Top row, from left: Woody Allen, Chris Tucker, Casey Wasserman, Barry Diller, Chelsea Handler, Barry Josephson. Middle row, from left: Michael Ovitz, Soon-Yi Previn, Peggy Siegal, Naomi Campbell, David Copperfield, Brett Ratner. Bottom row, from left: Tom Barrack, Matthew Hiltzik, Dr. Peter Attia, Kevin Spacey, Steve Tisch. Illustration by Neil Jamieson; Getty Images (18) Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment Sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein's social graph mostly centers on international politics and finance, with a particular interest in science. But like many ultra-rich power brokers, he hobnobbed with Hollywood, too. His contacts ranged from A-list talent to entertainment moguls to some of the industry's top fixers. Some of these figures were close to him. Others were casual acquaintances. The Justice Department's drip-drip-drip of documents in his case have provided suggestive, incomplete peeks into these relationships and these individuals' contemporaneous knowledge of Epstein's wrongdoing. None are alleged to have been part of his criminal enterprise. Related Stories Business Wasserman Retains Investment Bank as Sale Process Kicks Into Gear Music Pop Star Laufey Departs Wasserman Amid Epstein Files Fallout (Exclusive) Yet Epstein's dropping a name, or having one dropped to him, raises eyebrows. He emailed the high-level British government official Peter Mandelson in 2009: "can you think of anyone in India china, japan" etc, that might want the endorsement of Leonardo DiCaprio... he is looking for non-u.s. products to endorse to make some momey [sic.]" Six years later, a redacted correspondent wrote Epstein, simply and inscrutably, "Jared Leto did very well ;)" DiCaprio declined to comment. A spokesperson for Leto tells The Hollywood Reporter: "Jared has never met, spoken to or corresponded with Epstein and has absolutely no connection with him at all." Much of what's most recently surfaced is colorful minutiae. Mick Jagger sending his regrets that he can't attend a dinner party. Richard Branson finalizing a head count for lunch at his private Caribbean island not far from Epstein's own. Maer Roshan (now The Hollywood Reporter's editor-in-chief) discussing the terms of the closure in 2005 of Radar magazine, in which Epstein was one of several investors. Here are some the most notable figures in media and entertainment to have been caught in the Epstein maelstrom: Woody Allen and Soon-Yi PrevinThe couple, Upper East Side neighbors of Epstein, grew close to him, sharing meals and grievances over their embattled public personas. The DOJ's latest doc dump revealed that he arranged a private White House tour for the couple at the end of the Obama administration and helped their daughter get into Bard. ("Woody said when Bechet sets fire to the school they'll have you to thank," wrote Previn.) Allen wrote to Epstein in 2016 of the latter's dinner parties that "it's always interesting and the food is sumptuous and abundant. Lots of dishes, plenty of choices, numerous desserts, well served. I say well served often it's by some professional houseman and just as often by several young women reminding one of Castle Dracula where [actor Bela] Lugosi has three young female vampires who service the place." Months after Timothée Chalamet announced he was donating his salary to charities including Time's Up for Allen's A Rainy Day in New York following renewed scrutiny of Dylan Farrow's allegations against the director, Previn wrote Epstein of a pan for the actor's Hot Summer Nights: "I'm glad that prick Chalamet's movie did not get a good review. No I'm not vindictive. :-)" Peggy SiegalThe latest tranche of Department of Justice files shows how the well-connected New York-based film publicist worked to usher Epstein back into elite social circles following his release from prison in 2009. Months after a judge categorized him in 2011 as a Level 3 sex offender with a severe risk to re-offend, Epstein wrote to Siegal to help him "find me a baby mama." She replied, "A baby Mama...if I wasn't 102 I would take that job in a nano second." (Siegal was 64 at the time.) The new DOJ documentation shows her financial history with him included $50,000 for five months of services in 2011, and that Epstein bought her a $15,000 ticket to the MPTF's "The Night Before" Oscar party in 2013 and gave her a $30,000 birthday gift in 2018. Barry JosephsonThe veteran producer - who spent much of the Nineties as a top production exec at Columbia Pictures - maintained a long, close, symbiotic relationship with Epstein. This included assistance with personal loans for the former and help with auditions for young women among the latter's retinue. Josephson was aware of Epstein's alleged predations. Following the publication of Filthy Rich, James Patterson's 2016 n