Tommy Mottola
Former President and CEO of Sony Music Entertainment (1988–2003)
Tommy Mottola — Former President and CEO of Sony Music Entertainment (1988–2003) — is named in connection with the Jeffrey Epstein files. Nearly 1,000 Department of Justice documents — including FBI reports, court records, and email and text correspondence reviewed by Rolling Stone — document a relationship with Epstein spanning from 2004 to 2019, continuing years after Epstein's 2008 criminal conviction. Phone records show Epstein placed over 80 calls to Mottola's office and personal lines between late 2004 and 2006. Email and text exchanges document meetings at Epstein's Palm Beach office (spring 2009), a scheduled Yom Kippur dinner at Epstein's home (September 2010), and recurring gift exchanges — including a "huge box of Bridgewater Chocolates" sent by Mottola in December 2011 and a gift basket in September 2017. A December 2017 text from Mottola reads "Thank you, I love you man!!" following personal advice from Epstein. In 2015 Mottola wrote "It's way too long overdue that we see each other." Mottola also helped arrange Donna Summer musical tickets for Epstein and four guests in April 2018; a June 2019 text shows Mottola asking Epstein to take a call. Business discussions in the files include home renovation advice and a potential EMI music company investment. Mottola has said he did not know why Epstein might have needed a private investigator and denies any knowledge of Epstein's crimes. No wrongdoing is alleged against him. This profile is auto-generated from public reporting and is pending editorial review; inclusion does not imply guilt or wrongdoing.
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Is Tommy Mottola in the Epstein files?
Yes. Tommy Mottola (Former President and CEO of Sony Music Entertainment (1988–2003)) is named in connection with the Jeffrey Epstein files. Nearly 1,000 Department of Justice documents — including FBI reports, court records, and email and text correspondence reviewed by Rolling Stone — document a relationship with Epstein spanning from 2004 to 2019, continuing years after Epstein’s 2008 criminal conviction. Phone records show Epstein placed over 80 calls to Mottola’s office and personal lines between late 2004 and 2006. Email and text exchanges document meetings at Epstein’s Palm Beach office (spring 2009), a scheduled Yom Kippur dinner at Epstein’s home (September 2010), and recurring gift exchanges — including a “huge box of Bridgewater Chocolates” sent by Mottola in December 2011 and a gift basket in September 2017. A December 2017 text from Mottola reads “Thank you, I love you man!!” following personal advice from Epstein. In 2015 Mottola wrote “It’s way too long overdue that we see each other.” Mottola also helped arrange Donna Summer musical tickets for Epstein and four guests in April 2018; a June 2019 text shows Mottola asking Epstein to take a call. Business discussions in the files include home renovation advice and a potential EMI music company investment. Mottola has said he did not know why Epstein might have needed a private investigator and denies any knowledge of Epstein’s crimes. No wrongdoing is alleged against him.
Being named in the files is not evidence of any crime or wrongdoing. People appear in these documents in many contexts — correspondence, flight logs, contact books, scheduling, photographs, or passing references. See the sources below for the specific, documented context, and the note at the bottom of this page.
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