network, the largest anti-sexual violence organization in the country.The disgraced financier frequently flew “the girls” to the Hamptons for trips that appear to be meant to groom the kids, according to claims in the documents.Some of the documents include emails directly to Epstein referring to unspecified partying in the Hamptons, although there was no indication they included claims of illegal activity.“We’ve got for us pink t-shirts and it says on it ‘girls weekend.’ Thank you so much Jeffrey for our happiest time,” a redacted person emailed Epstein in May 2016, according to the documents, which also included a redacted photo of girls eating on a sidewalk in Montauk.Other emails suggest Epstein made numerous trips as part of a network of well-connected Hamptons insiders and...