6 May 14-20, 2026 miaminewtimes.com | browardpalmbeach.com NEW TIMES | MUSIC | CAFE | CULTURE | NIGHT+DAY | NEWS | LETTERS | CONTENTS | MONTH XX–MONTH XX, 2008 miaminewtimes.com MIAMI NEW TIMES | MUSIC | CAFE | FILM | ART | STAGE | NIGHT+DAY | METRO | RIPTIDE | LETTERS | CONTENTS | come to the Upstairs club this coming Sun- day. It wold [sic] be our pleasure to have you. The place opens at IIpm. Please let me know if you are coming with somebody and we will make arrangements. My cell in case is [re- dacted].” “I will land at midnight , be there by 1230,” Epstein responds at one point. Early the next morning Girombelli writes, “Sorry it was so crazy....but it is good this way. Come back soon!” To which Epstein re- sponds, “Thank you for your attention.” That same day, Epstein writes to Gi- useppe, “giuspeppe, thank you for your hos- pitality last night.. Great to see you [sic] place and more importantly your sons. I smiled all the way home. They could be used to prove the inheritance of traits. stefania could not have been nicer.” He ends the email, “see you in Lom- don [sic]” In a phone call with New Times, Girombelli stated that she facili- tated many peo- ple’s visits to the space, as it was her job. In April 2013, someone whose email signature noted in French that it was sent from an iPhone wrote Epstein another message, this time involving Cipriani himself. “Then went to dinner with Giuseppe and some other Italians and Cipriani , thought might be girls. Not worth it - very cheap girls so left. One cute [redacted], but dressed like a hooker and red nails, super short right dress, heavy make up... Will try to find Facebook. Saw [redacted]” The Cipriani references span years, dating back to at least 2016. Ramsey Elkholy, a musi- cian and former model scout who appears 2,279 times in DOJ records, also mentioned the upscale Italian eatery in emails to Ep- stein. Elkholy, who fronts the music collec- tive Monotronic, connected Epstein with young models — some as young as 18 — often under the guise of “modeling castings,” ac- cording to the BBC. On February 15, 2016, Elkholy emails Ep- stein to seemingly check on a romantic interest. “Jeffrey, I’m dating a girl tha= [sic] spends a lot of time at Cipriani’s...and she often doesn’t tell me when s=e [sic] going there. As you know it’s a great place for girls to meet sugar dady=s [sic]. Should I be concerned?” On February 16, 2016, at 7:30 a.m., in an email with the subject line “gf’s friend… ,”Elkholy writes, “This is her friend who I me=tioned [sic], annoying Czech girl that goes to Cipriani a lot. I guess she’s s=ngle [sic], if you’re in town and want to meet her let me know…” The message ends with what appear to be links to the woman’s modeling profiles on two different websites. Elkholy did not return New Times’ request for comment via Instagram. The London Deal One of the most concrete connections between Epstein and the Cipriani empire shows up in documents referencing a deal involving what appears to have been a private club in London. The files describe a proposed investment in- volving former Cipriani co-owner Giuseppe Cipriani Jr., grandson of the brand’s founder, who owned the business with his father, Arrigo Cipriani. The investment is tied to Rififi, a pri- vate club in London’s Mayfair district. (Com- pany records indicate that Giuseppe Cipriani Jr. stepped down from the business in Septem- ber 2025, at which point he ceased to be listed as a “person with significant control.”) A July 2010 email thread between Cipriani Jr., Epstein, and a third party, Livio Bisterzo, contains Bisterzo’s bio, describing him as “an Italian entrepreneur” who had acquired UK modeling agency First Model Management, “one of Londons leading boutique model agen- cies,” in May 2010. Modeling agencies have surfaced repeatedly in Epstein-related records and reporting, often described as part of the pipeline through which powerful men met and, in some cases, exploited young women. “Giuseppe,I copied and paste the relevant info from my personal profile,” Bisterzo, who now appears to own chickpea snack brand Hip- peas, wrote in an email to Cipriani., Jr. “He can google my name too and find more info online.” Cipriani forwarded the information to Epstein. In the emails discussing the deal, which Epstein appears to have financed at least par- tially through an August 2010 wire transfer, the three tirelessly discuss details, at one point worrying that it wouldn’t come to fruition. “No word from your lawyer. Anybody we should contact?” Cipriani asks Epstein in a July 2010 email. “We are going to lose the deal if we don’t move fast. Let me know” Bisterzo did not return New Times’ re- quest for comment via Instagram or a com- pany contact page. A June 2010 email lays out the financial details, including an investment of approxi- mately 800,000 British pounds. In a September 2010 exchange, Cipriani, Epstein, and Darren Indyke, Epstein’s long- time attorney, discuss the partnership. “The deal should be a loan to guisppe , to be paid back with 10% intent [sic] paid quarterly, shares are collateral , and will all be due in three years if loan is not repaid” Epstein writes to his lawyer in an email CC’d to Cipriani. “If loan is repaind [sic] within three years, then 51 % is transferred to me and 49 kept with guiseppe.” “I thought after return it was 5050 you and I,” Epstein writes. “Fees are different.” Cipri- ani responds a few hours later. “Whatever u want I’m fine with sharing 51/49 with you but we have to give livio 25 or 30%.?” Later that day, Cipriani writes to Epstein again. “Jeffry as you want but we said before that after money is paid back we share one third each among us.” “the deal should be a loan to guisppe, to be paid back with 10% interst [sic] paid quar- terly, shares are collateral , and will all be due in three years if loan is not repaid„ if loan is repaind [sic] within three years, then ONE OF THE MOST CONCRETE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN EPSTEIN AND THE CIPRIANI EMPIRE SHOWS UP IN DOCUMENTS REFERENCING A DEAL INVOLVING WHAT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN A PRIVATE CLUB IN LONDON. sitting on an airboat in the Everglades with three other men. At one point, the group stops next to what appears to be a dead alligator lying upside down in the water. “Can we dump a round into it?” Peters asks. “Let’s test really how dead it is.” Seconds later, a man sitting next to Peters pulls a gun from his waistband and begins shooting the animal. Peters follows, firing at least 10 rounds into the alligator, at one point squeezing his eyes shut as he pulls the trigger. “Yeah, I think it’s dead,” Peters says while sitting back down and tucking his gun into his waistband. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), the state agency that oversees wildlife enforcement, said at the time it was investigating the incident. “The FWC is aware of a video depicting indi- viduals in the Everglades on an airboat who ap- pear to be discharging firearms at an alligator,” the agency wrote in a post on X. “FWC officers are looking into the incident and will provide ad- ditional information when available.” According to Florida law, it’s illegal for a per- son to “intentionally kill, injure, possess, or cap- ture, or attempt to kill, injure, possess, or capture” an alligator “unless authorized by rules of the commission.” Federal law also prohib- its firearms in certain areas of Everglades Na- tional Park. Peters, who appears to be living in South Florida, rose to prominence online by promot- ing “looksmaxxing,” a genre of content that en- courages extreme practices for “glowing up,” such as facial “bone smashing” and even using crystal meth to stay lean. The young streamer has frequently used the N-word and made headlines earlier this year af- ter partying to Kanye West’s song “Heil Hitler” alongside well-known white nationalist Nick Fuentes and manosphere influencers Andrew Tate, Myron Gaines, and Sneako inside Vendôme nightclub in Miami Beach. Videos captured the group throwing up the Nazi salute and shouting the lyrics, “Nigga, Heil Hitler!” In late March, Peters was arrested by the Fort Lauderdale police on a misdemeanor battery charge stemming from a February incident in Osceola County, in which he was accused of in- stigating women to fight for clout. Weeks later, on April 28, a social media influ- encer filed a lawsuit against Peters, accusing him of sexually assaulting her when she was under- age and intoxicated. [email protected] Crimemaxxing from p3 The Social Network from p4 Screenshot via @Kick_Champ/X Peters, better known as Clavicular, faces a misdemeanor charge of reckless discharge of a firearm. Department of Justice >> p7 A January 2010 exchange between Epstein and a person believed to be Jean-Luc Brunel, a French model scout and alleged sex trafficker who was found dead in his Paris prison cell in February 2022.
