Named in officially released Epstein documents and the subject of her own on-the-record interviews. She worked as a professional intermediary, which is a public professional role in this story.
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 2006 or 2007 | First contact with Epstein, by her own account. She says he sent her an expensive Cartier travel clock. [New York Magazine] |
| 2007 | A New York Magazine profile describes her as a friend of Epstein. [New York Magazine] |
| 2010 | Organises an event at Epstein's mansion. Reported guests include Prince Andrew, George Stephanopoulos, Katie Couric and Chelsea Handler. [Variety] |
| 2010 | By her own account she stops accepting money from Epstein for travel, after his probation ends. The record released since shows the financial relationship continued. [Variety] |
| 2011 | After Epstein tells the New York Post he is an "offender" rather than a predator, she says he assured her he had changed. [The New York Times] |
| 2011 | The Epstein–Huffington email exchange later released by the House. [U.S. House of Representatives] |
| 2011 | Invoices Epstein $50,000 for five months of services. [Variety] |
| March 2011 | Asks Epstein, in a released email, “How can you neutralize Tina?” — Tina Brown, then editing The Daily Beast and Newsweek. [Tina Brown] |
| 2013 | Epstein buys her a $15,000 ticket to the MPTF “The Night Before” Oscar party. [The Hollywood Reporter] |
| 2017 | Epstein gives her $100,000 for her 70th birthday, of which a reported $30,000 was for a party in Southampton. [Reporting on the New York Magazine interview (March 2026)] |
| 21 Nov 2017 | Epstein emails her a list of first names followed by “jeffrey is looking better and better”, as #MeToo allegations emerge. [The 19th] |
| 2018 | A $30,000 birthday gift. Sources disagree on whether this was separate from the 2017 gift. [The Hollywood Reporter] |
| July 2019 | After the New York Times reports her ties to Epstein, Netflix, FX and Annapurna Pictures end their work with her. HBO says it has nothing lined up with her. [Variety] |
| September 2019 | Appears at the Telluride Film Festival about six weeks later. [Variety] |
| March 2026 | Gives a long interview to New York Magazine after the DOJ release. [New York Magazine] |
“I invited him to a handful of my events and did not know until recently that he had been abusing underage girls.”Statement to Variety, 2019 · Variety
“I am deeply embarrassed by my relationship with him and … I allowed him to use me.”Statement to Variety, 2019 · Variety
“He said he'd served his time and assured me that he changed his ways.”To the New York Times, 2019 · The New York Times
Siegal is a private businesswoman, not an officeholder, so there is no campaign-finance or lobbying record for her. What follows is what published reporting establishes about where her income came from — including from Epstein, which continued well past the date she has given for it ending.
| Source | What is established |
|---|---|
| Her own firm | The Peggy Siegal Company, with offices in New York, Los Angeles and London. Listed among the top 12 media marketing firms in 2018. [Wikipedia] |
| Event fees | By 2007 she was hosting roughly 120 events a year at about $25,000 an event. [New York Magazine] |
| Studio and network clients | Netflix, FX and Annapurna Pictures all used her until 2019. HBO worked with her case by case. [Variety] |
| Earlier clients | Publicity work for Brian De Palma, Lawrence Kasdan, Barry Levinson, Billie Jean King, Richard Gere and Liza Minnelli. Four months in 1982 with Steven Spielberg on E.T. [Wikipedia] |
| From Epstein, by her account | She has said she received money from Epstein for travel and stopped after his probation ended in 2010. [Variety] |
| From Epstein, on the record | The released documents and reporting show the financial relationship continued: a $50,000 invoice in 2011, a $15,000 Oscar-party ticket in 2013, $100,000 for her 70th birthday in 2017, and a $30,000 birthday gift reported for 2018. See the messages page for the full table. [The Hollywood Reporter] |
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