Jeffrey Epstein sent £10,000 to Lord Peter Mandelson’s husband, Reinaldo Avila da Silva, in 2009, according to emails published by the US Department of Justice, raising fresh questions about the friendship between the disgraced financier and the former UK ambassador to Washington.
The emails published on Friday show da Silva emailing Epstein in September that year, asking for money to fund an osteopathy course and other related expenses. “I will wire your loan amount immediated’y [sic],” Epstein replied that day.
A few days later, da Silva sent Epstein an email saying “thank you for the money which arrived in my account this morning”
Mandelson married da Silva in 2023 after a relationship of three decades.
At the time of the payments Mandelson was business secretary and de facto deputy prime minister to then UK prime minister Gordon Brown.
Epstein was in prison from 2008 until July 2009 after pleading guilty to charges of soliciting prostitution.
The FT was first told about payments from Epstein to da Silva by an individual who claimed to have knowledge of the matter last year.
In September a person close to Mandelson described the allegation as “inconceivable”, adding there had been “no relationship” between da Silva and Epstein, and that the pair had not liked each other. The person denied that Mandelson had ever received money from Epstein, either directly or via his husband.
At the time da Silva did not reply to an FT request for comment asking him whether — and if so why — he had accepted money from the convicted paedophile.
Starmer was forced to sack Mandelson from his most recent role as US ambassador in early September last year after revelations that he had called Epstein his “best pal” in a 50th birthday tribute book.
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The rabbit hole goes deep. But why are only British folks getting exposed what about the American Millionaires/Politicians?
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I absolutely believe Mandelson’s creepy enough that a monster like Epstein would pay £10k to never meet him again.
“Seriously, I don’t know how you can stand him. I know what Donald Trump looks like naked with a mouthful of Clinton’s cock, and it’s nowhere near as nauseating as your husband’s general presence. Take this and keep him away from me.”
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Jeffrey Epstein sent £10,000 to Lord Peter Mandelson’s husband, Reinaldo Avila da Silva, in 2009, according to emails published by the US Department of Justice, raising fresh questions about the friendship between the disgraced financier and the former UK ambassador to Washington.
The emails published on Friday show da Silva emailing Epstein in September that year, asking for money to fund an osteopathy course and other related expenses. “I will wire your loan amount immediated’y [sic],” Epstein replied that day.
A few days later, da Silva sent Epstein an email saying “thank you for the money which arrived in my account this morning”
Mandelson married da Silva in 2023 after a relationship of three decades.
At the time of the payments Mandelson was business secretary and de facto deputy prime minister to then UK prime minister Gordon Brown.
Epstein was in prison from 2008 until July 2009 after pleading guilty to charges of soliciting prostitution.
The FT was first told about payments from Epstein to da Silva by an individual who claimed to have knowledge of the matter last year.
In September a person close to Mandelson described the allegation as “inconceivable”, adding there had been “no relationship” between da Silva and Epstein, and that the pair had not liked each other. The person denied that Mandelson had ever received money from Epstein, either directly or via his husband.
At the time da Silva did not reply to an FT request for comment asking him whether — and if so why — he had accepted money from the convicted paedophile.
Starmer was forced to sack Mandelson from his most recent role as US ambassador in early September last year after revelations that he had called Epstein his “best pal” in a 50th birthday tribute book.
This is a developing story
The rabbit hole goes deep. But why are only British folks getting exposed what about the American Millionaires/Politicians?
I absolutely believe Mandelson’s creepy enough that a monster like Epstein would pay £10k to never meet him again.
“Seriously, I don’t know how you can stand him. I know what Donald Trump looks like naked with a mouthful of Clinton’s cock, and it’s nowhere near as nauseating as your husband’s general presence. Take this and keep him away from me.”