Thieves broke into the Los Angeles offices of Jeffrey Epstein’s one-time crisis PR guru and stole work computers — the day before long-sealed court documents related to the convicted pedophile were released to the public, according to cops.
Michael Sitrick, of A-list global crisis PR firm Sitrick & Company, said crooks burglarized his company’s offices in a four-story Brentwood building on Jan. 2, but batted down any connection between the break-in and this week’s unsealing of nearly 900 documents from a since-settled 2015 defamation suit by alleged Epstein vic Virginia Giuffre.
“There can’t be any connection because it makes no sense,” Sitrick insisted to The Post.
Sitrick said the thieves only stole computers that were used by employees in the accounts’ payable, and pointed out that other companies’ offices in the building were also broken into on Tuesday, he added.
He also said neither his private office nor his assistant’s were tampered with.
Thieves broke into the penthouse offices of former Jeffrey Epstein fixer Michael Sitrick. Sitrick and Company“If the thieves were after anything related to Epstein or anyone else, how can one explain why my office was not broken into?” he said, adding that there weren’t any documents at his office connected to Epstein.
What we know about the Jeffrey Epstein list of 170 associates
- On Wednesday, documents were released naming 170 associates of accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. The list included Michael Jackson, magician David Copperfield, Stephen Hawking, former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and former President Bill Clinton — who an Epstein victim said “likes them young, referring to girls.”
- Disgraced royal Prince Andrew, a known friend of Epstein, was named in the documents and was previously sued by Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre, who accused Andrew of sexual misconduct toward her. According to one royal family expert, the Firm “will stand beside” the Duke of York “no matter what.”
- Epstein’s former attorney and friend Alan Dershowitz defended the late multimillionaire sex offender’s associates, saying: “None of us knew about his private life that he kept so secret.” Dershowitz, who is on the list, added that no one should be automatically convicted in the court of public opinion simply for showing up in court documents.
- Epstein’s brother, Mark Epstein, told The Post that the ex-business mogul said he could have upended the 2016 election over what he knew about both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton: “Here’s a direct quote: ‘If I said what I know about both candidates, they’d have to cancel the election.’ That’s what Jeffrey told me in 2016.”
- Only some of the 170 names and their relationships to Epstein have been released. The remainder of the documents will likely become public record throughout the next week.
Cops responded to a burglary call at 11999 San Vicente Boulevard just after 12:30 p.m. local time, with crooks managing to enter the building by breaking a glass door, a Los Angeles Police Department spokeswoman told The Post.
Sitrick blew off theories about connections between the burglary and this week’s release long-sealed court documents tied to his former client. Sitrick and CompanyThe spokeswoman declined to provide further details about the burglary.
The crisis PR maven said he began working with the child sex abuser in 2011, in the wake of a Post story detailing Epstein’s friendship with Prince Andrew.
Sitrick said he had fired Epstein as a client roughly eight weeks later, before his company sued the child sex offender in 2014 over $71,000 in unpaid bills, which he eventually ponied up.
Sitrick said he first began working for Epstein in 2011 after a Post story detailed his friendship with Prince Andrew. Corbis via Getty ImagesLA Magazine first reported the break-in.
