Paedophile Jeffrey Epstein offered reward to disprove claims Stephen Hawking took part in orgy

Jeffrey Epstein told his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell that she could offer a financial reward to friends of his accuser Virginia Giuffre if they could help prove her allegation that Stephen Hawking had engaged in an underage orgy was false.

Newly released court documents reveal that the paedophile financier sent an email in 2015 showing that he was happy to issue a reward to counter her allegations, shortly after Ms Guiffre had filed a civil claim in the US.

The email, sent to disgraced socialite Maxwell, read: “You can issue a reward to any of Virginia’s friends, acquaints, family that come that Stephen Hawking participated in an underage orgy.”