Brad Karp Cancels Event as Epstein Ties Emerge: New York Brief

Feb. 4, 2026, 12:03 PM UTC

Karp Cancels Event as Epstein Ties Emerge

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Paul Weiss Chairman Brad Karp dropped out of a planned speech at a Wall Street Journal event Tuesday as details emerge about his communications with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, Tatyana Monnay and Meghan Tribe report.

The latest release of Epstein-related documents by the Justice Department shows that Karp — who was slated to discuss “leadership in uncertain times” at the Journal’s Invest Live two-day conference in West Palm Beach, Florida — had a more extensive relationship with Epstein than Paul Weiss has previously described.

The email correspondence between Karp and Epstein largely spans ...

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