Tony Hawk is clearing the air in regards to the hypothesis he bought married on convicted intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein’s personal island.
“Listed below are the details and timelines of my nuptials,” the professional skateboarder, 57, wrote through his Instagram Story on Thursday, February 5, per Folks. “And I apologize in the event that they don’t match a story of nonsense.”
Hawk has been married 4 occasions and broke down the timeline for his a number of life occasions. The athlete wed first spouse Cindy Dunbar in Fallbrook, California in 1990. Three years after his 1993 divorce from Dunbar, Hawk tied the knot with Erin Lee on the Hilton resort in San Diego.
Following his 2004 cut up from Lee, Hawk moved on with Lhotse Merrim. The pair held their marriage ceremony ceremony on the Tavarua Surf Island in Fiji in 2006. After his 2011 divorce from Merriam, Hawk based The One with spouse Catherine Goodman. The couple bought married at Adare Manor in Eire in 2015. Not one of the areas Hawk listed have been Little Saint James which was Epstein’s personal property within the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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Hawk claimed that the confusion got here from one of many visitors at his 2006 marriage ceremony to Merriam. One of many visitors was allegedly a photographer named Mark Epstein. Jeffrey coincidentally has a brother named Mark, however Hawk claimed that his marriage ceremony visitor has no relationship with the late financier’s household. (Epstein died by suicide at age 66 in August 2019 after being arrested on federal intercourse trafficking prices. He beforehand pleaded responsible to procuring a toddler for prostitution and soliciting a minor in 2008, and served 13 months in jail.)
“One of many visitors in 2006 shot images of the Fiji ceremony and licensed them to Getty Photos,” Hawk defined. “His title is (coincidentally) Mark Epstein. An completed motion sports activities photographer from Wyoming and of no relation to Jeffrey Epstein (who I by no means met and whose island I by no means visited). That is all simply verifiable info. Details usually are not fungible.”
Hawk concluded his message apologizing to his good friend Mark for “the misinformation vortex.”
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After america Division of Justice launched the Epstein recordsdata final month, rumors swirled that Hawk was concerned after the skateboarder was talked about in an October 2024 e mail from an FBI agent. The agent was investigating a case involving a minor being allegedly trafficked.
The e-mail acknowledged that the sufferer claimed that “she was taken from Eire and delivered to Jeffrey Epstein Island when she was 13 years previous,” and “she was there when Prince Edward was there and when Tony Hawk bought married on the island.”
Hawk was not the one star title dropped within the Epstein recordsdata. Many stars together with Prince Andrew, J.Okay. Rowling, Invoice Gates and extra have been talked about within the authorized paperwork. Gates, who beforehand frolicked with Epstein whereas he was alive, broke his silence on his connection to the disgraced billionaire.
“Apparently, Jeffrey wrote an e mail to himself. That e mail was by no means despatched,” Gates, 70, advised 9 Information Australia on Wednesday, February 4. “The e-mail is fake. I don’t know what his pondering was there. Was he making an attempt to assault me not directly? Each minute I spent with him, I remorse, and I apologize that I did that.”
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