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Flight Logs, Emails, and Longstanding Ties: The Men Named by Epstein's Former Aide

Inside the Epstein Connections of the Three Men Identified by Sarah Kellen — and How They Reached Bill and Hillary Clinton, Donald and Melania Trump, and the Highest Levels of Power

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Tara Palmeri
May 22, 2026
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I exclusively reported that celebrity hairstylist Frederic Fekkai, Ex-Mayor Beach Mayor Philip Levine, and fashion photographer Patrick Demarchelier (above) were named as alleged abusers in Epstein’s ring during his former Lieutenant Sarah Kellen’s closed-door congressional testimony.

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Last night, I revealed that Sarah Kellen — Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime assistant, who has long portrayed herself publicly as more victim than co-conspirator — identified three influential men during a closed-door congressional hearing as participants in Epstein’s abusive and criminal sex trafficking operation.

The names, according to two sources familiar with Kellen’s closed-door testimony before the House Oversight Committee, were celebrity hairstylist Frederic Fekkai, former Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine, and the late fashion photographer Patrick Demarchelier. According to the House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, these names were new to investigators.

All three men occupied different corners of Epstein’s world — politics, fashion, celebrity, and elite social circles — but what connects them is not simply proximity to Epstein.

It’s how deeply embedded they were inside the overlapping power networks surrounding him.

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Over the last 16 hours, I’ve uncovered additional details about the men’s longstanding relationships with Epstein through flight logs, conversations with sources, newly released Justice Department records, survivor testimony, emails, campaign ties, modeling industry connections, and social correspondence that continued years after Epstein became a convicted sex offender.

And those relationships extended far beyond Epstein himself — reaching figures including Bill and Hillary Clinton, Donald and Melania Trump, Prince Andrew and some of the most influential people in politics, media, fashion, and finance.

The newly surfaced records paint a fuller picture of the ecosystem Epstein cultivated around himself long after his crimes were publicly known.

Below the paywall:

  • The newly uncovered documents linking a Philip Levine with Ghislaine Maxwell, and Epstein over more than a decade

  • Maxwell’s testimony about how Levine helped introduce her to Bill Clinton

  • Fekkai’s relationship with Epstein, survivor allegations, and his ties to Hillary Clinton

  • Demarchelier’s appearances in Epstein flight logs and his connection to Donald and Melania Trump

  • The overlapping business and social worlds that tie together Epstein’s elite network

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