The case is getting darker for Jack Lang and his loved ones. The daughter of the former minister, Caroline Lang, announced that she was leaving her position as general delegate of the Independent Production Union. His decision comes after revelations about his financial ties to American sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein. His name and that of his father appeared in several exchanges with Jeffrey Epstein within the database made public last Friday by the US Department of Justice.
A “generous patron”
“I have decided to withdraw from my duties as general delegate of the SPI”announced Caroline Lang in a press release sent to AFP, hoping that the situation cannot “harm the union “. After meeting the American billionaire in 2012 through director Woody Allen, Caroline Lang, at the time general manager of Warner Bros TV, remembers a “generous patron”. Her “idea of establishing a perfectly legal fund intended to promote the acquisition of works by young artists” seemed to him “relevant”.
She assures that she did not perceive “no remuneration, nor any profit from this fund” and that Jeffrey Epstein would be a simple ” awareness “. Caroline Lang left her position within this structure, which she had held for three weeks, “as soon as Mr. Epstein’s actions” were revealed.
According to information from Mediapartthe company Prytanee LLC, which was to be used for the purchase of works of art, had its accounts credited with $1.4 million. Caroline Lang explains that she did not declare this company to the French tax authorities, deploring a “confounding naivety”. The daughter of the former French minister also appears on a financial will from Jeffrey Epstein, signed two days before his death. The billionaire allegedly promised her 5 million dollars, a sum of which she is unaware.
