Epstein files show Swiss bank CEO de Rothschild kept up years‑long personal contact with financier

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Source: Reuters

February 5, 2026 5:43 AM EST Updated 4 hours ago


ZURICH/LONDON, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Ariane de Rothschild, head of the family-owned Edmond de Rothschild Swiss private bank, corresponded dozens of times with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and agreed to multiple meetings over about five years before his 2019 arrest and jailing, U.S. Justice Department files show. The documents, released by the U.S. Justice Department on Friday, do not appear to contain any sign of criminal wrongdoing.

But they raise questions about an earlier characterisation by the bank of their relationship, cited by the Wall Street Journal in 2023, which said she met with Epstein as part of her normal duties at the bank. Reuters could not independently confirm the purpose of their meetings. The correspondence shows the two arranged multiple meetings over several years at Epstein's homes in New York and Paris and that he invited de Rothschild to stay at his apartment.

On March 19, 2019, about four months before his arrest, Epstein wrote to de Rothschild, informing her he was in Paris. She responded: "Are you really ?!! I'm here as well. When would you be free?" "its been much much too long," Epstein replied, before they arranged to meet the following day. Reuters could not establish if they met as planned on this occasion or on previous ones as the correspondence suggests.'

The disclosure of the previously unknown familiarity between the late financier and the banking executive adds de Rothschild to the growing list of prominent figures revealed to have been in Epstein's social circle, following the release of documents under pressure from victims and members of Congress.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/epstein-files-show-swiss-bank-ceo-de-rothschild-kept-up-yearslong-personal-2026-02-05/

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1. One of Needy Amin's owners

As Wilbur Ross knows so well.

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2. Whew here come the conspiracy theories

RW conspiracy types love throwing the Rothchilds in to their wild delusions.

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3. Interesting ... but not surprising

Epstein was like a real-world Zelig ... it seems that he knew everyone and managed to be everywhere, whenever it mattered.

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4. Exactly.

Those are the circles he moved in, apparently started moving in when he was in his twenties. Many of those he had contact with most likely participated in the depravity he offered, many others most likely did not. Whether the ones who did not have suspicions of what was going on, we likely won't know.