Epstein pressed billionaire media mogul to influence coverage, files reveal

Epstein leveraged ties with Mortimer Zuckerman to try to steer tabloid’s coverage of abuse allegations.

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Jeffrey Epstein pressured a media tycoon he did business with to quash coverage of allegations of his sexual abuse of girls, according to documents released by the United States Department of Justice.

Epstein leveraged close personal and professional ties with the Canadian-American billionaire Mortimer Zuckerman to try to influence the New York Daily News’s coverage of allegations against him after his 2008 conviction for soliciting a minor for prostitution, the documents show.

Epstein pressed billionaire media mogul to influence coverage, files reveal

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