Jeffrey Epstein → Landon Thomas Jr.
Event Description
Epstein drafts a statement to Landon Thomas Jr. outlining a strategy to distance himself from Prince Andrew and deploy a 'former girlfriend' as a character witness to deny misconduct allegations. The strategy involves claiming he kept her name out of his legal troubles 'out of respect and love,' and having her testify that she witnessed no wrongdoing, saw no underage girls, and can confirm Clinton and Steven Hawking were never on the island. The statement aims to neutralize allegations by having a credible female witness vouch for his innocence and claim accusers were local adult strippers who solicited work.
Quoted Evidence
“I am considering a statement and positon that Out of respect and love for my former girlfrend I have tried to keep her out of my mess... she can confirm 1. Iwas never alone at the house... no girl ever complained , not once. 2. jane doe 1 and 2 , were local strippers... she knows clinton was never on the island. 6 she knows no sex with steven hawking, she knows no sex with ehud as he was also never on the island... She woudl acknowledge that these girls asked to bring their friends... they certainly looked over age. nevr heard anyone say otherwise.”
Trafficking Assessment
Likelihood
80%
Confidence
90%
Thread Prior
75%
Indicators
Reasoning
Epstein is orchestrating a coordinated witness statement designed to discredit specific accusers (Jane Doe 1 & 2) and deny sexual contact with named individuals. The strategy of deploying a 'credible female witness' to vouch for innocence while simultaneously recharacterizing accusers as soliciting sex workers is consistent with victim discrediting and obstruction. The repeated deflection on age ('looked over age') and the defensive framing ('never asked for underage') suggests consciousness that age-of-consent violations are at issue.
Metadata
Date
2015-01-16(inferred)
Location
US Virgin Islands(inferred)
Thread
Re: How are you holding up?
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