The correspondence, released in the Justice Department’s latest Epstein files, shows Previn placing blame on the teenage girl who reported Weiner to police, calling her “despicable and disgusting”
Newly released emails from the Department of Justice’s latest disclosure of the Jeffrey Epstein files include a 2016 exchange between Jeffrey Epstein and Soon-Yi Previn, the wife and former ‘step-daughter’ of four-time Academy Award Winner, filmmaker Woody Allen, in which Previn criticizes and blames the 15-year-old girl involved in former congressman Anthony Weiner’s sexting scandal. Weiner, who was then married to Huma Abedin, a top aide to Hillary Clinton, came under fire after the girl turned the messages over to law enforcement, prompting a federal investigation. In 2017, Weiner pleaded guilty to transferring obscene material to a minor and was sentenced to 21 months in prison.
The email chain, dated September 22, 2016, shows Previn thanking Epstein for dinner the previous evening in the subject line, while sending a Daily Mail article about the Weiner scandal. In her message to Epstein, Previn wrote that she found it “disgusting what the 15-year-old did to him,” adding, “I hate women who take advantage of guys and she is definitely one of them. She knew exactly what she was doing and how vulnerable Wiener was and she reeled him in like fish to bait,” Previn continued, according to the email. “It’s also laughable when she says in her letter that she is putting it out there to help him. How does it help him? It only humiliates him.”
Credit: Department of Justice/EpsteinIn the same message, Previn acknowledged Weiner’s repeated conduct but placed primary blame on the teen girl, writing, “We know his excuse that he has a sickness. What is her excuse for being a despicable and disgusting person who preys on the weak?” She concluded, “She should be ashamed of herself.”
New: Former Rep. Anthony Weiner is thinking about mounting another political comeback attempt – this time in the New York City Council. This afternoon he said he’s considering running for term-limited CM Carlina Rivera’s lower Manhattan seat. https://t.co/3MO2a3JWDs
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Epstein replied simply, “WOW,” according to the exchange, before opening up further. “I’m not sure, that a person’s sex life, no matter who they are…can withstand disclosures, exagerrations etc. He hasn’t had sex in a year. What is he supposed to do. He cant have a girlfriend, cant have a hooker. So hey, thought he was safe.”
Later messages in the thread reveal Previn sharing she also discussed the scandal with her husband, Woody Allen, writing that the topic came up during their walk home. “Guess what Woody and I talked about on our walk home. I’m not good at letting things go,” she wrote, adding, “Woody has a very hard life with me. Let’s just say Woody is a smooth talker so he can get himself out of anything.”
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Previn and Allen’s own relationship history is highly controversial. Previn is the adopted daughter of actress Mia Farrow and conductor André Previn. Allen, who had been Farrow’s longtime partner, began a relationship with Previn in the early 1990s, and has contested that he had no role in her upbringing, and did not act as a stepfather. Allen has said the relationship began when Previn was an adult college student; however, Farrow has alleged that Allen’s involvement with Previn started when she was a high school student and has long described it as deeply inappropriate. Allen and Previn married in 1997 (Previn was 26 years old and Allen was 61 years old) and have remained together since, repeatedly defending their relationship in interviews and public statements over the years.
Anthony Weiner has publicly apologized for his past conduct and said he has been working to improve himself; he also sought a political comeback with a 2025 run for New York City Council and hosted a radio program on 77 WABC-AM.
Woody Allen, known for directing Oscar-winning films like Annie Hall and Midnight in Paris, has also remained unapologetic about his public relationship with the late, prolific pedophile, Jeffrey Epstein.
Lauren Conlin
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