read the full piece here: www.exitfromaffco.com/p/epsteins-p...

while epstein's NZ plans were relatively shortlived, it's interesting to consider what attracted krauss to the country in the first place, and what an epstein-funded university institute in otago would have meant

krauss sends one more desperate email to epstein in november, asking for word on his decision around the institute, with epstein replying: "re new zealand„ I can’t get behind it."

in emails between krauss and otago university he later forwards to epstein, he discusses setting up an institute where him and his soon-to-be second wife would be employed, with initial private funding provided by an unnamed financier (epstein, who he hadn't asked yet)

later in 2012, krauss begins badgering epstein to discuss krauss' plans to spend "6 months a year" in NZ by setting up an institute, asking him to help save his life

before i forget, these are excerpts from the latest EXIT FROM AFFCO piece on epstein, krauss, and new zealand, which you can read here: www.exitfromaffco.com/p/epsteins-p...

krauss tries to confirm plans a few weeks later ("3 interesting days of talking, and viewing"). however, sadly (for krauss, luckily for us) epstein blows him off to visit dubai

soon after, krauss and epstein discuss plans to visit new zealand in october later that year, with epstein confirming his availability

in 2010, while visiting NZ on a speaking tour, scientist lawrence krauss emailed his associate (and long-time patron) epstein about trying to get epstein to meet a "university president". krauss was then visiting otago uni