The late financier apparently hoped his association with the noted black hole theorist would help him battle child sex-trafficking allegations, newly unsealed records show

Call it a brief history of slime.

Jeffrey Epstein apparently hoped that his association with Stephen Hawking — and the improbable notion that the famed physicist would engage in an “orgy” — would him help battle child sex-trafficking allegations, newly unsealed court records show.

In a typo-riddled email made public on Wednesday night, the late pedophile financier told his since-convicted accomplice, onetime British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, to try to pay off people close to accuser Virginia Giuffre.

“You can issue a reward to any of virginias friends acquaionts family that come forward and prove her allegations are false,” he wrote on Jan. 12, 2015.

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      11 months ago

      He cheated on his first wife with his nurse who was significantly younger than him?

      I said philanderer, not pedophile.

      Epstein held Hawking up as proof he wasn’t scummy, implying high moral character of Hawking and by extension, himself.

      All I am saying is Hawking was pretty scummy and so its a weak defense.

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        11 months ago

        At least Hawking provided something to society.

        The sooner we forget Epstein’s name*, the better.

        • Forget his name, but not the fact he didn’t kill himself.