Naomi Campbell and Jeffrey Epstein invited each other to parties and met in person in the years before the latter’s death, new documents released by the US Department of Justice reveal.
The files detail interactions between the supermodel and the convicted pedophile that continued even after Epstein served a 13-month sentence in 2008 for soliciting prostitution from a minor.
Campbell’s name appears more than 250 times in the file, many of them duplicates.
Files reveal that Campbell, 55, and Epstein, who died in prison in 2019, met at her birthday party in Saint-Tropez in 2001, at the invitation of her then-boyfriend Flavio Briatore.
Mr. Epstein’s accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell, was also at the party, according to the documents.
Mr. Campbell’s lawyer, Martin Singer, told the Times that Mr. Epstein and Mr. Maxwell went to the party and “spent about 20 minutes.”
Singer also claimed that his client was unaware of Epstein’s heinous criminal activities “until after his arrest in 2019” and has not spoken to him since then.
Mr. Campbell invited Mr. Epstein to many more events over the course of 15 years, including her birthday party in St. Tropez in 2004 and a Dolce & Gabbana party celebrating Mr. Campbell’s 25th anniversary with the brand in 2010, to which he responded.
Mr. Epstein’s email account responded to an invitation to the latter event, saying, “Mr. Jeffrey will come, plus two, if possible.”
Campbell is listed in a document titled “List of People Needing JE Addresses!” It details how to mail letters, postcards and books to the Florida prison where Epstein was incarcerated in 2008.
But Singer told the Times that Campbell “has no idea who created this list or why her name is on this document.”
“She didn’t ask anyone for an address so she could contact Epstein in a Florida prison.”
In 2010, less than a year after Epstein’s release from prison, Campbell invited Epstein to his 40th birthday party in Cannes, France.
“This is a private event for her closest friends and family and we encourage you to attend,” the invitation read, according to a Justice Department document.
But Mr. Singer told the New York Times that Mr. Campbell was not on the guest list and that Mr. Epstein did not go to the party.
Years later, in a 2016 email listed on file, Campbell unsuccessfully requested the use of Epstein’s private plane to travel from New York to Miami.
Mr. Epstein ultimately had to leave early “due to snow,” the documents say, so he directed the recipients of the redacted emails to find Mr. Campbell’s chartered plane.
The documents do not mention any communication between Mr. Campbell and Mr. Epstein or their assistants since 2016.
Campbell’s lawyer said in a statement to the New York Times that Campbell “passed on several of Mr. Epstein’s flights and did not observe any inappropriate behavior.”
Singer also claimed that Campbell “knew nothing about his horrific criminal activities” until he was arrested in New York in 2019.
“If my client had encountered a young woman who she believed was a victim of Epstein, she would have taken immediate action to help her,” Singer’s statement added.
Mr. Campbell has not been accused of any wrongdoing.
Page Six has reached out to Campbell’s attorney for comment.
After Epstein was indicted for sex trafficking in 2019, Campbell spoke out about his “indefensible” crimes.
“When I heard what he did, it made me sick to my stomach like everyone else, because like everyone else, I’ve dealt with my fair share of sexual predators,” she said in a YouTube video at the time, according to The Independent. “Right now I stand with the victims. I can’t do that… They are scarred for life, for life,” she added.
