Newly released records from a US Justice Department investigation into the crimes of Jeffrey Epstein have renewed scrutiny of his continued contact with former associates after his 2008 conviction.
Among the documents is a 2010 email from Eva Andersson-Dubin — a former girlfriend and longtime associate of Epstein — inviting him to visit her home, two years after he pleaded guilty in Florida to soliciting a minor for prostitution and served a brief jail sentence.
At the time the email was sent, Andersson-Dubin’s daughter, Celina, was believed to be 15 years old. “Come and visit next week, Celina will have five friends over,” Andersson-Dubin wrote in the message, which has resurfaced in the latest tranche of released records.
The correspondence has drawn attention because it occurred after Epstein had served his sentence and was registered as a sex offender.
According to a Vanity Fair report, Eva Andersson-Dubin and her husband, billionaire hedge fund manager Glenn Dubin, were among those who resumed social contact with Epstein following his release from prison.
Court records show that in 2009 — a year before the resurfaced email — Andersson-Dubin wrote to Epstein’s probation officer acknowledging his conviction but stating she was “100% comfortable” with Epstein being around her children. She later invited him to a Thanksgiving dinner, the report said.
Eva Andersson-Dubin, born Eva Birgitta Andersson in Uddevalla, Sweden, is a former Ford model who won the Miss Sweden title in 1980. She later attended medical school at UCLA and dated Epstein intermittently during the 1980s before marrying Glenn Dubin in 1994. Although the romantic relationship ended, she and Epstein remained friends for years.
Andersson-Dubin has consistently denied having knowledge of Epstein’s broader criminal conduct. After his arrest in 2019 on federal sex trafficking charges, a spokesperson said the allegations were completely at odds with the person she believed Epstein to be.
“If they had been aware of the vile and unspeakable conduct, they would have cut off all ties and certainly never allowed their children to be in his presence,” the statement said.
Testimony in Ghislaine Maxwell trial
Andersson-Dubin later testified as a defence witness during Ghislaine Maxwell’s 2021 sex trafficking trial. She told the court she did not participate in any sexual activity involving Epstein and Maxwell and said she did not recall meeting one of Epstein’s accusers.
Questioned about gaps in her recollection, she said, “It’s very hard for me to remember anything far back, and sometimes I can’t remember things from last month. My family notices it. I notice it.”
She also testified that Epstein had what she described as an “uncle-like” relationship with her children, who referred to him as “Uncle F,” and said she and her husband were comfortable with that relationship at the time.
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