"In a recent appearance on Piers Morgan (ugh), the director of the disastrous new Melania doc may just have accidentally threaded the needle between Tr*mp, Epstein, and Melania, and we have a feeling things are about to get even messier. As the Ratner-directed vanity project Melania "defies expectations" with a little bit of help from bulk ticket sales experts are already calling BS on the Amazon doc's opening week returns."
""That's a photograph of my fiancée," Ratner explained, stating that one of the young women in the photo was someone he was engaged to 20 years ago. "She invited me to the event where the picture was taken," he claimed, "and I'd never been in contact with Jeffrey Epstein before that photo... so that's a picture of me and my fiancée at some event.""
"But if we look at the timeline, something isn't adding up. 20 years ago, Ratner was in a high-profile relationship with tennis legend Serena Williams. A New York Post article from 2005, however, does mention a new romance for Ratner after his break with Williams. "Model Alina Pascau has been flashing a massive canary-yellow diamond engagement ring Ratner recently gave her," the article states, "we're told Pascau, a Romanian stunner, used to date reclusive billionaire Jeffrey Epstein.""
Brett Ratner defended his appearance in a photograph with Jeffrey Epstein by saying the woman pictured was his fiancée and that he had never previously been in contact with Epstein. The timing of that claim conflicts with Ratner's 20-year-old relationship history, which included a high-profile romance with Serena Williams followed by reports linking Ratner to model Alina Pascau. A 2005 New York Post item said Pascau had dated Jeffrey Epstein and received Epstein's help securing modeling work. Ratner also directed a Melania documentary whose opening-week sales are under scrutiny, adding context to renewed attention on his associations.
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