Epstein and Details of Hurd & ex
PREDATOR paedophile Jeffrey Epstein had contact details for Tory minister Nick Hurd in his notorious “little black book”.
We can reveal the Northern Ireland minister, son of Conservative Party grandee Douglas Hurd, appears with ex-wife Kim in a copy of the depraved financier’s contacts published online.
Old Etonian Mr Hurd last night denied ever meeting Epstein, who was a friend of Prince Andrew and killed himself in jail last month, aged 66.
It is believed the Hurds’ contact details were passed to the billionaire by British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, 57.
She is the daughter of the disgraced late newspaper tycoon Robert Maxwell and an “old friend” of Kim’s from university. Maxwell is accused of being Epstein’s “madam” which she has denied.
The address book features two previous home addresses, along with five telephone numbers for Mr Hurd. It also lists a personal email for the 57-year-old, who divorced Kim in 2008.
Asked why t he contact details were in the book, Mr Hurd said he had not consented to their inclusion, adding: “I never met with or s poke t o Jeffrey Epstein.”
Kim also denied ever meeting Epstein but said: “Ghislaine Maxwell is an old friend from university y days.” Mr Hurd was Minister of State for Industry and Climate Change in Theresa May’s regime from July 2016 to June 2017 at the newly created Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.
He was then Minister of State for Policing and the Fire
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