Ariane de Rothschild, head of the family-owned Edmond de Rothschild Swiss private bank, corresponded dozens of times with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and agreed to multiple meetings over about five years before his 2019 arrest and jailing, US justice department files show.
The documents, released by the department on Friday, do not appear to contain any sign of criminal wrongdoing. But they raise questions about an earlier characterisation by the bank of their relationship, cited by the Wall Street Journal in 2023, which said she met with Epstein as part of her normal duties at the bank.
Reuters could not independently confirm the purpose of their meetings.
