Hermès Chief Dumas Says Epstein Kept Trying to Target Him (1)

Axel Dumas, an heir to one of Europe’s biggest fortunes, said Jeffrey Epstein met with him once despite the Frenchman’s efforts to avoid him.

Speaking with reporters on Hermès International SCA’s results call Thursday, Dumas, the luxury goods company’s executive chairman, said he met with Epstein in March 2013 when the disgraced financier came with a group, including Woody Allen, to visit the Birkin bag maker’s workshop on the outskirts of Paris. Epstein’s participation wasn’t planned, he said.

“He crashed the party,” Dumas said.

Axel Dumas

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