A woman accidentally found Jeffrey Epstein’s black book on a Manhattan sidewalk in the 1990s. It resurfaced 25 years later and was auctioned in 2024 — but barely anyone noticed.
In the mid-1990s, a musician named Denise Ondayko stumbled across a VeloBind notebook lying on the sidewalk in New York City. She picked it up without knowing it once belonged to Jeffrey Epstein — the now-infamous financier and convicted sex offender. She stored it away for over 25 years, only realizing its significance in 2020 when Epstein’s name and network came under heavy public scrutiny.
The book contained nearly 400 names and phone numbers — including celebrities, politicians, business leaders, and even royals. Some entries were marked with checkmarks or highlights. It wasn’t one of the officially released “black books” from court records — this was a privately found one, which makes it even more mysterious.
In 2024, the notebook was authenticated and put up for auction in Maryland through Alexander Historical Auctions. Despite media buzz, the reserve price wasn’t met, and the book failed to sell. A sealed-bid version was also attempted earlier that year, with estimates ranging between $50,000 and $1 million.
Mainstream media barely covered this. There were no major exposés or follow-ups, despite the book being real and documented. Why has this stayed under the radar? Why are stories like this, which could contain major insight into Epstein’s network, not investigated further?
CBS source:
https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/jeffrey-epsteins-little-black-book-auction-maryland/
Would love to hear what others think — why did this vanish from public discussion so fast?
