British-born Shelley Anne Lewis, reportedly Epstein’s longtime secret girlfriend, was identified in newly unsealed court documents after years of mystery about her identity. Lewis, then in her early 20s, is said to have met Epstein around 1999 while working in the contemporary art department at Christie’s auction house in New York and to have dated him until about 2002. Flight logs suggest she took numerous trips on his private jet, including to his properties, and was part of his social circle for several years. She later became known as a children’s book author, spiritual entrepreneur and wellness figure, running ventures like Chocolate Sauce Books and Sacred Space and describing herself as pursuing holistic wellbeing projects. Despite the spotlight on her name, there’s no indication she was involved in or aware of Epstein’s criminal conduct, and she declined to comment publicly after her identity was exposed.

Lewis’ family acknowledged in other reports that they knew she was seeing “someone in New York” during that period, but her connection to Epstein only fully came to light through references in emails between Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. In one 2015 message, Maxwell asked Epstein to confirm that Shelley had been his girlfriend from the late 1990s to early 2000s, to which he agreed. While some media have highlighted her social travels and describe her as part of Epstein’s circle during a formative time in his life, she has not been accused of wrongdoing and has kept a low profile since the documents were released.



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