TTERSON __who was also a step-uncle of Nard to drop the story. But Ward ; came back with was dynamite. e salacious than anything Carter ing in the hours it would take to { acovered, picking the ones they CHAPTER 37 all out in a narrative that would : i cts it contained. | 4 y Vicky Ward: October 2002 gq 7 pstein went out of his way to spin the Vanity Fair story to a § kK‘. own ends, and soon after she got the assignment, Vicky x q .dWard’s phone began to ring off the hook: calls from Ace a ' Greenberg and Jimmy Cayne, the current head of Bear Stearns; a ' from Les Wexner; from academics, scientists, and movers and ¥ 4 shakers who counted Epstein among their friends. q 4 Then there were the calls from Epstein himself. He wouldn't a ' go on the record, but despite the rumors he'd spread behind a 1 Ward’s back, he was happy to talk informally, even give her a , " tour of his Manhattan mansion and trot out stories that he had j dined out on for years. By most accounts, Epstein could be 7 " €xtremely charming—even if it had taken Ghislaine to teach , “him which forks to use when—and he did his best to charm ; Vicky Ward. But she was not easily seduced, and she turned out a to have a keen eye for Epstein’s missteps. a8 4 ‘ 145 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_022001