EPSTEIN NEWS IN A NUTSHELL: The new Melania Trump allegation, Jeffrey's ranch investigation updates, his dentist's demotion, Mandelson, ex-Prince Andrew, and more
This week's news in a nutshell: read the latest Epstein-related headlines while I add some context to the chaos from behind my vintage typewriter, a cup of coffee, & a stack of investigation reports.
On Tuesday, I’ll be posting the final part, in which Rina discusses the truth about Virginia Giuffre and her ongoing lawsuit against Giuffre’s estate.
But for now, let’s take a look at some of the latest Epstein updates you may have missed, and I’ll add some context/facts that the media are hiding from you…
EPSTEIN’S ASSISTANT IS ‘PLANNING TO WRITE A TELL-ALL BOOK’
Newsfeeds today have been buzzing with the claim that Sarah Kellen has decided to write a book revealing the truth about the Epstein scandal.
The claim, however, originates from Page Six, a popular, yet ultimately unreliable gossip site based in New York. Page Six’s claim is based solely on one anonymous source, and there has been no confirmation from Kellen herself.
Regardless, the misleading headline has already been promoted as fact by politicians in America, mostly Democrats, who have demonstrated that they only wish to exploit the Epstein scandal for political point-scoring, often amplifying unsubstantiated, sensational headlines to tighten the screws on their political rivals. I don’t doubt for a second that the lawyers of the ‘survivors’ will soon be doing the same when it comes to Kellen (albeit their motivation being financial rather than political), and I’ve been told that she is now being represented by Bradley Edwards (I’ll write an article about Bradley’s blackmail tactics on Monday).
Regarding Kellen, you can read my recent article about her here:
EPSTEIN INTRODUCED MELANIA TO TRUMP, A FORMER MODEL HAS CLAIMED
For years, modelling agent Paolo Zampolli has repeated the same story about how Donald and Melania Trump first crossed paths. The Italian-born close ally of Trump, and the special envoy for global affairs in his administration, has long said he introduced the pair himself at a party held inside Manhattan’s Kit Kat Club in 1998. In an interview with The New York Times during the 2016 presidential campaign, Zampolli again described himself as the man responsible for the meeting.
But a former partner of Zampolli is now publicly disputing that version of events.
Amanda Ungaro, an ex-Brazilian model, posted a video to X that was later removed from the platform. In the clip, Ungaro accused Zampolli of lying about introducing Melania to Trump. She instead alleged that Melania was connected to Jeffrey Epstein and met Trump through Epstein.
“You never introduced Melania to Trump,” Ungaro says in the video. “It was Jeffrey Epstein. She was escort of Jeffrey Epstein. That’s how she met Donald Trump. I know because I was with you for 20 years and you always told me it was Epstein, not you.”
The New Times, which reported on the deleted video, said it had not independently verified the allegations.
Late last year, Zampolli himself severed ties with Ungaro, his wife of twenty years, and accused her of extortion.
In a nutshhell, he’d discovered that Ungaro was being held in Miami on fraud charges and allegedly contacted a senior official at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to report that she was living illegally in the U.S.
Ungaro was thus deported in October 2025 and appears to now be a woman scorned.
Speaking to Italian broadcaster RAI in April of this year, Zampolli alleged extortion on his ex-wife’s part and said: "Brazilian women cause trouble with everyone, right? It’s not like this was the first one."
Melania has herself already publicly denied the rumour that Epstein introduced her to Trump, issuing a nervous statement to the press on April 9th of this year.
TRUMP REFILES LAWSUIT AGAINST WASHINGTON POST’S EPSTEIN LETTER CLAIM
The American President has refiled his lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal and two of its journalists.
The case centers on a report about an alleged sexually suggestive birthday message carrying Trump’s name that was reportedly sent to Epstein and included in a book of letters and drawings, organised by Ghislaine Maxwell, for a book that was given to Epstein for his 50th birthday.
The message has since been widely reported by the media and pondered over by numerous Epstein accusers whom I’ve interviewed - Rina Oh had a print-out of the message pinned to the wall of her office when I last visited her in New Jersey.
An earlier version of the lawsuit was thrown out last month after a federal judge concluded that Trump had not sufficiently shown that The Wall Street Journal acted with “actual malice” when publishing the story.
Trump’s refiled lawsuit argues that the article was defamatory and is seeking $10 billion in damages.
According to the complaint, the report contained what Trump’s legal team described as “glaring failures in journalistic ethics and standards of accurate reporting.”
A spokesperson for Trump told CNN that the president had “refiled his powerhouse lawsuit” against the newspaper and the other defendants involved in the case. The spokesperson added that Trump intended to continue pursuing legal action against media organisations he accuses of spreading “Fake News and smears.”
Former Chief Crown Prosecutor (falsely) claims Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor could be facing ‘life imprisonment’ over the Epstein scandal
In an interview with 60 Minutes Australia, former Chief Crown Prosecutor Nazir Afzal gave a legal breakdown of ‘the rare, life-sentence charges Mountbatten-Windsor could face’. 60 Minutes promoted the interview on YouTube by writing: “Drawing on decades of experience, Afzal exposes how the Epstein files and systemic breaches of trust have finally triggered a historic royal reckoning.
To put it bluntly, Afzal, an ardent supporter of leftwing politics and a man well known for promoting unsubstantiated, sensational claims on X, is talking bollocks.
The allegations made against the former prince by Virginia Giuffre were exposed as being fabricated for money and attention - I was the first to expose them in my lengthy report, We Need to Talk About Virginia, back in 2022, and her claims have been further debunked through her former close associates whom I interviewed for my book, Naked Lies.
A second woman has since made allegations against Andrew, claiming that he ‘behaved inappropriately’ towards her whilst she was over the legal age of consent and believed to have been working at the Royal Ascot horse race in 2002.
But this so-far anonymous woman has already confirmed that she will not speak to the police nor make an official complaint (read from that what you will), and, despite misleading mainstream media headlines insinuating otherwise, police officials have confirmed that no investigation into the allegations has been opened.
None of the allegations against Andrew could ever be punished by ‘a life sentence’.
Furthermore, the Metropolitan Police long ago confirmed that they would not open an investigation into Giuffre’s allegations, with her being over the legal age of consent in the UK at the time she claims to have slept with the former prince in Maxwell’s old Kinnerton Street townhouse, and the FBI concluding in official documents that they believed Giuffre to have fabricated parts of her entire Epstein story. It’s important to note here that Giuffre previously claimed that she’d slept with Andrew during a long weekend with him at Epstein’s New Mexico ranch, only to later admit that she had invented the story.
You can listen to myself and some of Giuffre’s former associates running through her many demonstrable lies below:
On another note, I’ve got someone back in my homeland of rainy yet beautiful old England who will soon be attending the trial of the balaclava-clad maniac who approached Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, during which Andrew will be giving evidence via video link. I’ll promote his coverage of the trial on my Substack.
EPSTEIN’S NEW MEXICO RANCH INVESTIGATION MOVES FORWARD (SORT OF)
Lawmakers in New Mexico convened the opening session of the state’s newly formed Epstein “Truth Commission” on Monday, beginning what officials describe as a formal inquiry into Jeffrey Epstein’s Zorro Ranch and allegations tied to the property, including sexual abuse, trafficking, and other “possible criminal activity”.
The commission, made up of four state lawmakers, met for under an hour. The session focused largely on setting out the scope of the investigation and hearing testimony from people connected to Epstein’s case.
A woman identified only as Rachel, described as “the only publicly known Epstein accuser currently living in New Mexico”, addressed the commission about what she claimed to be her experiences.
I can confirm that this woman is Rachel Benavidez, a trained masseuse who was hired by Epstein when she was well over the age of legal consent. There have been numerous inconsistencies I’ve highlighted in Benavidez’s embellished story over the years, which I’ll reveal in an article this month.
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Members also heard statements from relatives of Virginia Giuffre, and seem to have believed them hook, line and sinker. This is despite the fact that Giuffre’s New Mexico claims, along with most of her others, have been thoroughly debunked.
The New Mexico investigation was launched after the mainstream media heavily promoted a bizarre email found in the Epstein files, in which an anonymous individual demanded tens of thousands of dollars worth of Bitcoin on the promise that he would then ‘reveal where bodies are buried’ on the Zorro ranch.
The email is understood to have been a mere scam attempt. To date, no-one has filed a missing persons report in relation to the Epstein scandal, and no bodies have been found.
THE PETER MANDELSON FILES PROVED TO BE A BIG FAT NOTHING BURGER
The U.K. government released a second batch of files containing more than 1,500 pages relating to the appointment of Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the U.S.
The release follows pressure over Mandelson’s former friendship with Epstein and allegations that he abused his position to illegally feed Epstein inside information from which Epstein may have financially profited.
Mandelson was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office in February. He remains under investigation but has not been charged.
Other than some gossipy email and text exchanges discussing politics, his resignation, and the Labour Party, the files did not contain any evidence of illegal activity and shed no further light on his past association with Epstein.
JES STALEY AGREES TO BE OFFICIALY INTERVIEWED BY THE HOUSE
Jes Staley, a former top executive at JPMorgan Chase, has agreed to be interviewed on July 23rd by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee about his former friendship with Epstein.
This is certainly one to watch - though it will take place behind closed doors, we’ll eventually be privy to a transcript.
I’ve got more to write about this, but will post an article later this month, including evidence that the JP Morgan Stanley lawsuit - that saw an astronomical payout handed to Epstein accusers and their lawyers - involved a grave conflict of interest involving a senior figure at JP Morgan and his sexual relationship with one of the lawsuit’s beneficiaries.
PAM BONDI GETS ATTACKED BY ‘SURVIVOR’ DURING TESTIMONY - BUT THE MEDIA AREN’T TELLING YOU THE TRUTH
While Pam Bondi was being grilled by Congress this week, Epstein accuser Liz Stein was wheeled out by the lawyers to grab headlines, accusing Bondi of being dishonest.
What the media aren’t telling you, however, is that Stein herself is a complete fraud - and I can prove it. An article about her will be out on my Substack later this month, including my receipts. It will follow other articles finally exposing the truth about her fellow Epstein accusers, starting with Anouska de Georgiou.
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PUNISHES EPSTEIN’S FORMER DENTIST
As the witch hunt rages on, its latest victim is Dr. James Fine, Epstein’s ex-dentist.
Due to media pressure, Columbia University’s College of Dental Medicine has now announced on that it has demoted the senior administrator for helping Karyna Shuliak, the last girlfriend of Epstein, gain admission into an advanced dental residency program in 2023.
Dr. Fine, who oversaw all postdoctoral programs at the dental college, follows the disciplining of two other Columbia dentists in February for their roles in admitting Shuliak to the dental school in 2012.
FORMER GOVERNMENT MINISTER UNWITTINGLY SUPPORTS EPSTEIN’S RECRUITER
Former victims minister, Labour MP Alex Davies-Jones, has accused the British government of “failing to listen to the survivors of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.”
Davies-Jones, who resigned in May, said victims have been treated as a “footnote” in the row over Lord Mandelson’s appointment as ambassador to the US.
Speaking in the House of Commons to support her claim, she read out a statement from Lisa Phillips, whom the media have presented as a ‘survivor’.
In the letter, Phillips accused Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer of ignoring her requests for a meeting.
But what Davies-Jones likely is unaware of is the fact that Phillips, who met Epstein whilst in her twenties, was not a victim, but a recruiter, with Rina Oh being just one of numerous young women whom she connected Epstein with. Phillips is also the focus of one of my shocking articles lined up for release this month.
EPSTEIN DOPPELGANGER RUNNING FOR OFFICE
In whackier news, a man who went viral over claims he bears a striking likeness to the late Epstein (and who now has a Wikipedia page dedicated to him) has declared that he will be running in an election.
Dubbed ‘Palm Beach Pete’ by the public, Peter Simel found himself at the centre of conspiracy theories alleging that Epstein had fake his death and was in fact living as Peter.
If that’s the case (spoiler alert: it isn’t), then Epstein announced this week that he’ll be standing to become the next mayor of Miami and is advising his voters to “live your best life”.
IN OTHER NEWS
MANGO MURDER? - The son of the founder of global fashion brand Mango has been arrested. The heir to the Mango fashion empire will temporarily step down from his role as vice president, the company told employees on Tuesday, after he was arrested on suspicion of playing a role in the death of his billionaire father and company founder, Isak Andic. Andic was arrested last week in relation to the suspicious death of his father, who died after falling on a hike in 2024, but was not formally charged with a crime and later released on €1 million ($1.16 million) bail.
KATE PRICE HUSBAND MYSTERY GETS MURKIER - Famous British glamour model Katie Price is still hitting the headlines after her husband alleged he’d been kidnapped in Dubai and is currently being held hostage. But skeletons continue to tumble out of his closet, casting doubt on his claims. Read more here.
LUCY LETBY - The public, joined by experts and not-so-expert armchair detectives, continue to debate the case of Lucy Letby, the British nurse convicted over the deaths of several infants under her care. This week, further testimony and evidence was pumped out into the public domain. I’ll be covering both sides of the argument in my upcoming podcast series, DO NO HARM: The Curious Case of Lucy Letby.
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