The brother of the late Jeffrey Epstein is publicly calling for the release of extensive interview footage recorded with the convicted sex offender in the years preceding his death.
Mark Epstein stated he has demanded that former political strategist Steve Bannon grant him access to what he describes as approximately 15 hours of unreported video. The material was reportedly captured for a documentary project that has never been publicly released. Mark Epstein asserts the recordings feature his brother and were made after a major news outlet published detailed allegations from accusers in 2018.
“Let me see the videotapes. He’s my brother,” Mark Epstein was quoted as saying in a recent media appearance, framing his request as a familial appeal.
According to these statements, the interviews were conducted prior to Jeffrey Epstein’s 2019 arrest on federal sex trafficking charges. The financier was later found dead in his Manhattan jail cell in August of that year, with authorities ruling the death a suicide.
Mark Epstein claims that, following his brother’s death, he met with Bannon, who indicated the footage was intended to form the basis of a documentary aimed at, in part, rehabilitating Jeffrey Epstein’s public image. He says he has had no further contact regarding the project since that meeting.
In a separate development from earlier this month, Bannon suggested during a broadcast that a multi-part series based on the recordings would be released early next year. He hinted the project would purportedly explore connections between the case and what he termed “global elites” and intelligence services.
Previous reports have confirmed the existence of the recorded interviews, with Bannon stating in the past that the intended documentary sought to examine how the financier’s conduct was allegedly enabled by a network of powerful associates.
