Disgraced New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez's ex-girlfriend is suspected of attending orgies with pedophile Jeffrey Epstein and underage girls, newly disclosed. court documents claim.
Epstein's longtime associate Gwendolyn Beck, 65, was named by victim Virginia Giuffre in a January 2016 deposition that was finally made public on Tuesday. .
As part of her deposition, Giuffre was provided with a list of names and asked which names she had not been trafficked to as a teenager.
She answered, “Number 7, Gwendolyn Beck,” according to records. “I wasn't trafficked by her. She was just part of her trafficking.”
When the attorney asked Giuffre about Beck's involvement, the victim replied, “She was part of the orgy.”
The lawyer then asks Giuffre, “Who are the gentlemen involved in the orgy with you and Mr. Beck?”
“Jeffrey Epstein, as far as I remember,” she answered.
Beck did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Although her relationship with Epstein has been well documented, this is the first time she has been accused of any wrongdoing.
Beck was previously photographed with Epstein and his wife Ghislaine Maxwell at former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago mansion in 1995.
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Five years later, he was also photographed returning to his Florida mansion with Epstein, Prince Andrew and Trump's then-girlfriend Melania Knauss.
Her 2014 congressional campaign was further boosted by a $12,600 donation from Epstein. This was her only political contribution of the year. According to Arlington Now.
At the time, Beck solicited donations from a number of billionaires in his Rolodex, and after he was convicted of having sex with a minor by Epstein and later jailed in Florida, Beck went from “forgiveness” to “forgiving” him. He said he received it.
“I haven't spoken to him personally in years,” she told the outlet.
“During my time at Morgan Stanley (joining the company in 1995), I managed some of his investment funds (approximately $65 million) and knew him personally.
“The press has tagged him as a 'mystery man' because they can't explain how he makes his money, but most of it is a combination of real estate and complex derivatives,” Beck said. did.
She continued: “He had a very close girlfriend at the time and was a hard-working and thoughtful person (he came from a poor family and quickly made a lot of money).
“I think he hit an extreme low when she left (I had left Morgan Stanley by this time and had nothing to do with Morgan Stanley) and He engaged in some very bad behavior for which he sought therapy and spent time in prison.”
Beck said he was “vehemently opposed.” [to] “I was shocked by his actions,” he said, but added that he had “repaid his debt to society.”
“Despite his human flaws, he understands finance on a level that few people can, and he could be a great addition to our country,” she added.
What we know about Jeffrey Epstein's list of 170 associates
- On Wednesday, documents were released naming 170 associates of sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. The list included Michael Jackson, magician David Copperfield, Stephen Hawking, former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, and former President Bill Clinton, but Epstein's victims said, “I was referring to the girls. I like young people,” he said.
- Disgraced royal Prince Andrew, known as a friend of Epstein, is named in the document, and Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre has previously accused Andrew of sexual misconduct. had filed a lawsuit. A royal expert says the company will “stand by” the Duke of York “no matter what”.
- Epstein's former lawyer and friend Alan Dershowitz defended the late billionaire's associates, saying “no one knew about his secret private life.” Dershowitz, who is on the list, added that simply showing up in court documents should not automatically result in a conviction in the court of public opinion.
- Epstein's brother, Mark Epstein, told the Post that former business tycoon Epstein was involved in overturning the 2016 election over what he knew about both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. He said it was a possibility. Candidates would have to cancel the election. ' That's what Jeffrey told me in 2016. ”
- Only some of the 170 names and their connections to Epstein have been made public. The remaining documents are likely to become public record within the next week.
For more revelations about Epstein's associates in newly released documents, follow The Post's live blog here.
Beck ran on the platform of “fiscal responsibility, social inclusion” and support for a “strong national defense,” but lost to Democrat Don Beyer in the Virginia election with only 2.7% of the vote.
She previously served as vice president of investments at Morgan Stanley. According to her LinkedIn profileand in May 2010 she started dating Senator Menendez.
The bankers were photographed together in the Dominican Republic, a photo that was later used in the senator's 2015 corruption trial.
It's unclear whether Beck was aware of Epstein's relationship at the time they were dating.
Menendez was accused at the time of receiving lavish hospitality from a Medicare fraud doctor who asked Menendez to secure visas for his young mistresses. Intervening in audits to stop taxpayers from being ripped off. and to stop Customs and Border Protection from interfering with his side job of inspecting cargo at ports in the Dominican Republic.
Mr. Menendez denies the charges, calling it a conspiracy caused by prosecutorial overreach.
But he now accepts gold bullion, bribes and hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash in return for using his “power and influence” to benefit the United States, including his position as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He has been charged with hiding it around his home. The Egyptian government and two local businessmen.
He once again denied the charges.
