Jeffrey Epstein’s sphere of influence among businessmen, politicians and academics also reached India, with the disgraced financier spending years cultivating a relationship with a scion of the nation’s wealthiest family, according to a trove of documents released by the US Justice Department.
Epstein’s messages with the once-influential Indian businessman Anil Ambani stretch from early 2017 through 2019, the documents show, just months before federal prosecutors charged Epstein with sex trafficking of minors. The two men talked about world affairs, business and women, and made plans to meet in person. In 2017, Epstein also placed orders for several books about the storied Ambani family.
“Who do u suggest,” Ambani wrote in one message dated March 9 of that year.
Epstein’s reply: “a tall swedish blonde woman , to make it fun to visit.”
“Arrange that,” Ambani responded less than 20 seconds later.
Text messages between Ambani and a phone number associated with Epstein also show them discussing getting together in Paris later that year – but missing each other – and chatting about the reaction to Donald Trump at the World Economic Forum in Davos,
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