Billionaire and famed psychiatrist Henry Jarecki has been relatively unscathed by his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, even though he is prominently displayed in Epstein’s Black Book with at least 13 contact numbers, and he also appears on Epstein’s flight logs. And like Epstein, Jarecki owned two private islands in the Virgin Islands.
In 2024, Jane Doe 11 filed a lawsuit contending that Epstein introduced her to Jarecki for the treatment of depression that was the result of Epstein’s abuse, and Jarecki raped Jane Doe 11 on her initial visit. She also accused Jarecki of “coercing her into being his modern-day sex slave” over the course of three years.
The lawsuit alleged that Jarecki was Epstein’s “go-to-doctor” for his victims.
The lawsuit also claimed that Jarecki used testosterone pills to increase his sex drive, and he frequently forced Jane Doe 11 to have sex with other men in front of him.
Jarecki has adamantly denied her allegations, claiming the relationship was consensual.
Brad Edwards, a lawyer for the accuser, wrote in an email to CNBC, “A ‘consensual’ relationship to describe a patient 60 years his junior, referred by Jeffrey Epstein, and known to be a sexual abuse victim, is a creative ‘defense,’ if nothing else.”
Jane Doe 11 ultimately recanted her accusation about Jarecki. And the lawsuit was “dismissed with prejudice,” which means the case is permanently closed and barred from being refiled. A case dismissed with prejudice indicates the case was settled or the judge dismissed it due to a party’s wrongdoing or lack of evidence.
Prior to suing Jarecki, Jane Doe 11 received compensation from a fund established for victims of Epstein.
Astonishingly, Epstein sent Jarecki an email on September 9, 2011, that excoriated Jarecki for mistreating people! Is Epstein’s email a monster excoriating a monster?
as your memory seems compromised. I think you should consider the option that it is YOUR behavior that drives everyone away.. they are ready to love , others are ready to be friends. , others business assoc. try as they might, and though you talk a good game . they are treated to selfish , cheap, intrusive actions. The result has to be , what is has been, and then poisons the water for future candidate as the reputation becomes widespread.. you drive away these girls.. they start out open to a love relation„ and then , .. you torture, and mistreat each. and then i guess take comfort in the fact that you were right not to think it possible
The Epstein files that have been released demonstrate that Epstein and some of his ilk were fond of literal torture, so we don’t know if Epstein’s email to Jarecki is referring to torture in a literal or figurative sense.
Though the Epstein files are filled with absolute horrors, an extremely outlandish email was sent from a Jarecki assistant to Epstein under the auspices of Jarecki writing a prospective book with Epstein: What if I Get Caught. In the book outline, Jarecki listed various means a perpetrator might deploy to avoid the long arm of the law, but in the case of billionaires it’s generally the short arm of the law.
Of course, Jarecki included deconstruction of the victim’s credibility: “…gather evidence on veracity and character of victim(s) and prosecution witnesses (private detectives and internet).”
But he also had contingencies if the victim’s credibility couldn’t be decimated, and flight from the law was unavoidable. In the section “Post Trouble,” he included “disguises,” “plastic surgeon,” and “documents generation: birth certificate, driver’s license.” He also included “multiple passports.”
It’s rather telling that a psychiatrist and billionaire would even conceive of such a book: A reader of the outline might think the good doctor has contemplated being a fugitive from the law.
Jarecki’s three sons, Nicholas, Andrew, and Eugene, are successful auteurs. Nicholas has had great success over the years with documentaries, docuseries, and narrative films. He directed the documentary Capturing the Friedmans, which was produced by HBO in 2003 and was a breakthrough sensation. The Friedmans seem to be a typical, upper-middle-class Jewish family, but, then, the father, Arnold, and his youngest son, Jesse, are arrested and charged with multiple counts of child molestation.
The documentary was a tour de force. The film premiered at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival, where it received critical acclaim as well as the Grand Jury Prize: Documentary. The film went on to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
However, Andrew Jarecki created an ambiguity about the guilt of Arnold and Jesse Friedman by withholding several facts from the audience.
Six former victims of Arnold and Jesse Friedman publicly criticized the documentary for ignoring key evidence and distorting facts to generate sympathy and doubt regarding the convictions of the father and son pedophiles. The documentary also left out a 1989 prison confession by Arnold Friedman and failed to mention a co-defendant’s guilty plea. Nonetheless, Andrew Jarecki continues to be committed to the belief that Jesse Friedman is innocent, and he has attempted to have Jesse’s conviction overturned.
Like Jeffrey Epstein, Henry Jarecki owns two islands in the Virgin Islands. Unlike Jeffrey Epstein, Jarecki founded a “youth development” organization in the Virgin Islands: the Youth Empowerment Project. According to the Founding Family’s Message:
Inspired by a simple mission – to provide a safe and enriching place for East End kids to come after school – the Jarecki Family and BVI leaders joined together to establish the Youth Empowerment Project (YEP) in 2005.
More than 20 years later, YEP has benefitted over 5,000 BVI children, providing more than 1 million hours of instruction and opportunity after school and during holidays and summer. From computer classes and homework help to outdoor sports and arts and crafts, the focus is on enabling kids to learn new things, develop leadership capabilities, and, most importantly, have fun.
And YEP is growing! Following successful pop-ups in Road Town and Virgin Gorda, YEP is partnering with Unite BVI to bring its signature programming to a permanent location in Virgin Gorda. This will expand YEP’s reach beyond YEP’s original location on East End, Tortola to serve a total of more than 300 children each year.
We are grateful for the enthusiasm of so many members of the BVI community who join our family in supporting YEP. Together, we know that investing in our youth is the best possible path to a brighter future – for the BVI and for us all!
Jarecki Family
Guana Island and Pirate’s Bight
Jeffrey Epstein, who was a child molester and a true monster, thought that Dr. Henry Jarecki was an even bigger monster. In the aforementioned email Epstein sent to Jarecki, excoriating him, I’m unsure if Epstein was referring to Jarecki’s torture of women figuratively or literally, because one never knows with the Epstein class. But given our understanding of Dr. Jarecki thus far, I don’t believe he’s the right guy to start a “youth development” organization that has “benefitted over 5,000 children.”
