Epstein Orbited Peter Thiel for Years Over Connections (Correct)

March 13, 2026, 9:03 PM UTC

A few weeks after allegations surfaced in the global media that Jeffrey Epstein forced a teenager to have sexual relations with Prince Andrew, the financier contacted tech entrepreneur Peter Thiel to say he had two finance ministers and “a bunch of bankers” for him to meet in New York.

“does my bad press give you pause.” Epstein added in the 2015 message.

“If I was intimidated by bad press, I would not have gotten anywhere in life... But I do hope that you’re holding up well, and that the cycle won’t go much further,” Thiel responded.

Those emails, and hundreds of others between the ...

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