#BecauseMiami: There's Something About Jeffery Epstein
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What allegations are being made against former Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine?
In a bombshell announcement for a high-profile South Florida politician, the House Oversight Committee said Thursday it's asking the Justice Department to investigate sexual misconduct allegations made by Jeffrey Epstein's former assistant, Sarah Kellen. Kellen testified behind closed doors last month. She worked for Epstein and accused three men of sexual assault. One of them, former Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine. He served from 2013 to 2017. In transcripts released Thursday, Kellen told lawmakers Levine forced himself on her at a house in St. Tropez. Epstein and Maxwell were in the house, but not present when the assault happened. They rented a house in St. Tropez one summer, and Philip was good friends with Ghislaine, and he came to stay with us in the house.
And Jeffrey and Ghislaine had gone to bed, and Philip and I were still up. There was me and Philip, and then there was, like, this wooden kind of shack on the beach, and just, like, grabbed my hand and pulled me into the shack, basically forced himself on me. A spokesperson for Levine said in a statement, Nearly a quarter of a century ago, our client had a brief intimate encounter with another consenting adult. Any allegation suggesting otherwise is not true.
There's always a Miami connection.
What details emerge from Sarah Kellen's testimony regarding Jeffrey Epstein?
Sometimes there's multiple Miami connections. And Roy, this story about Phil Levine that broke in recent weeks is pretty wild because I am not a degree of separation away from him. And I feel like if there is a former Miami, in this case, Miami Beach mayor who was implicated in the Jeffrey Epstein case, I need to be out there in the interest of full disclosure. Roy, in 2014, at the world premiere of the ESPN 30 for 30, The You Part Two, which we held at the Colony Theater on Lincoln Road in Miami Beach, I was surprised on stage during my introduction. You'll see I'm wearing I borrowed that jacket from Uncle Luke, my Hurricanes starter jacket. But I was surprised on stage by then Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine.
And this happened.
There's no greater treasure, and he's very important to all of us, because he keeps everyone honest, he keeps everyone thinking about what's right for the people, and on behalf of the city of Miami Beach, it's my honor to recognize Billy and raconteur with a key to our city.
I'm still gonna tweet about you, dude. Yes, you heard me at the end as he was escaping to his back. I said, I'm still going to tweet about you, dude. And I kept that promise because in 2019, I discovered when Gawker published what they call Jeffrey Epstein's little black book. It was really just his phone book. I looked inside and found that Phil Levine had more entries. More listings in Jeffrey Epstein's phone book than almost any single other person.
How did Philip Levine respond to allegations of sexual misconduct?
There was 13 different numbers, email addresses. I don't even know addresses, his home, his work. There was his butler, his assistant, his secretary, his housekeeper, his driver. It was a crazy list of 13 different listings. I broke that story on the Twitter machine. It was picked up by Miami New Times. Jeffrey Epstein at all. But this becomes the story, these kind of from 2019 to present day, these evolving denials from Phil Levine. And to that end, Miami New Times really, even more so than any other periodical or news outlet out there, has been covering this. Scott McClendon is a Miami New Times staff writer who's basically been on the Phil Levine, Jeffrey Epstein beat as of late. Scott, can we go through a
Phil Levine's first denial back in 2019. What was that story?
So first he tells our staff writer, Alex DeLuca, the quote is, I think I met him possibly two or three times, but briefly, maybe over 15 years ago at events. don't remember ever giving him my full contact info but possibly did give him my contact card um that was just days after epstein died by suicide in manhattan um then he says when i read the book the little black book i was also surprised i truly just don't know was his first response to us
That is 2019. Then you got to flash forward because Phil Levine kind of retires from politics and the spotlight.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What allegations are being made against former Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine?
0:00–1:17
2
What details emerge from Sarah Kellen's testimony regarding Jeffrey Epstein?
1:17–3:02
3
How did Philip Levine respond to allegations of sexual misconduct?
3:02–5:03
4
What connections exist between Philip Levine, Jeffrey Epstein, and Ghislaine Maxwell?
5:03–7:32
5
What was the public's reaction to the Miami-Dade County Commission meeting incident?
7:32–10:35
6
Why was Camila Ball forcefully removed from the Miami-Dade County Commission meeting?
10:35–12:04
7
What impact did the incident at the commission meeting have on Camila Ball's life?
12:04–13:13
8
What are the broader implications of local law enforcement's relationship with ICE?
13:13–35:13
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