Newly released files show emails between Bobby Kotick and Jeffrey Epstein

The Justice Department's recent release of files connected to Jeffrey Epstein contains more than a dozen allegedly exchanged emails between Epstein and then-Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick. Kotick's name had previously appeared in a 2015 Gawker publication that included a redacted copy of Epstein’s alleged address book.

The messages include attempts by Epstein in November 2012 to arrange dinners while Kotick was in New York, an itinerary listing a dinner on November 18, 2012, and a representative sending information about Epstein’s private island, Little St. James. Kotick allegedly wrote back in December 2012, "Great, wished would could have stopped by the island." Emails from 2013 discuss meeting in Los Angeles and include a line attributed to Epstein, "Taking girls after to bel air." Several exchanges also show Epstein seeking a tour of Activision.

The release also includes an earlier 2004 exchange with Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell, in which Maxwell allegedly wrote, "You don’t ring, you don’t write.

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