"In August 2018, as the #MeToo movement spread across social media and women around the world demanded justice from sexual predators, Michael Wolff, a journalist, forwarded Jeffrey Epstein a plea for help. Wolff wanted Epstein to support Stephen Elliott, a writer looking to sue the creator of the Shitty Media Men List, a crowd-sourced Google Doc that detailed anonymous allegations of misconduct against dozens of men who worked in the media industry."
"I have always thought that the way back from this climate is through specific instances of individuals successfully challenging their persecution, Wolff wrote to Epstein, according to emails released in a tranche from the so-called Epstein files. If his story is solid he might be worth supporting. Initially, Epstein was unmoved. In a single-word, no-punctuation email, the convicted sexual offender replied: tough."
During August 2018, Michael Wolff forwarded Jeffrey Epstein a plea asking Epstein to support Stephen Elliott, who planned to sue the creator of the Shitty Media Men List. The list was a crowd-sourced Google Doc containing anonymous allegations of misconduct against dozens of media figures. Wolff urged Epstein that specific successful legal challenges could counter the #MeToo climate and suggested an opportunity to make a public argument. Epstein initially replied 'tough' but later offered assistance. Weeks later Elliott sued Moira Donegan. The chain of communications from Elliott to Lorin Stein to Wolff to Epstein appears in the Epstein files, and there is no evidence Stein or Elliott knew their messages reached Epstein.
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