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Joe Francis and The Girls Gone Wild Theory of Jeff Epstein¶
Joe Francis, the man who built an empire on young girls exposing themselves for his “Girls Gone Wild” videos, offers a completely self-serving theory about entrepreneurialism and sex to a writer for the LA Times magazine.¶
“Sex sells everything,” he says. “It drives every buying decision … I hate to get too deep and philosophical here, but only the guys with the greatest sexual appetites are the ones who are the most driven and most successful.”¶
This was crap when we first heard it as the feminist theory of capitalism—that successful businessmen were simply acting out their rape fantasies on the economy. And it’s truly disgusting crap coming from anyone who does the things Joe Francis is alleged to have done in the article—assaulting a reporter, getting a teenager drunk and more-or-less raping her, and generally being an ass. No idea about how much of this story is accurate but if even if it’s dimes-from-dollars, it’s awful stuff.¶
We couldn’t help but remember that Jeffrey Epstein is reportedly interested in alternative theories of evolutionary psychology. Maybe he and Joe should get in touch with each other.¶
‘Baby, Give Me a Kiss’ [L.A. Times Magazine]¶
Posted by John Carney at 12:01 PM on August 07, 2006 | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBacks (0)¶
Today in Jeffrey Epstein: He Thinks You Are An Insect.¶
We feel awful for letting you down yesterday. An entire day without a post on Jeffrey Epstein. No one should have to tolerate that kind of neglect. Unless, you know, they get their news from the New York Times.¶
A blogger at Verum Serum asks whether Epstein’s interest in alternatives to evolutionary psychology and the work of E.O. Wilson might offer an insight into his alleged behavior:¶
My question about all this is simple. Is there a connection between the two threads in Jeffrey Epstein’s life? Between his scientific beliefs about human nature and his behavior toward women (and girls)? Put another way, when you see people as something akin to insects, does that alter your behavior toward them? When you see human trust and kindness as merely adaptive behaviors, does that render you less trustworthy or less kind?¶
We’ll answer all four questions. Yes. Yes. Yes. No.¶
Patron of Evolutionary Science Kept Sex Slave [Verum Serum]¶
Posted by John Carney at 02:56 PM on August 04, 2006 | Permalink | Comments (4) | TrackBacks (0)¶
Pretty Much Most of the News That’s Fit to Print So Long As It’s Not About Jeffrey Epstein¶
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It’s three o’clock already and we haven’t even mentioned Jeffrey Epstein. We’d feel like we were neglecting our journalistic duties but that might make the nice folks at New York Times feel lazy. They’ve never once mentioned Jeffrey Epstein since the sex scandal broke, as Jossip points out.¶
So, fine. We are going to be obsessive …And we are going to point out — yet again — that a very rich and powerful man was accused of some really terrible things … and the New York Times has officially let a week go by without a single mention of his name.¶
Come on, Jossip. That’s unfair. We’re sure they mean to get around to the story. It’s just so hard to find room in the paper when it is so packed with hard news.¶
Jeffrey Epstein Still Immune From New York Times Coverage: Day 7 [Jossip]¶
Posted by John Carney at 03:00 PM on August 02, 2006 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)¶
Jeffrey Epstein and Those Nobel Prize Winning Orgiasts¶
As we mentioned earlier today, over on the very, very much Not Safe For Work Moneyshot blog, the pseudonymous Shermon McCoy claims that he’s been at Jeffrey Epstein parties in which Nobel prize winners and various wealthy folks were all surrounded by young, “nude eastern european girls, frolicking with them, and then proceeding into one big orgy party.” Uhm, okay. So who were these Nobel prize winners? So far we haven’t been able to confirm anything.¶
But we have uncovered published reports about a boondoggle orgy physics symposium in St. Thomas that Epstein organized, which was attended by Nobel prize winners Gerardus’t Hooft, David Gross and Frank Wilczek, and physicist Stephen Hawking. We don’t want to suggest that Hawking got all freaky with Epstein’s alleged sex-slave. Or that anyone did anything wrong or unbecoming. Or that any of these physics guys have ever had sex with anyone, for that matter.¶
But the story does suggest it wasn’t all equations and string theory.¶
Delegates from the University of the Virgin Islands and Antilles School also attended the reception, where a few free spirited physicists braved the dance floor.¶
“There is no agenda except fun and physics, and that’s fun with a capital ‘F,’” Epstein said.¶
Before the Epstein story broke we might have read that with a straight face. Now we cannot help but wonder exactly who these “delegates” were. Were they professors? Or students? And why do we think that the capital “F” wasn’t just for fun?¶
That’s probably completely unfair. But like we said before. In light of the allegations, everything we read about Epstein seems creepy.¶
Physicists Debate Gravity at St. Thomas Symposium [St. Thomas Source]¶
Posted by John Carney at 06:05 PM on August 01, 2006 | Permalink | Comments (9) | TrackBacks (0)¶
Epstein Update: Nobel Prize Wide Shut¶
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According to the anonymous author of TheMoneyShot, Shermon McCoy (har), our flood-the-zone coverage of Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged personal pubescent predilictions is entirely based on one thing: we’re jealous!¶
STANLEY KUBRICKS EYES WIDE SHUT¶
DVD¶
All these people are, I suspect, just slightly jealous that they were never invited to a Epstein party.** Being one of those privy to just such an event- barely-llegal (I hope!) Russian girls and all- I can say that I understand why. There really is nothing else I have ever experienced quite like it. Nobel prize winners, a bunch of people intimately involved in … cough! cough! Numerix cough! and cough! Prediction Company cough! cough!, Jeff himself, and some rich people who really don’t matter- all surrounded by 18-, 19-, and 20- (again, I hope!) year old nude eastern european girls, frolicking with them, and then proceeding into one big orgy party. It was really strikingly¶
similar to Eyes Wide Shut. Without the costumes, that is.¶
Well, Sherman, we’ll admit that we’re jealous of your blog idea. Porn and finance! At the same time! Two great tastes that go great together. Why didn’t we think of that?***¶
But more importantly, we’re deeply curious about which Nobel prize winners have been known to frolick sans tweed with nude Eastern European girls. And we’re curious about the rich people who don’t matter as well. C’mon! Give us a hint!¶
Well, that’s a little presumptuous, Sherman.¶
*** No, seriously. Why didn’t we think of that? Minkin? Carney?¶
Dealbreaker and More Jeffrey Epstein (NSFW) [TheMoneyShot]¶
Posted by Elizabeth Spiers at 12:00 PM on August 01, 2006 | Permalink | Comments (12) | TrackBacks (0)¶
The Perfect Storm, DealBreaker Style¶
We’ve been spending some time trying to clear away the murk and shine some light into the shadows of Jeffrey Epstein’s financial dealings in an effort to provide some, uhm, actual financial reporting related to the sex candal encircling the mysterious money manager. There’s not much that is publicly available but we’re still digging.¶
What we have discovered, however, is a brief document amending a credit agreement for RELIANT PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. The amendment replaces the administrative agent for the credit. But what caught our eye was the confluence of three DealBreaker subjects all in the same documents.¶
The signature pages include lines for Morgan Stanley CEO John Mack, who is scheduled to appear before the SEC in connection with allegations of insider trading at Pequot Capital, as well at Jeffrey Epstein, who signs as trustee of the Wexner Children’s Trust II, part of the financial empire of The Limited founding family. And the agent who is being replaced? Goldman Sachs, where alleged insider trading crooks Eugene Plotkin and David Pajcin worked (not to mention the alma mater of that other DealBreaker obsession, Hank Paulson).¶
Now this is no doubt just a coincidence, and not really a conspiracy to make our heads explode. We should probably just take a deep breath and then post a Venn Diagram illustrating the connections but our diagramist is in meetings off-site.¶
One additional thought: this is probably the last time you’ll see Epstein’s name coupled with the words “trust” and “children” any time in the near future.¶