www.montereycountynow.com FEBRUARY 26-MARCH 4 2026 MONTEREY COUNTY WEEKLY 17 where billionaire and Victoria’s Secret owner Les Wexner lived for many years—Epstein was Wexner’s money manager starting in about the late 1980s until approximately 2008. On one set of flight logs for Epstein’s private jet between 1995 and 2000, Biddle shows up 30 times, at first flying out of Columbus, Ohio to West Palm Beach, Florida and back in late 1995. She also flew to Teeterboro, New Jersey, near New York City, multiple times. Several times she flew to St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands, near Little St. James, Epstein’s island. She also flew to Santa Fe, New Mexico, which is where Epstein’s ranch, Zorro Ranch, was located. The last flight she’s recorded on is in July 2000, flying between Teeterboro and Santa Fe. It was also during the 1990s that Sophie began working on movie sets as a nutrition coach and massage therapist. The 2013 biography lists 10 films she worked on, beginning with Die Hard: With a Vengeance in 1995 and including others such as The Postman (1997), Armageddon (1998), Mystery Men (1999), and Hollywood Homicide in the National Sailing Hall of Fame in 2018, according to the publication Sail-World. He made 140 sailing films, which he took on a lecture circuit to show to audiences over 40 years, the Jamestown Press reported. “Dad had a great sense of humor,” Sophie said in her remarks at the 2018 ceremony, as quoted in Sail-World. “He always made sure his sailing films had scenes that would make you laugh: three Bermuda fitted dinghies getting tangled up at the mark and sinking on the spot; a small regatta of children’s sunfishes capsizing left and right; running out of film just as the sight of a topless woman came into view. His turn of phrases were clever and gave the films charm. For him, getting the job done meant capturing all the intense moments and giving you the history of what was going on and yet making sure you had a hearty chuckle as well.” In 2016, Sophie gave a talk for local professionals at Cibo Restaurant in Monterey, entitled “Celebrity Secrets for Dining Out…Without Stressing Out!” A short biography included in a press release about the event said she received a bachelor’s degree from Dennison University, a small liberal arts college in Granville, Ohio, and completed postgraduate work at the New Center for Health Education and Research. (In another biography from 2013, it says she received certification from the New Center, located in New York, in 1990.) Ohio and New York are relevant to Epstein’s story, and perhaps suggest ways Sophie could have connected with him. Granville is only 20 minutes away from New Albany, (2003). The last film listed is Envy in 2004. Her 2016 biography also notes she had worked with “CEOs of Fortune 500 companies, athletes, European royalty and people from all walks of life.” There is no mention of Epstein. When exactly Sophie and Gilbert moved to Carmel Valley isn’t clear. The family appeared to still be in Los Angeles in 2008. A check in the Epstein files made out to Westwood Presbyterian Church Preschool in Los Angeles for $4,814 shows “Dylan Hakim” in the memo line, which is possibly Epstein paying for her tuition. It’s signed by Richard Kahn, Epstein’s accountant and business manager. Dylan would have been approximately 4 years old at the time. Eight years later, in 2016, another email describes $5,000 to Sophie for “Skype tutoring” for Dylan. In August 2009, just weeks after Epstein was released from jail—he served 13 months of an 18-month sentence on the charges of soliciting prostitution from a minor— Sophie and Dylan apparentThe Hakims’ home on Carmel Valley Road was purchased in 2011 with a loan from Epstein. An email (left) between Epstein and his business manager with details about financing their home purchase. The second email (right), from Sophie in February 2012, asks Epstein to fly to Monterey so she can “bring you back to the house for you to see.” DANIEL DREIFUSS U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
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