Last year there was a curious attendee at Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ annual writer’s retreat; Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged ‘madam,’ Ghislaine Maxwell .
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According to the report, it’s an “all-expenses-paid retreat courtesy of Bezos and Amazon that is completely off the record for attendees, who often bring their spouses and partners on the free trip.” It was started in 2009.
The secretive conclaves have had virtually no press coverage (aside from a 2014 New York Times article), and has "largely remained under the radar ," reports VICE - which notes that Maxwell’s attendance “further illustrates the connections that Epstein and Maxwell maintained to the wealthy elite.”