Jeffrey Epstein’s notorious “little black book”—a leather-bound address directory seized by the FBI—has long symbolized the financier’s extraordinary reach into global elite circles. In late 2025 releases under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, the U.S. Department of Justice published a redacted version of this contact book, cataloging hundreds of private phone numbers, addresses, and emails of presidents, royalty, billionaires, celebrities, and politicians. While unredacted versions circulated online years earlier, the official disclosure confirms the staggering breadth of Epstein’s inner circle, compiled with assistance from Ghislaine Maxwell.

The book, spanning the 1990s and early 2000s, lists former Presidents Donald Trump (with multiple Mar-a-Lago and New York entries) and Bill Clinton, Britain’s Prince Andrew (including palace contacts), media mogul Rupert Murdoch, billionaire Leslie Wexner (Epstein’s key patron), and former statesmen like Henry Kissinger and John Kerry. Celebrities abound: Michael Jackson, Mick Jagger, Naomi Campbell, Alec Baldwin, Kevin Spacey, Chris Tucker, and Courtney Love. Other notables include Jimmy Buffett, Ralph Fiennes, Alan Dershowitz, and Kennedys such as Ethel Kennedy and Ted Kennedy Jr..
Interwoven are dozens of “massage” entries—often young women in cities like New York, Palm Beach, and Paris—echoing the recruitment network central to Epstein’s trafficking convictions. Annotations note personal details, underscoring how Epstein hoarded intimate information.
Inclusion implies no wrongdoing; many contacts were social or professional from Epstein’s pre-conviction era as a wealthy financier. Yet the directory exposes how a college dropout built leverage through proximity to power. Victim advocates argue it highlights enablers who overlooked warnings, while critics decry redactions protecting privacy over transparency.
As the DOJ processes over a million newly discovered documents, delaying full releases into 2026, the black book stands as a chilling artifact. It maps not just connections, but the opaque intersections of wealth, influence, and alleged depravity that defined Epstein’s world.
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