The Hamptons are front and center in a trove of newly released Jeffrey Epstein files — with emails claiming the convicted pedo routinely paraded “the girls” to the vacation destination and organized overnight stays at his elite pals’ homes.
One email exchange praised the disgraced financier and human trafficker for organizing “girls weekends” in the ritzy enclave, with one person claiming a local nightclub maven even wanted Epstein to help organize weekly parties exclusively for “beautiful Russian girls,” documents released by the Department of Justice showed.
The latest batch of files includes dozens of emails that show Epstein’s tentacles reached deep into the beachfront destination — with one FBI document from 2020 showing someone sent a tip to the agency with claims sex trafficker had close connections in the area who would “procure underage girls for him.”
Some files in the latest batch also referred to Epstein’s grooming efforts on the young girls, which is the deliberate, calculated process where an abuser builds a relationship and trust with a child for the purpose of sexual exploitation and abuse, according to the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network, the largest anti-sexual violence organization in the country.
The disgraced financier frequently flew “the girls” to the Hamptons for trips that appear to be meant to groom the kids, according to claims in the documents.
Some of the documents include emails directly to Epstein referring to unspecified partying in the Hamptons, although there was no indication they included claims of illegal activity.
“We’ve got for us pink t-shirts and it says on it ‘girls weekend.’ Thank you so much Jeffrey for our happiest time,” a redacted person emailed Epstein in May 2016, according to the documents, which also included a redacted photo of girls eating on a sidewalk in Montauk.
Other emails suggest Epstein made numerous trips as part of a network of well-connected Hamptons insiders and coordinated travel and arrangements for unspecified acquaintances.
These connections included millionaire restaurateur Stephen Hanson, who Epstein asked if women — whom didn’t appear to be underage — could stay at his Hamptons property over a weekend in 2017, according to the documents.
Hanson, who was about 66 then and appears in the files nearly 3,000 times, happily obliged with Epstein’s ask, although there is no implication he was involved in any wrongdoing, according to the email thread.
The millionaire Hamptonite is also seen in other email exchanges discussing making “jerky,” inviting women to his Hamptons restaurant, and asking Epstein if any of them would like to go with him to an opera show after he “blew off” his wife.
Hanson also appears to have previously traveled to Little St. James, Epstein’s private island, according to the documents.
Other connections Epstein had in the Hamptons included Mark Baker, a popular Hamptons and NYC nightclub owner and party promoter who appears in the files roughly 50 times.
“My friend Mark Baker asked me to organize a party every week in his clubs in NY and the Hamptons strictly for beautiful Russian girls,” a redacted person claimed in a 2010 email to Epstein.
“I think it will be a great way to find new friends,” the emailer added.
Baker was seen in later email threads setting up in-person meetings with Epstein after the 2010 introduction, and now appears to be living in Bali, Indonesia, according to his website.
Both Hanson and Baker did not respond to The Post’s request for comment.
