作者：迈克·斯佩克特
- 摘要
- 公司
- 卡普通过客户莱昂·布莱克结识已故定罪性犯罪者爱泼斯坦，律所称
- 卡普通过爱泼斯坦为儿子在伍迪·艾伦的电影制作公司寻求工作
- 保尔·魏理仕承诺为特朗普政府的事业提供免费法律服务
纽约，2月3日（路透社）——律师事务所称，保尔·魏理仕（Paul Weiss）董事长布拉德·卡普（Brad Karp）“对与声名狼藉的金融家杰弗里·爱泼斯坦（Jeffrey Epstein）的往来表示懊悔”。此前，一批电子邮件披露了两人之间比此前已知更为广泛的交流。
据该律所和路透社对电子邮件的审查显示，卡普曾与这位已故的定罪性犯罪者共进晚餐，并请求爱泼斯坦帮助他的儿子在伍迪·艾伦（Woody Allen）的电影制作公司获得一份工作。这些电子邮件是美国司法部上周作为爱泼斯坦档案的一部分公布的数百万份文件中的一部分。
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电子邮件显示，卡普还曾一度向爱泼斯坦分享一份机密股票出售文件。此外，电子邮件显示，两人在2017年底还讨论了针对知名人士的性骚扰指控。
两人的电子邮件往来持续了数年，直至2019年3月。爱泼斯坦于当年7月因涉嫌性交易被逮捕，随后在曼哈顿监狱牢房内自杀身亡。爱泼斯坦于2008年因涉及未成年人卖淫的指控认罪。
保尔·魏理仕一位发言人在声明中表示，卡普是通过代表“重要律所客户”——阿波罗全球管理公司（Apollo Global Management）联合创始人兼前董事长莱昂·布莱克（Leon Black）的工作而结识爱泼斯坦的。
“懊悔”
发言人在声明中称：“在长达数年的代理过程中，卡普先生从未目睹或参与任何不当行为。卡普先生在纽约参加了两次集体晚餐，并通过电子邮件进行了少量社交互动，所有这些他都感到懊悔。”
保尔·魏理仕去年与美国总统唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump）达成协议，承诺为特朗普政府支持的事业提供数百万美元的免费法律服务，以换取特朗普政府撤销针对该律所的行政命令。
在2015年7月与导演伍迪·艾伦共进晚餐后的一条信息中，卡普写道：“我非常感谢你邀请我参加这个我永远不会忘记的夜晚。这在任何方面都是真正的‘一生一次’，尽管我希望能再次被邀请。你是一位非凡的主人——你的家……！！！”
爱泼斯坦回复道：“你随时都受欢迎。这里有无数个拥有独特才能的夜晚。你会经常收到邀请。”
卡普回复称：“你太神奇了……谢谢！”
阿波罗联合创始人、卡普的客户布莱克在2016年因费用问题与爱泼斯坦陷入纠纷。布莱克后来向爱泼斯坦支付的费用受到了严格审查，这导致他辞去了这家大型私募股权公司的领导职务。
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Paul Weiss Chair Karp regrets Epstein interactions, firm says | Reuters
By Mike Spector
- Summary
- Companies
- Karp met late convicted sex offender Epstein through client Leon Black, firm says
- Karp sought job for son on Woody Allen film production via Epstein
- Paul Weiss pledged free legal work to Trump administration causes
NEW YORK, Feb 3 (Reuters) – Paul Weiss Chairman Brad Karp “regrets” interactions with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, the law firm said, after a trove of emails revealed more extensive communications between the two men than previously known.
Karp attended dinners with the late convicted sex offender and asked Epstein to help his son land a job with a Woody Allen film production, according to the firm and a Reuters review of emails contained among millions of documents the U.S. Department of Justice released last week as part of the Epstein files.
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Karp also at one point shared a confidential stock sale document with Epstein, according to the emails. In addition, the two discussed sexual misconduct accusations made against well-known men in late 2017, the emails show.
The pair traded emails for several years up to as recently as March 2019. Epstein was arrested on sex trafficking charges later that year in July. He later hanged himself in his Manhattan jail cell. Epstein pleaded guilty in 2008 to prostitution charges, including soliciting an underage girl.
Karp met Epstein through his work representing “significant firm client” Leon Black, co-founder and former chairman of Apollo Global Management, a Paul Weiss spokesperson said in a statement.
‘REGRET’
“During the course of that representation, which spanned several years, Mr. Karp never witnessed or participated in any misconduct. Mr. Karp attended two group dinners in New York City and had a small number of social interactions by email, all of which he regrets,” the spokesperson said in a statement.
Paul Weiss struck a deal with U.S. President Donald Trump last year to pledge millions of dollars in free legal work to causes Trump’s administration supported in exchange for it rescinding an executive order targeting the law firm.
“I can’t thank you enough for including me in an evening I’ll never forget,” Karp wrote to Epstein in a July 2015 message that followed a scheduled dinner with Woody Allen, the filmmaker. “It was truly ‘once in a lifetime’ in every way, though I hope to be invited again. You are an extraordinary host – and your home….!!!”
Epstein responded: “You are always welcome. There are many many nights of unique talents. You will be invited often.”
“You’re amazing … and thank you!” Karp replied.
Black, the Apollo co-founder and Karp’s client, became embroiled in a dispute with Epstein over fees in 2016. The fees Black paid Epstein later became the subject of intense scrutiny, leading him to relinquish his role atop the giant private-equity firm.
Reporting by Mike Spector; editing by Mark Heinrich
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