File 030222
Email Chain on Media Management Strategy and Daily Mail Coverage (File 030222)
Email correspondence between Ghislaine Maxwell and associates regarding Daily Mail article about Jeffrey Epstein's massage logs and legal strategy for media response.
Summary
This email chain from March 2011 discusses a Daily Mail article exposing logs of phone messages to Jeffrey Epstein's Florida residence mentioning underage callers and massage arrangements. Kevin Maxwell provides legal analysis on press regulation and redress options under UK law. Ross Gow from ACUITY Reputation Limited offers guidance on PCC Code provisions regarding witness payments and payment to criminals, while Brian Basham suggests a letter to the editor addressing the article's terminology regarding age of consent laws in Florida.
Date: Friday, March 11 2011 12:54 AMSubject: FW: Daily MailFrom: GMAXTo: J Jep <jeevacation@grnail.corn>;------Forwarded MessageFrom:Reply-To: <Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2011 16:40:11 -0500To: NY Max___________________Subject: Fw: Daily MailPlease see below. My take:A) voluntary rules are meaningless in terms of arranging for a cessation of craparticles/stories etcB) doesn't offer redress (financial or in terms of publicity.Law here definitely provides moreprotection and redress if individual(s) involved in approaches from newspapers are employees or have anyform of contractual relationship with target.Let's talk.KevinxKevin MaxwellAvenue Partners Limited35 Park LaneLondon W1K 1RBTelFrom: Ross gow <Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2011 21:29:24 +0000To: GMAXCc: Brian Basham<>; Ross Gow >; Ian Ian Maxwell<_________________________>; Kevin Maxwell >; Gareth Thompson<>;Subject: Re: Daily MailMaz is the most devious and cunning of the bunch. However, Editors can pay for people, stories and documents.They can even pay criminals 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 hisstory...unless in public interest cos there was say, a bent detective.Fax: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 defined 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 whoHOUSE OVERSIGHT 030222may 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 anddefence. 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 LimitedMobileTel•acuityreputation.com <____________Sent 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 ofsexual activity of young people and nor is it relevant to JE case as he was in his late 40's at the time ofthis story. .the headline is deliberately wrong. .school adults would have been accurate..On 3/10/11 3:16 AM, "Brian Basham" <wrote:HOUSE OVERSIGHT 030223We should think about a letter to the editor today. 'School' can mean university. Age ofconsent in Florida is complex — see below:If you are 16-yrs-old, a sexual relationship with someone 18-24is legal in Florida. The two personsinvolved must be between 16 and 24.Florida Statute 794.05(1) A person 24 years of age or older who engages in sexual activity with a person 16 or 17years of age commits a felony of the second degree.So as soon as you turn 16 you are able to have sexual relations. And you can have sexual relationswith a minor (under 18) until your 24th birthday.'Females for JE': Disturbinglog of telephone calls fromschoolchildren found in sexden of Duke's billionairefriendBy Stephen Wright <http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=y &authornamef=Stephen+Wright <http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=y &authomamef=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 Mailuncovered logs of telephone messages left at his Florida child sex den.Schoolchildren were among hundreds of callers who apparently rang to arrange massages for the58-year-old billionaire friend of Prince Andrew, who was later convicted of child sex offences.Ghislaine Maxwell, 49-year-old daughter of the disgraced media mogul Robert Maxwell, is namedin several messages.Disturbing: Messages were found in Florida home of Jeffrey Epstein, left. The billionaire, 58, is afriend of Prince Andrew, rightIn one left for her or 'Sarah', a caller says she 'doesn't know at what time she must come this nightfor the massage'.Other messages for Epstein, the sources of which are not clear, contain such phrases as: 'She hasfemales for Mr JE' and 'I have a female for him'.Another with sickening overtones comes from someone called Jeanluc for Epstein: 'He just did aHOUSE OVERSIGHT 030224good one — 18 years. (She spoke to me and said, "I love Jeffrey")'.The long list of women is punctuated by regular references to Epstein's celebrity friends includingthe business magnate Donald Trump, film producer Harvey Weinstein and magician DavidCopperfield, referred to as 'Magic David'.The sheer volume of phone traffic shows the frequency of Epstein's massages, many of which were'erotic' and allegedly involved the abused girls.The evidence is from documents confiscated by police during a criminal investigation into Epsteinand seen yesterday by the Mail.<image.png><image.png>Logs: Two of the answer phone messages. Miss Maxwell is asked, right, when a girl should give amassageOne 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 toEpstein'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 areincluded in the logs.One girl named Jenny, who had left her number, hung up immediately when asked about Epstein.A 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 hadasked for his help in recruiting investors to the country.The plea came after the former Soviet Republic's President's son-in-law had bought the Prince'sformer marital home for £3million above the asking price.Timur Kulibayev paid £15million for Sunninghill Park but it has remained empty and has beenallowed 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 metrail bosses in Canary WharfHe steadfastly ignored questions from journalists asking whether he was an 'embarrassment to hiscountry' and would resign from his trade ambassador role as he arrived for a briefing frombusiness executives at the headquarters of the £15billion train project Crossrail.Prince Andrew managed to sell Sunninghill Park for £3million more than the asking priceHOUSE OVERSIGHT 030225Read more: http ://www. dailymail. c o .uk/news/artic le- 1364171/Females- Jeffrey-Epstein- The-damning-telephone-log.html#ixzz1GBL6XKcI <http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1364171/Females- Jeffrey-Epstein- The-damning- telephone-lo g.html#ixzz1GBL6XKcI > <http ://www. dailymail. c o .uk/news/artic le- 1364171/Females- Jeffrey-Epstein- The-damning-telephone- log.html <http ://www. dailymail. co .uk/news/artic le- 1364171/Females- Jeffrey-Epstein-The-damning-telephone-log.html> >From: Ross GowSent: 10 March 2011 7:48 AMTo: Ross gowCc: 1111> ; Ian Maxwell; Kevin Maxwell; BrianBasham; Gareth Thompson;Subject: Dai y MaiMail have published phone logshttp ://www. dailymail. c o.uk/news/artic le- 1364171/Females- Jeffrey-Epstein- The-damning-telephone- log.html <http ://www. dailymail. c o .uk/news/artic le- 1364171/Females- Jeffrey-Ep stein-The-damning-te lephone- lo g.html> <http ://www. dailymail. c o .uk/news/artic le- 1364171/F emales-Je ffrey-Ep stein- The-damning-telephone-log.html <http ://www. dailymail. c o .uk/news/artic le-1364171/F emales- Jeffrey-Epstein- The-damning- telephone- lo g.html> >Ross GowManaging PartnerACUITY Reputation Limited23 Berkeley SquareLondon W1J 6HEMobileTelacuityreputation.com <http://acuityreputation.com > <http://acuityreputation.com >Sent from my iPadOn 10 Mar 2011, at 07:35, Ross gow <> <> wrote:"Epstein's Gulfstream flew in to RAF Marham with him and the Duke's friend Ghislaine Maxwellon board, before they enjoyed the Duke's hospitality at the Queen's Norfolk estate 20 milesaway...."Ross GowManaging PartnerHOUSE OVERSIGHT 030226ACUITY Reputation Limited23 Berkeley SquareLondon W1J 6HEMobileTelacuityreputation.com <http://acuityreputation.com > <http://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 definition.2) we sent agreed statement to Dan Mangan ay NYPost - he's on deadline for a piece on CharlieSheen/Rob Lowe and seems to have moved on - for the moment.3) we will release statement via Press Association and PR Newswire @11.00GMT tmrw andfollow up with calls to those journalists who have written pieces.We will create call log/matrix and advise feedback and sentiment as appropriate tmrw. Please don'thesitate to call if you have any additional concerns.Best regardsRossRoss GowManaging PartnerACUITY Reputation Limited23 Berkeley SquareLondon W1J 6HEMobileTelacuityreputation.com <http://acuityreputation.com > <http://acuityreputation.com <http://acuityreputation.com > >Sent from my iPadHOUSE OVERSIGHT 030227End of Forwarded MessageHOUSE OVERSIGHT 030228