Ramsey Elkholy and the paedophile financier can be seen to have exchanged hundreds of emails over nearly a decade in which they spoke in derogatory ways about women and their bodies
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A model agent introducedpaedophile financierJeffrey Epsteinto “girls” and begged him to have sex with a woman,emailsshow.
Ramsey Elkholy and the disgracedbillionairecan be seen to have exchanged hundreds of emails over nearly a decade in which they spoke in derogatory ways aboutwomenand their bodies.
The revelations come inthe latest tranche of so-called Epstein filesthat were released by the US Department of Justice.
In one email from 2011, Elkholy begs: “Jeffrey PLEASE just try her in bed.”
In another from that year, he says: “She is desperate for cash. I have been working on her, she agreed w [sic] me that posing in lingerie is part of her job and she told me she would have no problem to do that w [sic] you but she doesn't have the courage to propose it herself. I know it doesn't seem like much but it's a step. She plans on coming back to NY so I'm thinking she could be an ongoing project. For me it's a great experiment, taking a girl who hadn't been w [sic] a guy until she was 23 (!) and then getting her to this point.”
In an earlier email dated 2009, Elkholy writes: “I don't need to tell you that I also value your friendship. The reason I never ask for anything in return for introducing you to models is because I consider it more of a favor and I know that you are also good for favors (as you have illustrated by letting [redacted text] stay w [sic, redacted text]. You're a solid person Jeffrey and that means the world to me. Let me know when you want to see [redacted text] or any of the other girls, and I'll set it up.”
The BBC reports Elkholy regrets the language he used in some emails as well as his ties to Epstein, and said he had not been aware the sex offender had been abusing women.The Independenthas attempted to reach out to representatives of Elkholy for comment.
Elkholy is now described as a musician, having founded the band Monotronic, and an anthropologist, but he was a model agent in the 2010s, according to the broadcaster.
It reports the emails between Elkholy and Epstein, dated from 2009 until just before the billionaires’ death in 2019, largely centred around access to female models, further highlighting how the financier developed contacts in the international modelling industry, using some to access women.
