Jeffrey Epstein chatted openly while hanging out with billionaires about his time in jail for soliciting a child prostitute: WSJ

• A former executive told WSJ that Jeffrey Epstein openly talked about his time in jail in 2008.
• Barnaby Marsh, who frequented Epstein's home, spoke to WSJ about Epstein.

Jeffrey Epstein met with billionaires and chatted openly about the time he spent in jail in 2008 for soliciting a child prostitute, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing interviews and documents reviewed by the paper.

The Wall Street Journal reviewed thousands of pages of documents, including emails and schedules from 2013 to 2017, that reveal new details about the disgraced financier's personal life and connections.

Epstein — who died by suicide in jail while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges in 2019 — frequently met with high-profile billionaires, politicians, and executives at his New York townhouse, WSJ reported, citing the reviewed documents.

Barnaby Marsh, a former executive at the John Templeton Foundation charity, attended Epstein's salon-style gatherings dozens of times, WSJ reported.

Marsh told the WSJ that Epstein openly talked about the time he had previously spent in jail for soliciting a child prostitute.

"So many of these billionaires knew him," Marsh told WSJ. "Nobody ever said, 'Watch out for him.'"

Epstein was a registered sex offender at the time and had served a 13-month jail term in Florida in 2008 after he pleaded guilty to procuring a person under 18 for prostitution and felony solicitation of prostitution.

The disgraced financier was arrested again in July 2019 on sex-trafficking charges and died several weeks later.