Overview

• Allen, 89, told The Sunday Times he first met Jeffrey Epstein at a December 2010 dinner that included the Duke of York.
• He said a publicist invited him and Soon-Yi Previn and recalled guests embracing Epstein as a notable figure, adding that Epstein “couldn’t have been nicer.”
• Allen recounted Epstein claiming he had been falsely jailed and was trying to make amends through philanthropy to scientists and universities.
• The filmmaker said he and Previn later became regular guests yet never saw Epstein with underage girls, and he said Ghislaine Maxwell did not attend those dinners.
• Background includes Epstein’s prior conviction for soliciting an underage girl, his 2019 death in custody after a sex‑trafficking arrest, Maxwell’s 20‑year sentence, and Prince Andrew stepping back from public life after settling with Virginia Giuffre.