JEFFREY Epstein exchanged sick emails with a Dubai business tycoon, including one where he wrote: “I loved the torture video”.
Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, chairman and CEO of DP World, has now been unmasked as the email recipient and had several vulgar, sexually explicit exchanges with the .
Jeffrey Epstein described Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem as a ‘close personal friend’Credit: Department of Justice
Bin Sulayem was among six men unmasked in the Epstein files on TuesdayCredit: Getty
Epstein died at a New York detention centre in 2019Credit: Getty
The Emirati mogul is one of “six wealthy, powerful men” whose names were initially redacted after the on January 30.
They were named on Tuesday after US lawmakers were given access to unredacted documents.
Bin Sulayem’s name appears repeatedly in the files, alongside snaps of him socialising with Epstein.
The pair were in correspondence for more than a decade – including after Epstein was jailed in 2008 for procuring a minor for prostitution.
In April 2009, while serving an 18-month sentence in a Palm Beach jail and allowed work release, Epstein emailed him: “Where are you? are you ok , I loved the torture video,”
In another creepy email from 2015, bin Sulayem bragged to Epstein about a hook-up with a foreign exchange student, writing: “She got engaged but now she back with me… The best sex I ever had amazing body,”
He later appears to have helped arrange for a Russian masseuse from Epstein’s “private spa” to secure a trainee role at a five-star hotel in Turkey so “she gains better experiences,” he wrote in 2017.
Bin Sulayem reportedly arranged numerous visits to Epstein’s Little St. James, Epstein’s private Caribbean island that was allegedly used for sex trafficking.
Images seized by federal cops show the businessman on the island, according to Bloomberg News .
And after Epstein was blocked from adding Great St. James to his retail portfolio in 2016 because of his convictions, bin Sulayem stepped in and is reportedly listed as its beneficial owner.
In a 2010 letter included in the files, Epstein also described bin Sulayem as a “close personal friend”.
In what appears to be a property lease reference, he wrote: “Sultan Bin Sulayem has a net worth of well over $100 Million Dollars.
“I have known him for more than 8 years and will personally vouch for him and any information he provides in connection with this application.”
Born into an influential Emirati family, bin Sulayem rose to become a towering figure in global shipping.
His father advised Dubai’s royal family and his brother is president of the governing body of Formula One and other motorsports.
The pair exchanged emails for a decade after Epstein’s jail sentenceCredit: Department of Justice
Bin Sulayem reportedly helped Epstein acquire Great St. JamesCredit: Getty Images – Getty
Since taking charge of DP World in 2007, he has overseen its growth into one of the world’s biggest port operators.
The company owns British ferry firm P&O, which sparked outrage in 2022 when it sacked 800 seafarers with just 30 minutes’ notice, which then transport secretary Grant Shapps branded as “shameful”.
A union letter to bin Sulayem called the sackings “callous and beneath contempt.”
“This behaviour not only lacks any form of basic decency, but appears to be a flagrant violation of UK labour law,” it said.
P&O denied any wrongdoing.
Bin Sulayem was also pictured with Donald Trump in 2008 at a gala launching Trump’s International Hotel & Tower in Dubai.
Author Michael Wolff, who interviewed Epstein for more than 100 hours before his death, has said Trump and Epstein shared an “abiding obsession” of chasing supermodels.
Separate emails obtained by Bloomberg show bin Sulayem discussing his own attempts to meet a supermodel in 2007.
“she told me a funny story,” Epstein wrote.
“Yes,” bin Sulayem replied. “After several attemps for several months we managed to meet in NY. there is a missunderstanding she she wanted some BUSINESS! while i only wanted some PUSSYNESS!”
“Praise Allah, there are still people like you,” Epstein wrote back.
The Emirati business mogul allegedly had a tryst with a university studentCredit: Getty
Bin Sulayem has served as chairman of DP World since 2007Credit: VisMedia
Among the other redacted names revealed this week was billionaire retail mogul Les Wexner, whose ties to Epstein have been widely reported.
Neither Wexner nor bin Sulayem have been accused of wrongdoing or convicted of any crimes in connection to Epstein.
Democrat Ro Khanna revealed the names on the House floor, where members of Congress are shielded from defamation claims.
He said the DoJ had hidden the identities for “no apparent reason” and suggested more names could still be concealed.
“If we found six men that they were hiding in two hours, imagine how many men they are covering up for in those three million files,” Khanna said.
He claimed the FBI had scrubbed documents before handing them to the DoJ, including files “naming rich and powerful men who went to Epstein’s island, who went to his ranch, who went to his home and raped and abused underage girls”.
“They’re all hidden,” Khanna said. It “asks a fundamental question: ‘Who are they protecting?’”
DP World has been contacted for comment.
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