{"id":18697,"date":"2026-02-04T13:16:59","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T13:16:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=18697"},"modified":"2026-02-04T13:16:59","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T13:16:59","slug":"epstein-files-football-f1-and-nfl-bosses-kept-links-after-sex-conviction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=18697","title":{"rendered":"Epstein files: Football, F1, and NFL bosses kept links after sex conviction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The files show Crystal Palace investor Josh Harris remained in contact with Epstein via email and phone calls for many years after his conviction, including joining him for a breakfast meeting in 2013 after which he sent an email saying &#8220;thank you for inviting me&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Harris &#8211; whose private equity firm Apollo Global Management also owns NBA team the Philadelphia 76ers, NHL team New Jersey Devils, and the NFL team Washington Commanders &#8211; also contacted Epstein in 2016, saying he was &#8220;happy to catch up&#8221; at some point in the future.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A spokesperson for Harris said: &#8220;Josh Harris never had an independent relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. Harris sought to prevent Epstein&#8217;s attempts to develop a corporate relationship with Apollo. As these emails indicate, Harris sought to avoid meeting with Epstein, cancelling meetings and having others return his calls.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Emails sent to Epstein also appear to show he conducted two meetings with Todd Boehly &#8211; now co-owner and chairman of Chelsea &#8211; in 2011, three years after Epstein&#8217;s conviction.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The emails suggest Epstein wanted to be introduced to Boehly, who at the time was co-owner of baseball team the Los Angeles Dodgers, and a managing partner at  global asset management firm Guggenheim Partners.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Neither Boehly nor Chelsea have made a public comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Celtic owner Dermot Desmond was mentioned twice in emails sent to Epstein in 2010 on behalf of golf resort developer Gerald G Barton.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In the messages, Epstein was told by somebody writing on behalf of Barton that Irish billionaire Desmond &#8211; a golf resort owner &#8211; was willing to provide millions of dollars to help co-fund golf developments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">BBC Sport has contacted Celtic for a response from Desmond.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>#Epstein #files #Football #NFL #bosses #links #sex #conviction<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The files show Crystal Palace &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18698,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[242],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18697"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18697\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}