Photo of novelty check suggests Epstein ‘sold’ Trump a woman for $22,500

<p>President and convicted sex offender appear in birthday scrapbook photo with check signed by ‘DJ Trump’</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/sep/09/donald-trump-jeffrey-epstein-birthday-note-letter-latest-live-us-politics-news">US politics live – latest updates</a></p></li></ul><p>A scrapbook for <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/jeffrey-epstein">Jeffrey Epstein’s</a> 50th birthday released on Monday contains a photo of him holding a novelty check signed by <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump">Donald Trump</a> with the suggestion that Epstein “sold” him a woman for $22,500, shedding further light on the<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/18/trump-epstein-friendship"> longtime relationship</a> between the president and the convicted sex offender.</p><p>The photo shows Epstein and Joel Pashcow, a longtime member of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, and a third figure, apparently a woman, whose face is redacted. They are holding a novelty check over a handwritten caption, apparently from Paschow, reading: “Jeffrey showing early talents with money + women! Sells ‘fully depreciated’ [redaction] to Donald Trump for $22,500.”</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/09/trump-epstein-photo-check-woman">Continue reading...</a>

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