7000 references to the name of an Austrian scientist in the Epstein files spark political investigations
New documents related to the case of American businessman convicted of sexual crimes Jeffrey Epstein have sparked political controversy in Austria after the name of an Austrian mathematician working as a professor at Harvard University appeared thousands of times in those files. The case revolves around Martin Nowak, a mathematics professor born in Lower Austria who has been working in the United States for years. According to the Austrian news agency APA, Nowak's name appeared about 7,000 times in the documents published by the U.S. Department of Justice as part of what is known as the Epstein files.
The documents indicate extensive communication between Nowak and the network of relationships linked to Epstein, including emails and various communications. The documents also mention a letter sent by Nowak to Ghislaine Maxwell, a former associate of Epstein who was later convicted in cases related to sex trafficking.
In the message revealed by the documents, the Austrian scientist Maxwell thanked what he described as "the wonderful hospitality" after a visit he made to Epstein's private island Little Saint James, which later became a global symbol of the scandal associated with the sexual exploitation cases that the American billionaire was accused of.
The information contained in the documents indicates that there was financial support from Epstein for a research program related to Nowak called 'Evolutionäre Dynamik'. The amount of this support was about 6.5 million dollars according to the published documents.
The documents also note that Epstein had allocated five million dollars in his will to the Austrian scientist, which increased the controversy surrounding the nature of the relationship between the two parties.
For his part, Nowak admitted in media statements that he had indeed accepted financial support from Epstein in the past, but he emphasized that he deeply regrets it today, stressing that he condemns the crimes committed by Epstein.
The case quickly moved to the political arena in Austria, where the FPÖ party announced its intention to submit a parliamentary inquiry to investigate any potential links between the case and Austria, calling for the establishment of a special investigative mechanism within the judiciary to examine all references related to Austria in the Epstein files.
The Austrian Academy of Sciences, of which Nowak is a member, is also facing increasing pressure following the revelation of this information. The Academy's ethics committee confirmed that it has already initiated an internal investigation after the emergence of new allegations and documents.