Jeffrey Epstein’s younger brother, Mark, doesn’t believe the late financier committed suicide in his cell while awaiting trial on federal sex-trafficking charges.
Within a few weeks, Mark is planning to release the findings of a new independent autopsy report, which he claims will back up his allegations that his brother was murdered.
“He has medical evidence his brother was killed,” said Andrew Lownie, who delves into Jeffrey’s friendship with Prince Andrew in his latest book, “Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York.”
Lownie told me he had lunch with Mark last month at the National Arts Club on Gramercy Park, after Mark had read his book. The explosive biography comes out in paperback with new chapters in May.
Lownie’s claims of evidence echo what Mark said earlier this month during an interview with NewsNation.
“Jeffrey was murdered, and more autopsy facts will be coming out in February that prove it,” he said, rejecting the official cause of death as “suicide by hanging.”
Mark, who identified his brother’s body, added that the injuries he witnessed “didn’t correspond” to the way the body was found.
The real estate investor suggests Jeffrey was killed to keep him from spilling secrets about his rich and powerful associates.
“Why the cover-up?” Mark asked. “Why the charade? Who are they trying to protect?”
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Donald Trump Jr. and his new fiancée, Bettina Anderson, were the stars of the show at the Hope for Depression Research Foundation’s Palm Beach Junior Committee Party at The Beach Club.
Anderson, the 39-year-old founder of the environmental nonprofit Project Paradise, is a vice chair for the committee.
The event served as a kickoff for the organization’s 8th Annual Race of Hope, being held in Palm Beach on Feb. 14.
Junior chairs Grace and Tally Walker greeted fellow philanthropists like interior designer Scott Snyder, Palmer Palm Beach editor Christine Schott and daughter Whitney, Colony Hotel owner Sarah Wetenhall, and socialites Laine Siklos, Hollis Bradley Pica and Callie Baker Holt.
But all eyes were on Don Jr. and his wife-to-be, who held hands throughout the evening.
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Donald Trump Jr. (R) sits with his girlfriend Bettina Anderson prior to a Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony to mark the National Day of Remembrance for slain activist Charlie Kirk.(Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
On their way out, the pair told pals they were flying out on a friend’s private plane to the Bahamian island of Great Abaco, where a resort is being developed by Michael Meldman.
The chairman of Discovery Land Company is also a founder of the Casamigos tequila brand with longtime pals George Clooney and Rande Gerber.
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Jessica Cristobal, the wife of Miami Hurricanes football coach Mario Cristobal, wore a custom outfit for the CFP Championship game Monday, drawing almost as many eyeballs as President Trump.
Trump got a thunderous reception as he waved to the crowd during “The Star-Spangled Banner.” He was accompanied by his eldest daughter, Ivanka, son-in-law Jared Kushner and several of his grandkids, including Don Jr.’s 18-year-old daughter, Kai.
Designer Radmila Lolly, known around Miami for wearing wild outfits to sporting events, designed Cristobal’s look for the big game. It was a dark green, cap-sleeve dress with a ruffled hem and silver accents, finished with a large Hurricanes logo on the chest.
Despite the support for the home team, the Indiana Hoosiers ended up beating Miami 27 to 21, winning their first-ever national football championship in an undefeated season.
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Hurricane Melissa devastated Jamaica last fall, but the Round Hill Hotel on the island’s north coast escaped the worst of the destruction and reopened last month for a wedding.
Now the 100-acre luxury resort is preparing for the Sugar Cane Ball on Feb. 14, when hundreds of guests, led by honorary chairs Ricky and Ralph Lauren, will dine and dance to raise money for Hanover Charities.
Proceeds will help the organization’s ongoing hurricane relief efforts.
Shoe designer Vanessa Noel, who’s chairing the ball for the fifth time, said the resort was “unbelievably lucky to be on a cove surrounded by hills.”
Noel hosted a pre-party dinner at her Upper East Side townhouse for Josef Forstmayr, who’s been the managing director of Round Hill for nearly 40 years. He’s also the Honorary Consul of Austria in Jamaica and serves as a director of the Jamaica Tourist Board.
Other dinner attendees included real estate mogul Janna Bullock and designer Nicole Miller.
The Round Hill Hotel, located in a private gated community, was founded in the early 1950s as an exclusive resort for the elite. Legendary guests have included Grace Kelly, Truman Capote, Clark Gable, Noel Coward and Alfred Hitchcock. Oscar Hammerstein wrote parts of “The Sound of Music” while staying at the property.
John and Jackie Kennedy spent part of their honeymoon there in 1953. They frequently returned to the hotel, with JFK even using Villa 25 to prepare his 1961 inauguration speech.
