Overview
- Allen says his first encounter with Epstein was a December 2010 dinner that included the Duke of York, shortly after Epstein completed a prior jail term.
- He recounts being invited by a publicist and seeing prominent guests who, in his telling, embraced Epstein socially.
- Allen says Epstein told guests he had been falsely imprisoned and was trying to make amends through philanthropy to scientists and universities.
- Allen says he and Soon‑Yi Previn later attended more dinners, never saw underage girls present, and did not see Ghislaine Maxwell at those events.
- Background noted in the reports includes Epstein's 2019 death after a sex‑trafficking arrest and Prince Andrew's withdrawal from public duties and settlement with Virginia Giuffre.