JAMES PATTERSON Epstein prefers diminutive women, but Nadia is tall. She’s rail-thin and blond like the sun, with glowing skin, a wide smile, and sky-high cheekbones. | On a good day, she could pass for a Bond girl—a woman caught up in a web of crime and intrigue. But of course, that's j exactly what she is. 3 - __In certain circles, the academics and the women in Epstein’s 3 fe orbit are almost a joke. In a 2003 profile of him, New York maga- : a zine quotes Harvard professors (“He is amazing”), Princeton a a professors (“He changed my life”), MIT professors (“If 1 had acted 4 a upon the investment advice he has given me over the years, Id J 4 Virginia Roberts: 1999 be calling you from my Gulfstream right now”), and other lumi- E. a naries, up to and including Bill Clinton. a 4 “Pye known Jeff for fifteen years,” says Donald Trump. a ” rump’s estate, Mar-: “Terrific guy; he’s a lot of fun to be with.” 4g 4 [os wealthy he: No one knew then that someday Trump would run for presi: sits on twenty perfi dent. (When he does, he'll attack Hillary Clinton for Bill Clinton’s 4 a miles away from Jeffrey E own entanglements with Epstein.) But Trump's already ahead of q _ home to the exclusive Mar- the curve in that he ends up severing his ties to Epstein well ( q courts, and a very posh rest before the police or the media get wind of Epstein’s penchant for 4 Donald Trump had fou underage girls. 9 q they blocked all his efforts | He does this because he finds out that in their endless hunt ~ _ Other clubs on the island- for “masseuses,” Epstein’s procurers have been prowling around { q blacks and Jews— had neve Trump's estate in Palm Beach. F | argued. At one point he sen! 4 q ber of the town council: Gu 7 "Sidney Poitier confronts his 7 Hleman’s Agreement, in which i 4 : Connecticut and New You 130 f 4 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_021986