Flirty emails and chummy photos show how far Epstein reached into business world

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Casey Wasserman was in Italy for the Winter Olympics, scheduled to make a presentation to the International Olympic Committee on the progress of the 2028 Los Angeles Games. Peter Attia, the longevity doctor with cult followers and a bestselling book, was days into a new role as a CBS News contributor.

And Brett Ratner was promoting “Melania," his documentary about the first lady—his first film since 2017, when six women accused him of sexual misconduct. All three men had reached—or returned to—the pinnacle of their industries in February 2026. And all three, it turned out, had secrets in the Epstein files.

Flirtatious email exchanges between Wasserman and Ghislaine Maxwell from 2003 were among the files released by the Department of Justice on Friday. Attia’s name appeared more than 1,700 times in the documents, with correspondence showing he maintained a relationship with Jeffrey Epstein through 2019. Twenty undated photos showed Ratner hanging around with Epstein at his Manhattan townhouse, the two men with their arms wrapped around women whose identities are redacted.

These interactions have largely escaped scrutiny. The Epstein saga has generated headlines about people such as former President Bill Clinton and Andrew Mountbatten Windsor whose fame have ensured maximum attention. Clinton, who has been called to testify before Congress, has said he had no knowledge of Epstein’s criminal activity.

Mountbatten Windsor, who was stripped of his royal title, has denied that he participated in sexual abuse. But the files contain millions of pages, and many of the people in them aren’t former royals or former presidents. They are executives, doctors, lawyers, and dealmakers at the tops of