The New York Times reveals the links between Ana Obregón and Jeffrey Epstein

Barcelona"He's my guardian angel in New York." These words, taken from Ana Obregón's 2012 memoirs about Jeffrey Epstein, are the starting point for a report byNew York Timeswhich focuses on the relationship the Spanish actress and presenter had with the disgraced millionaire who was revealed to have run a child sex trafficking ring. The quote was from a memory of the 1980s, when Obregón moved to New York to study acting. "Goodbye to Jeff, the perfect man I never fell in love with," she also wrote.

Obregón referred to her relationship with him again in 2021, in an interview with Vanity Fair, when I had been there for two years Epstein had committed suicide in the cell where he was serving his sentenceOn that occasion, he described him as his "best friend in New York" and explained that he had refused to speak to a journalist from the Wall Street Journal who wanted to talk to her. "What if they come to kill me now?" she recounts thinking.

The actress wanted to give her version of events to the program And now Sonsoles. Despite acknowledging that she had met the magnate Jeffrey Epstein while studying acting in New York, she wanted to make it clear that they had only been friends. "It's a very delicate subject. I'm disgusted by what that human being became, I'm disgusted that I was his friend, and it makes my blood boil," she said. Obregón explained that she introduced Epstein to her parents, but asserted that the magnate was completely unaware of the family fortune. In this regard, she insisted that there was no financial relationship whatsoever between Epstein and her parents. Furthermore, the presenter affirmed that there had been no romantic relationship whatsoever. "I told him that nothing would happen between us. Women have a kind of sixth sense. He understood this and told me he wanted to be my friend. 'If you prefer, we'll be friends,' he told me. 'There wasn't a single night of passion,' the actress and presenter insisted."New York TimesYes, she has finally delved into that relationship and recounts that, on their first meeting, he sped around Manhattan in a Rolls-Royce. She also explains that, despite being captivated by his beauty and charm, she never wanted to be more than a friend. At that time, Epstein was dating Eva Andersson, a model who had been Miss Sweden.

The newspaper also explains that Ana Obregón's parents hired Epstein to help them recover millions of euros lost during the collapse of a stock brokerage firm that left them, along with other Spanish construction families, high and dry. The reward for this feat is what made him a millionaire at just 31 years old. The report concludes by explaining Obregón's shock at discovering that Epstein had been arrested for soliciting minors for prostitution, in one of the scandals that has rocked the American elite.