Peggy Siegal**, New York's most prominent Hollywood film publicist, received **$555,544** in a single quarter from Jeffrey Epstein's financial network, documents from the DOJ archive show — routed through an offshore company specifically structured to avoid U.S. tax reporting requirements.
The payments, flowing through HBRK Associates Inc. — the entity managed by Epstein's financial fixer Richard Kahn — went to Siegal's firm via a UK intermediary called Waggingtail Entertainment Ltd.
The arrangement, laid out in a 2011 accounting memo sent directly to Epstein, was designed so that for HBRK invoices specifically, Siegal received 100% of revenue rather than the standard 60% commission.
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The HBRK Pipeline
A payment ledger in the archive (Document vol00009-efta00660913-pdf) records dozens of checks issued to Peggy Siegal Inc. throughout 2011 — with quarterly accounting that reaches $555,544.52 in the fourth quarter alone. The checks run from January through December, issued to Siegal's corporate account on intervals as frequent as twice per week.
Kahn personally managed the invoices. In a December 2010 email to Epstein (Document vol00009-efta00775818-pdf), Kahn forwarded a $30,000 invoice from Siegal's representative and asked Epstein directly: "Is this ok to pay? If so from HBRK (how we paid last invoice) or your personal account?"
Epstein's response is not included in the filed document, but the routing through HBRK — a corporate entity, not a personal account — continued. By 2011, checks to Peggy Siegal Inc. from that channel totaled more than half a million dollars in a single quarter.
The Offshore Structure
A 2011 memo from Siegal's accountant, forwarded to Epstein by a representative named Bryan Bantry (Document vol00010-efta01994205-pdf), lays out the full structure. All invoices for The Peggy Siegal Company are "issued by and paid to Waggingtail Entertainment Ltd.," a UK-registered company. Waggingtail then passes a 60% commission to Peggy Siegal Inc.
But for HBRK — Epstein's entity — the structure breaks from standard terms: "The only exception to this is for invoices issued to HBRK Associates Inc. in which case 100% of revenue is paid to Peggy Siegal Inc."
The memo notes that Waggingtail is "not required to issue any tax forms (e.g. 1099) to Peggy Siegal Inc." under then-current tax law — a detail the accountant explicitly flagged for Epstein's review.
Screenings, Jets, and the Island
Beyond the financial records, the archive contains a stream of direct correspondence between Siegal and Epstein. In a December 2013 email chain (Document vol00009-efta00978224-pdf), Siegal coordinated Epstein's attendance at multiple exclusive screenings — including a private showing of Wolf of Wall Street hosted by Mort Zuckerman and a Ziegfeld Theatre premiere of Anchorman 2.
Epstein's emails in that exchange are personal and familiar. In one message he wrote: "can't wait for you to come to the island."
Siegal also described being stranded at JFK due to a runway collision and wrote to Epstein: "If you loved me you would have sent a plane." The archive records that Epstein had dispatched contacts on her behalf.
A 2009 invoice (Document vol00009-efta00773090-pdf) billed Epstein's network for "PR services" in connection with Siegal's participation in a July trip — the specific nature of the trip is not described in the filed document.
What the Documents Show
The documents do not allege wrongdoing by Siegal. They show, however, that she maintained a substantial financial relationship with Epstein's corporate network over multiple years — structured through an offshore intermediary and invoiced at terms reserved exclusively for his entity.
The scale of the payments — over half a million dollars in a single recorded quarter — far exceeds what a standard publicist retainer would typically justify.
Kahn, who managed the invoices on Epstein's behalf, has previously been the subject of InvArchives reporting on his role as Epstein's financial intermediary across dozens of transactions.
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This analysis references publicly released documents from the Epstein case archive. All individuals mentioned are presumed innocent unless convicted in a court of law. Language such as “documents indicate” reflects what appears in source materials, not conclusions of guilt. Readers are encouraged to review the cited source documents directly.