"He said he'd served his time and assured me that he changed his ways," Siegal said about her reunion with Epstein after he was released from prison in 2010, according to The New York Times. The pair had been friends before his prison term, so she began to add him back to the guest list of some of her events.
Siegal planned a dinner party for Epstein at his Upper East Side home. The event was attended by Britain's Prince Andrew, Katie Couric, George Stephanopoulos, and Chelsea Handler in 2010. "The invitation was positioned as, 'Do you want to have dinner with Prince Andrew?'" Ms. Siegal said. Many of the guests didn't know who the host was or about his criminal history, The New York Times reported.
A spokesperson for Siegal told Business Insider that Siegal's relationship with Epstein was social, not professional.
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Siegal told The New York Times that she ended her relationship with Epstein at the height of the #MeToo era in 2017.