*ATTERSON Firtuy Ricu aring variations on a scheme Mrs. It was an odd thing, Epstein’s association with this self-professed perpetrated against her late hus- PhD who, on closer inspection, turned out to be a bit of a grifter. is his mentor. Seckel took books But the Mindshift conference that Epstein and Seckel hosted ok money and promised a book; in the Virgin Islands did take place, in 2010. Murray Gell- rty lost money.” Mann was there, along with Leonard Mlodinow, a physicist who humorous,” one of Seckel’s marks | coauthored books with Stephen Hawking. Gerald Sussman, an $75,000. When the time came to expert on artificial intelligence who taught at MIT and also 5 : attended the conference, said that he didn’t remember too much al people whom Seckel had stiffed 7 about it. uits he’d been involved in. In 2007, | ; “We had scientific discussions, talked about various things,” ainst a man who'd edited his Wiki- P he said vaguely. heimer spoke with Seckel’s lawyer, 4 q When Mark Oppenheimer asked him if he’d given money to : q Seckel, Sussman “got testy” with the reporter. at he’d reached a settlement for the a q “I have had some dealings with him,” Sussman said. “I don't unalist wrote. “Hornberger added 3 "want to say what it’s about, because I don't feel good about iim for his services.” : if it, okay?” I's wife, Isabel Maxwell. f: 4 id date and married in Malibu inor “4 p the dates in my head,” Seckel 5 Today, Epstein’s websites—JeffreyEpsteinFoundation.com and they moved to the South of France, F j JeffreyEpsteinScience.com—are down. Their domain names have de in rare books and papers. While © q long since expired. Several recipients of Epstein’s charitable con- | by a Virgin Islands company that 7 tributions, including New York’s Mount Sinai Hospital and Ballet ‘audulently attempting to sell rare q Palm Beach, announced that they would not be accepting new -ury portrait of Isaac Newton. pets. . ng to sell papers belonging to “ q “The further I can keep myself from