Report claims Epstein offered “Swedish blonde,” Ambani replied “arrange that”

Jeffrey Epstein cultivated ties with Indian businessman Anil Ambani for several years, according to documents released by the US Justice Department that detail the disgraced financier’s global network of influential contacts.

The records show text-message exchanges between Epstein and Ambani from early 2017 to 2019, shortly before Epstein was arrested on federal sex-trafficking charges. Their conversations ranged from international affairs and business to travel plans and social arrangements, and included attempts to meet in person.

In one exchange dated March 9, 2017, Ambani asked Epstein for a suggestion ahead of a visit. Epstein responded by proposing the company of “a tall Swedish blonde woman,” to which Ambani replied: “Arrange that,” according to the documents.

Other messages show the two discussing a possible meeting in Paris later that year, which did not take place, and sharing views on the reception to then-US President Donald Trump at the World Economic Forum in Davos in January 2018.

When Ambani said he would be in New York in May 2019, Epstein invited him to visit and offered to arrange discreet introductions. Assistants later confirmed that Ambani met Epstein at his Upper East Side residence in Manhattan. After the meeting, Epstein sent Ambani a message saying it had been “a treat.”

A representative for Ambani declined to comment.

The latest disclosures add to evidence of the wide-ranging business and social relationships Epstein maintained even after pleading guilty in Florida in 2008 to charges related to procuring minors for prostitution. Despite that conviction, Epstein continued to move among wealthy and powerful figures until his arrest in 2019. He died by apparent suicide while in federal custody later that year.

The documents also show Epstein ordered several digital books about the Ambani family in 2017, suggesting an effort to familiarise himself with the family’s history and status.

Anil Ambani, 66, and his elder brother Mukesh Ambani, 68, split the family’s business empire after their father, Dhirubhai Ambani, died in 2002. Anil chairs Reliance Group, with interests in infrastructure and power, while Mukesh controls Reliance Industries Ltd., India’s largest conglomerate. Mukesh Ambani is Asia’s richest man, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

Anil Ambani’s fortunes have declined sharply over the past decade. Once a billionaire, he narrowly avoided a jail term in 2019 after Mukesh Ambani made a last-minute payment to settle court-mandated dues linked to Anil’s telecom business.

He remains under scrutiny in India. This week, the Supreme Court asked federal agencies to accelerate an investigation into alleged bank-loan fraud of about 400 billion rupees ($4.4 billion) involving Anil Ambani and his companies.

The documents also indicate Epstein discussed Ambani with several prominent US figures, including Deepak Chopra, Tom Pritzker and Peter Thiel, as part of his efforts to expand his elite network.