Exclusive | Epstein and billionaire shrink pal emailed about disguises and plastic surgery for trouble avoidance, docs show

An email between Jeffrey Epstein and a billionaire shrink pal runs through options for avoiding trouble with the law — including steps such as wearing disguises or undergoing plastic surgery, documents released by the Department of Justice show.A May 1, 2009, email from his longtime friend and confidante, Gramercy Park psychiatrist Dr.Henry Jarecki, titled “What If I Get Caught,” contains a long list of items essential to escape law enforcement.The email, fired off by an assistant, purportedly was sent because the doctor — who founded MovieFone and sold it to AOL for $388 million in 1999 — was interested in writing a book on the topic.

“Dr.Jarecki asked me to send you the following notes, along with the statement, ‘I’m thinking of writing a new book, and I need a co-author,'” it reads.At that time, Epstein was nearing the end of his 13-month Florida prison sentence for solicitation of prostitution as part of his 2008 non-prosecution “sweetheart deal.” The note lays out a 7-point plan to live on the lam, starting with items like “don’t use credit cards” and “computer security” for “trouble avoidance” — and ends with mentions of going “in hiding” or “overseas.”One of the more eyebrow-raising sections in the email is titled “post-trouble,” and lists “disguises,” “plastic surgeon” and “documents generation: birth certificate, driver’s license.”It also states, “gather evidence on veracity and character of victim(s) and prosecution witnesses (private detectives and internet).”Another point lists the importance of “multiple passports.”Epstein is known to have used a fake Austrian passport to travel to the United Kingdom, France and Saudi Arabia between 1982 and 1983, according to the FBI.

The passport, featuring Epstein’s photo and the name “Marius Robert Fortelni,” was found in a locked safe when the feds raided his Upper East Side mansion in 2019, alongside “piles of cash” and “dozens ...