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Anderson said Epstein wanted to meet before the photoshoot to negotiate buying the images after publication, as he did not want anyone to have them after they were published by the magazine.
He said a young woman with an Eastern European accent answered the door, who he later saw setting up a massage table in another room, followed by his private secretary, Lesley Groff.
Anderson said Epstein offered him $US20,000, an arrangement which was greenlit by New York Magazine.
“It was all the money in the world to me at the time. I had a young family and lived basically month to month,” he said.
“He wrote a personal check and handed it to me.”
But their short-lived professional relationship took a turn several days later when the financier decided to pull out of the story.
Epstein called to demand the photos, Anderson said, but he refused to hand them over, saying they were not his until after publication.
“Then the threats started,” he said.
Anderson claimed Epstein sent his bodyguard and driver Merwin, described as a “massive guy in a long black overcoat and black, leather gloves”, to his studio to intimidate him.
“The magazine killed the story, too. So I cashed the check and Merwin came by again to collect the hard drive and make sure I didn’t have any more copies of the photos,” he said.
Until today, when Anderson found a copy on an old hard drive.
He has shared the six images on social media, which include framed photos of Richard Branson, Bill Clinton and Woody Allen, a black-and-white close-up and Epstein making a call at a desk behind a stuffed tiger.
One of the images contains a printed email on his desk of an exchange between Epstein and the UK royal government office concerning payment from a duke and duchess.
It is unclear which duke and duchess he is referring to.
However, former prince Andrew, who was the Duke of York, recently had his royal titles, duties and lodge stripped from him by his brother King Charles over renewed scrutiny over his relationship with Epstein.
