EFTA00977448.txt

"From: Jeffrey Epstein [email protected] To: Stephen Hanson Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2013 23:20:31 +0000"

"We expect that as the CEO, you will fully fulfill all your duties of care and the standards of a CEO."

"Dan will be with you every step of the way as CFO."

"From: Barry Stemlicht Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2013 11:04 AM To: Steve Hanson"

"Despite spending more than $20m on new BRG outlets since we acquired our interest in BR Guest, the EBITDA of the firm is lower today than when we boug"

"We frankly would would much rather allocate a significant portion of your $2.5m blackmail payment to the employees"

"the last suggested terms of strip house and the payment terms were negotiated after a long discussion with a respectful give and take"

"I believe that had you and I been able to speak directly without the middelmen including howie"