THE PALM BEACH POST

THE PALM BEACH POST • WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13.2008 Eclectic mix visits jailed tycoon A scientist, a stuntman and a reputed `sex slave visit Epstein By LARRY KELLER Palm Reach Past Staff WSJ". WEST PAIN BEACH -- TYcoon Jeffrey Epstein mingled with an eclectic mix of people, including beautiful young women, before he got into trouble for paying teen- age girls to give him sexual massages at his Palm Beach mansion. Not much has changed, even though he now resides in a dorm at the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office 17-acre, 967-bed stockade near the fairgrounds. During his first month of confinement, Epstein was visited by the female assis- tant who, girls told police, had escorted them to the room at his mansion where they gave him naked massages. Also trekking to the jail was a young woman whom Epstein purportedly de- scribed as his Yugoslavian sex slave. The wealthy financier and science wonk also has been visited by an expert on artificial intelligence, as well as a man who is a mixed martial arts aficionado and sometime movie stuntman. The only other people to visit him at the jail, according to records, are a Singer Island man and an individual who listed Epstein's Palm Beach address as his own. Epstein, 55. pleaded guilty on June 30 to two prostitution-related charges and was sentenced to 18 months in jail, fol- lowed by a year of house arrest. Epstein See EPSTEIN, 88 ► Epstein Serving 18 months at the county stockade. EFTA00215388 Expert on artificial intelligence pays visit ► EPSTEIN from 18 paid teenage girls $200 to $300 in 2004 and 2005 for massages in his home that sometimes included sexual touching. Palm Beach police said. His jail visitors in July included: ■ Sarah Kellen, 29, who some of the teen masseuses said phoned them when Epstein was in town and escorted them upon their arrival at his Palm Beach waterfront home to an upstairs room. where she prepared the massage table and provided the oils for their encoun- ters with him. Kellen visited Epstein three times in July according to a jail visitor's log. Kellen lists a Manhattan home address. Reached by telephone, she declined to discusstpstein. ■ Nadia Marcinkova, 23, whose fam- ily in Yugoslavia Epstein paid money to so that he could bring her to the United States to be his "sex slave," two teenage girls told police. One girl told police that Epstein instructed Marcinkova and her to kiss and have sex while he watched and masturbated. Another said she engaged in sex with Marcinkova at Epstein's urging. Marcinkova visited Epstein in jail four times in 13 days. She lists her address as on the Upper East side of Manhattan, not far from Epstein's enormous apartment. ■ Roger Schank, 62, founder of the Institute for Learning Sciences at Northwestern University and an expert on artificial intelligence, paid one visit to'Epstein. Schank has written numer- ous books on that subject and has a doctorate degree from Yale University in linguistics. He was one of 19 people who applied to be president of Florida Atlantic University in 2003. He became "chief learning officer" at the online Trump University in 2005. Schank listed his address as being in Stuart, and records show he also owns a home in Lake Worth. Epstein has financed a number of scientists .over the years, including Nobel Prize winners. He gave $30 mil- lion to Harvard University in 2003. In November, he formed the not-for-profit Florida Science Foundation, which he said finances scientific research. ■ Igor Zinoviev, a Russian mixed mar- tial arts fighter, who coaches a Chicago team in the International Fight League. He also has worked as a personal trainer, celebrity bodyguard and movie stunt- man, according to the league% Web site. The New Jersey resident visited Epstein seven times in July. Zinoviev, Schenk and Marcinkova could not be reached for comment. Staff researdier Niels Heimeriks contrib- uted to this story. • larry_kellerepbpost com EFTA00215389