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Jeffrey Epstein bragged to his friends about having gotten private access to visit the Musée d’Orsay in Paris with the filmmaker Woody Allen in emails released by the Department of Justice in January.
On March 18, 2012, Epstein wrote to a recipient billed only as “junkermann,” “are you in paris„ the govt is going to open the musee dorsay for me and woody alien at 4.. youa re welcome.” The recipient wrote back, “Cool I am in brussels today.”
Those messages were sent on a Sunday. The Musée d’Orsay, Paris’s top museum for art of the 19th century, is regularly closed to the public on Mondays.
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After the apparent visit, Epstein then proceeded to email others to let them know he had gotten into the museum with Allen. “Like Borat would say…..’ King of the castle’ :),” wrote back Eva Dubin, a former girlfriend of Epstein.
The visit also appears to have spurred on lewd thoughts for Epstein. Seemingly referencing the sculptures and drawings of nude women bathing and dancing by Edgar Degas that are in the Musée d’Orsay’s collection, Epstein wrote to one recipient, “they opened the musee dorsay only for me and woody„ how crazy.. we had a great time. thinking of your naked ass up on all fours however. especially since degas drew so many women.”
A Musée d’Orsay spokesperson did not respond to request for comment.
