Leon Botstein

Key Findings

• EFTA00645407 / EFTA00989814 (27 May 2014): Jeffrey Epstein asks him where to send a fifteen-year-old finding Brearley too rigorous; he replies within an hour with "Fieldston School in Riverdale and we might take a transfer at our Manhattan Bard Early College". Jeffrey Epstein forwards it verbatim to the girl's mother. Bard High School Early College had received $75,000 from him in 2011 (EFTA00284556).
• EFTA00338290 (Oct 2015): Jeffrey Epstein donated 66 laptops to 'Botstein Charter School' - loaded onto airplane for delivery. Same schedule shows meetings with Leon Black, Kathy Ruemmler, and dinner with Woody Allen/Soon Yi
• EFTA00375316 (Jan 2014): Major dinner guest at Ristorante Marini with Woody Allen, Soon Yi, Tim Zagat, Bobby Slayton, Nick Pritzker, Martin Nowak, Jes Staley, Michael Wolff, Richard Wurman, core Jeffrey Epstein social circle
• EFTA00951447 (Dec 2012): Named as Christmas island guest alongside Leon Black, David Gergen, Jeffrey Epstein to Boris Nikolic: 'qatar, leon black, david gergen, leon botsetin'
• EFTA00350268 (Mar 2015): Jeffrey Epstein arranged Moscow concert tickets for his Russian assistants' parents through Botstein, 'Jeffrey would like for [names redacted] parents (who live in Moscow) to go see the performance. Leon was happy to have them!'
• EFTA00640929 (Jun 2014): Shared comprehensive 'Bard College at a Glance' institutional profile with Jeffrey Epstein, detailing enrollment, faculty, academic programs, and charter school network. Soliciting institutional support
• EFTA00458215 (Sep 2017): Same-day meetings: 9am Leon Black breakfast → 1pm Rich and Darren → 5pm Leon Botstein. Pattern of Black-Botstein paired meetings
• EFTA00285541 (Jul 2018): Schedule: 12:45pm Coffee with Leon Botstein → 1:30pm Rich and Darren → same schedule includes Leon Black breakfast. Contact continued through July 2018
• EFTA00399783 (Dec 2012): Carnegie Hall concert, Jeffrey Epstein was due to attend Leon Botstein conducting at Carnegie Hall. Pre-concert talk by Leon at 7pm, concert at 8pm. VIP table arranged
• EFTA00382132: Concert attendance, 'JE and [name] to meet with Leon before the Pre-Concert talk! 7:00pm Preconcert Talk by Leon Botstein. 8:00pm Leon Botstein concert at Carnegie Hall'
• EFTA00327077 (Apr 2016): Jeffrey Epstein bringing unnamed individuals to Botstein meeting, 'if ok with leon bottsteiin i would bring [names redacted] if he wants. lets say 1145-1'
• EFTA00334064 (Dec 2015): Botstein visiting Jeffrey Epstein's house late at night, 'He was open to discussing the options and thought that tomorrow night (Thursday) late, around 9 pm, could eventually work for Leon to stop by'
• EFTA01209934: Jeffrey Epstein to Woody Allen (Aug 2017): 'Leon Botstein called me to tell you if there is anything you want or need for Bechet at Bard, he is on call' - Bard president servicing Jeffrey Epstein to facilitate Bechet Allen's enrollment. Jeffrey Epstein acted as intermediary between college president and parent.
• Announced his retirement as Bard College president after disclosures that his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein was far closer than previously known; students booed and heckled him at a June 2026 graduation ceremony. (external source, not in EFTA corpus)