Vicky Ward Recounts Jeffrey Epstein's Threats During Vanity Fair Investigation

Epstein's Intimidation Tactics

• 🎯 Jeffrey Epstein began making threatening calls to journalist Vicky Ward while she was pregnant and reporting on him for Vanity Fair in 2003.
• ⚠️ Threats included placing a curse on her unborn children, ensuring they wouldn't get into schools, and getting her husband fired.
• 🏥 Epstein persistently inquired about her pregnancy, hospital, and doctors, even describing childbirth in graphic detail.

Vanity Fair Investigation and Censorship

• 📝 Ward was assigned to investigate Epstein's finances and the source of his wealth after a Page Six mention of him flying Bill Clinton.
• 🕵️ Epstein would call her daily to monitor her reporting progress, leading to escalating threats.
• 🏛️ When Ward finally approached the subject of two sisters who had made claims against Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, he escalated his tactics.
• 📧 Epstein physically infiltrated the Vanity Fair offices, bypassing security, and sat in editor Graden Carter's office.
• ✂️ Subsequently, all mentions of the sisters were removed from the published article.

Post-Publication Fear and Infiltration

• 👶 Ward, who had a high-risk pregnancy and premature twins, feared Epstein would infiltrate the hospital as he had the magazine offices.
• ❓ She questioned how Epstein bypassed security at Condé Nast, suggesting potential intelligence connections.
• 📰 Tina Brown also reported Epstein showing up unannounced in her office while she was editing the Daily Beast.
• 🗣️ Ward noted that such behavior is not typical of normal individuals and was a clear attempt to intimidate.

Editorial Response and Aftermath

• 🤷 Graden Carter reportedly cited Epstein's sensitivity about the girls as the reason for removing their story.
• 🎙️ Carter later made allegations against Ward's reporting, which she refutes given her continued successful career at Vanity Fair for over a decade.