ESPN News ServicesMultiple AuthorsJan 30, 2026, 07:26 PM ET
Convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein connected New York Giants co-owner Steve Tisch with numerous women, according to scores of emails among the more than 3 million documents released by the Justice Department on Friday.
Tisch, 76, is chairman, co-owner and vice president of the Giants and has produced dozens of Hollywood films, including “Forrest Gump” and “Risky Business.”
“Ok,Jeffrey, I’ll be in blue loose pants and white loose shirt,” Katya tells Epstein. “I googled Steve Tisch he is oscar winner producer,and Giants owner.I’d love to meet him. My phone number is [redacted]”
A string of emails Tisch forwarded to Epstein in May 2013 appears to reference a different woman Epstein tried connecting to Tisch. The string includes Tisch’s introductory email to the woman, whose name is redacted.
Tisch says he will be in New York and then Boston and proposes a meeting. “Let me know if my schedule gives you an opportunity to get together please,” he says. “Your picture is great!”
Epstein writes to Tisch two days later: “she is traveling. Not sure when she returns to florida. She is a micro biology major and is still in university, so i doubt she could travel during the week, but we’ll see. You should also make it clear that you will orgaznie [sic] her ticket.”
An April 26, 2013, email string between Epstein and Tisch contains the subject line: “Ukrainian Girl.”
“Do you want to know if she is sweet as she seems?” Epstein replies. “Boyfriends? Trustworthy, etc. she is earnest [redacted] is a civilian but russian, and rarely tells the truth , but fun.”
At one point, Epstein writes: “send me a number to call I dont like records of these conversations,”
Epstein, a wealthy businessman, was arrested in 2019 on federal sex trafficking charges. While awaiting trial, he was found dead in his jail cell on Aug. 10, 2019. The coroner ruled his death a suicide. Epstein faced accusations of sexually abusing underage girls. In 2008, Epstein was charged with soliciting a minor for prostitution in Florida in 2008 and became a registered sex offender. He served 13 months of an 18-month prison sentence.
Epstein was well-known for his connections with politicians, celebrities and business executives. The Brooklyn, New York, native started his career as a financier at Bear Stearns. He later set up business operations in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Epstein bought an adjacent 72-acre island called Little St. James for just shy of $8 million in 1998, and that was where he allegedly operated his sex-trafficking activities at what is known as Epstein Island.
Epstein’s former associate, Ghislaine Maxwell, was also implicated and later convicted of related charges. She is serving a 20-year sentence at a prison in Texas.
A spokesman for Harris said, “Josh Harris never had an independent relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. Harris sought to prevent Epstein’s attempts to develop a corporate relationship with Apollo. As these emails indicate, Harris sought to avoid meeting with Epstein, canceling meetings and having others return his calls.”
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said the latest batch included some 3 million pages, as well as more than 2,000 videos and 180,000 images. The files, which were being posted to the department’s website, include some of the several million pages of records that officials said were withheld from an initial release of documents in December.
The documents were disclosed under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which was enacted after months of public and political pressure. It requires the government to open its files on the late financier and Maxwell.
And Tisch later writes back: “Never heard back from her. Oh well…”
And the next day, Epstein writes: “Report just in, ——you did very well , she wants to go to the play,, –she is a little freaked by the age difference but go slow and wati, i will try to convince her not to return to ukraine , having her crying worked,”