File 030229
Email Chain on Daily Mail Article About Epstein's Massage Ring and Press Ethics (File 030229)
March 2011 email correspondence discussing a Daily Mail article exposing logs of phone messages for Jeffrey Epstein's massage operations, with debate among Ghislaine Maxwell's associates about press payment ethics and legal implications.
Summary
On March 10-12, 2011, Ghislaine Maxwell and her associates exchanged emails regarding a Daily Mail article by Stephen Wright detailing disturbing logs of telephone messages left at Epstein's Florida residence. The article references schoolchildren calling to arrange massages, with messages indicating minors and explicit details. The emails debate press ethics, specifically the legality of newspapers paying for stories and criminal testimony under UK Press Complaints Commission guidelines. Ross Gow from ACUITY Reputation Limited provides detailed guidance on witness payments and payments to criminals, arguing that editors can legally publish stories involving payments in the public interest. Maxwell disputes the use of 'school' terminology, clarifying it means university and referencing Florida's age of consent laws. The article also mentions Prince Andrew's separate business controversies.
Date: Saturday, March 12 2011 02:15 AMSubject: Fw: Daily MailFrom: GmaxTo: jeevacation@gmail.com;--- Original Message From: Ross gow ‹>To: Gmax;Cc: Brian Basham <>-; Ross Gow < >; Ian Ian Maxwell <__________________________>;Kevin Maxwell <>.; Gareth Thompson <>;Sent: Thu Mar 10 16:29:24 2011Subject: Re: Daily MailMaz is the most devious and cunning of the bunch. However, Editors can pay for people, stories and documents. They can even paycriminals if it is in the public interest.Maz can pay who he wants for info but the Yorkshire Ripper for instance, as a convicted criminal, can't sell his story.. unless in publicinterest cos there was say, a bent detective.Below is from PCC Code for Editors. It is not well drafted.15Witness payments in criminal trialsi) No payment or offer of payment to a witness - or any person whomay reasonably be expected to be called as a witness - should be madein any case once proceedings are active as defmed by the Contempt ofCourt Act 1981.This prohibition lasts until the suspect has been freedunconditionally by police without charge or bail or the proceedingsare otherwise discontinued; or has entered a guilty plea to the court;or, in the event of a not guilty plea, the court has announced itsverdict.*ii) Where proceedings are not yet active but are likely andforeseeable, editors must not make or offer payment to any person whomay reasonably be expected to be called as a witness, unless theinformation concerned ought demonstrably to be published in the publicinterest and there is an over-riding need to make or promise paymentfor this to be done; and all reasonable steps have been taken toensure no financial dealings influence the evidence those witnessesgive. In no circumstances should such payment be conditional on theoutcome of a trial.*iii) Any payment or offer of payment made to a person later cited togive evidence in proceedings must be disclosed to the prosecution andHOUSE OVERSIGHT 030229defence. The witness must be advised of this requirement.16*Payment to criminalsi) Payment or offers of payment for stories, pictures or information,which seek to exploit a particular crime or to glorify or glamorisecrime in general, must not be made directly or via agents to convictedor confessed criminals or to their associates — who may includefamily, friends and colleagues.ii) Editors invoking the public interest to justify payment or offerswould need to demonstrate that there was good reason to believe thepublic interest would be served. If, despite payment, no publicinterest emerged, then the material should not be published.Ross GowManaging PartnerACUITY Reputation Limited23 Berkeley SquareLondon W1J 6HEMobileTelacuityreputation.comSent from my iPadOn 10 Mar 2011, at 16:41, GMAX> wrote:Actually school means university in the states. I think probably best not to get into the legality or not of sexual activity of youngpeople and nor is it relevant to JE case as he was in his late 40's at the time of this story. .the headline is deliberately wrong. school adultswould have been accurate..0n3/10/11 3:16 AM, "Brian Basham" < > wrote:We should think about a letter to the editor today. 'School' can mean university. Age of consent in Florida is complex — seebelow:If you are 16-yrs-old, a sexual relationship with someone 18-24is legal in Florida. The two persons involved must be between 16and 24.Florida Statute 794.05(1) A person 24 years of age or older who engages in sexual activity with a person 16 or 17 years of age commits a felony of thesecond degree.HOUSE OVERSIGHT 030230So as soon as you turn 16 you are able to have sexual relations. And you can have sexual relations with a minor (under 18) untilyour 24th birthday.'Females for JE': Disturbing log of telephone calls from schoolchildren found in sex den of Duke's billionaire friendBy Stephen Wright < <http://wwvv.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=y &authornamef=Stephen+Wright>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=y &authornamef=Stephen+Wright>Last updated at 6:30 PM on 9th March 2011Details of the disturbing lifestyle led by Jeffrey Epstein emerged last night after the Daily Mail uncovered logs of telephonemessages left at his Florida child sex den.Schoolchildren were among hundreds of callers who apparently rang to arrange massages for the 58-year-old billionaire friend ofPrince Andrew, who was later convicted of child sex offences.Ghislaine Maxwell, 49-year-old daughter of the disgraced media mogul Robert Maxwell, is named in several messages.Disturbing: Messages were found in Florida home of Jeffrey Epstein, left. The billionaire, 58, is a friend of Prince Andrew, rightIn one left for her or 'Sarah', a caller says she 'doesn't know at what time she must come this night for the massage'.Other messages for Epstein, the sources of which are not clear, contain such phrases as: 'She has females for Mr JE' and 'I have afemale for him'.Another with sickening overtones comes from someone called Jeanluc for Epstein: 'He just did a good one — 18 years. (She spoketo me and said, "I love Jeffrey")'.The long list of women is punctuated by regular references to Epstein's celebrity friends including the business magnate DonaldTrump, film producer Harvey Weinstein and magician David Copperfield, referred to as 'Magic David'.The sheer volume of phone traffic shows the frequency of Epstein's massages, many of which were 'erotic' and allegedlyinvolved the abused girls.The evidence is from documents confiscated by police during a criminal investigation into Epstein and seen yesterday by theMail.<image.png><image.png>Logs: Two of the answer phone messages. Miss Maxwell is asked, right, when a girl should give a massageOne message left for Epstein reads: 'She is wondering if 2.30 ok cuz she needs to stay in school.'It was left in February 2005 — the same year that the mother of a 14-year-old girl alerted police to Epstein's abuse.Another note shows that 'Colleen' phoned to tell Epstein: 'Going into class — will be out in 45 min.'Last night the Daily Mail tried to contact the people whose names and telephone numbers are included in the logs.One girl named Jenny, who had left her number, hung up immediately when asked about Epstein.HOUSE OVERSIGHT 030231A man listed only as Darren said: 'I have no comment to make on that.'Today, Prince Andrew was embroiled in further controversy as it was revealed Kazakhstan had asked for his help in recruitinginvestors to the country.The plea came after the former Soviet Republic's President's son-in-law had bought the Prince's former marital home for£3million above the asking price.Timur Kulibayev paid £15million for Sunninghill Park but it has remained empty and has been allowed to fall into disrepair.Last year the Prince told Hello! magazine: 'It was like any property deal between friends.'Yesterday he attempted to perform business as usual as he visited an East London school and met rail bosses in Canary Wharf.He steadfastly ignored questions from journalists asking whether he was an 'embarrassment to his country' and would resignfrom his trade ambassador role as he arrived for a briefing from business executives at the headquarters of the £15billion train projectCrossrail.Prince Andrew managed to sell Sunninghill Park for £3million more than the asking priceRead more: <http://www.dailymail.co.uldnews/article- 1364171/Females-Jeffrey-Ep stein- The-damning-telephone-lo g.html#ixzz1GBL6XKcI> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article- 1364171/Females-Jeffrey-Epstein-The-damning-telephone-log. html#ixzz1GBL6XKcI < <hftp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article- 1364171/Females-Jeffrey-Epstein-The-damning-telephone-log. html> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article- 1364171/Females-Jeffrey-Ep stein- The-damning-telephone-log.html>From: Ross Gow [Sent: 10 March 2011 7:48 AMTo: Ross gowCc: Ian Maxwell; Kevin Maxwell; Brian Basham; Gareth Thompson;Subject: Daily MailMail have published phone logs<http://www.dailymail.co.uldnews/article- 1364171/Females-Jeffrey-Epstein- The-damning-telephone-log.html>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article- 1364171/Females-Jeffrey-Epstein-The-damning-telephone-log.html < <http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article- 1364171/Females-Jeffrey-Epstein-The-damning-telephone-log.html>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article- 1364171/Females-Jeffrey-Epstein-The-damning-telephone-log.html>Ross GowManaging PartnerACUITY Reputation Limited23 Berkeley SquareLondon W1J 6HEMobileTelHOUSE OVERSIGHT 030232<http://acuityreputation.com> acuityreputation.comSent from my iPadOn 10 Mar 2011, at 07:35, Ross gow <acuityreputation@gmail.com> wrote:"Epstein's Gulfstream flew in to RAF Marham with him and the Duke's friend Ghislaine Maxwell on board, before they enjoyedthe Duke's hospitality at the Queen's Norfolk estate 20 miles away...."Ross GowManaging PartnerACUITY Reputation Limited23 Berkeley SquareLondon W1J 6HEMobileTelacuityreputation.com < <haw,/ acuityreputation.com> http://acuityreputation.com>Sent from my iPadOn 9 Mar 2011, at 22:52, Ross Gow> wrote:Dear GhislaineThank you for your good-humoured patience with us and the legal team today, during what is, understandably, a testing time.To confirm:1) I spoke to Dilenschneider in NYC at length tonight and shared strategy and role defmition.2) we sent agreed statement to Dan Mangan ay NYPost - he's on deadline for a piece on Charlie Sheen/Rob Lowe and seems tohave moved on - for the moment.3) we will release statement via Press Association and PR Newswire @11.00GMT tmrw and follow up with calls to thosejournalists who have written pieces.We will create call log/matrix and advise feedback and sentiment as appropriate tmrw. Please don't hesitate to call if you haveany additional concerns.Best regardsRossRoss GowManaging PartnerHOUSE OVERSIGHT 030233ACUITY Reputation Limited23 Berkeley SquareLondon W1 J 6HEMobileTel•acuityreputation.com < <http://acuityreputation.com> http://acuityreputation.com>Sent from my iPadHOUSE OVERSIGHT 030234