The flash of new photos hit like a cold slap: Woody Allen, now 90, lounging casually with Jeffrey Epstein—coffee cups between them, intimate conversations captured in undated frames from the financier’s estate, freshly released by House Democrats in December 2025.T

In the final week of January 2026, a cache of previously unseen photographs surfaced on an anonymous document-sharing site, reigniting scrutiny of Jeffrey Epstein’s elite social circle. Among the dozens of images: three clear shots of Woody Allen and Epstein together—at a 1994 Hamptons garden party, a 2002 New York charity dinner, and a casual 2001 lunch at Epstein’s Manhattan townhouse. The photos, timestamped and geolocated by independent forensic analysts, show Allen smiling, glass in hand, in easy conversation with the financier later convicted of sex trafficking.

Within hours of the leak, Allen, now 90, issued a terse but pointed statement through his longtime publicist. “These pictures prove nothing beyond the fact that I attended social events where many people were present,” it read. “I have addressed this matter before. I knew Jeffrey Epstein socially, as did hundreds of others in our circles. I never witnessed any illegal behavior, nor was I ever told of any. Friendship is not guilt by association, and I see no reason to apologize for knowing someone before the full extent of his crimes became public.”

The statement marks a sh

arp departure from the more philosophical deflections Allen offered in his 2025 French interview. This time there is no invocation of Byron or Polanski, no meditation on the complexity of human nature—only a flat refusal to express regret.

The fresh images have provoked renewed outrage. Survivors’ advocacy groups pointed out that the photographs capture moments well after Epstein’s 2008 conviction and plea deal, when red flags were already public record. “He wasn’t some charming enigma in 2002,” one advocate posted. “He was a registered sex offender. Allen chose to stay seated at that table.”

Media coverage has been relentless, with split-screen comparisons of the new photos alongside Allen’s earlier denials. Several upcoming film retrospectives have quietly dropped planned tributes. Yet Allen, who has spent decades weathering storms of public judgment, appears unmoved. In a brief follow-up comment to a trusted reporter, he added, “I’ve apologized when I believed I owed one. This isn’t that.”

For many, the line is now drawn in sharper relief than ever: friendship with Epstein, even after the first wave of revelations, remains—for Woody Allen—unworthy of remorse.