#Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell partied with Australian billionaires on 100ft yacht

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Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell once partied in Sydney Harbor on a 100-foot yacht with a billionaire Australian trucking tycoon and a powerful medial mogul, according to a newly resurfaced report — sparking controversy online for the country’s elite.

The late pedophile financier and his then-girlfriend were guests of honor on a 1995 Christmas cruise hosted by trucking magnate Lindsay Fox, according to a newspaper article at the time which was rediscovered by a Jeffrey Epstein podcast and first reported by VICE. Fox is among the country’s wealthiest men.

The then-power couple hopped aboard Fox’s massive yacht for the exclusive holiday bash — which was also attended by Australian media mogul James Packer and musician Deni Hines, The Sydney Morning Herald piece dated Dec. 24, 1995 details.

While describing the event, the paper dubbed Maxwell “the beautiful, feisty, 34-year-old daughter of the late disgraced media baron Robert Maxwell” and Epstein her “millionaire American beau” who’s prone to “zipping around Manhattan in a Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit.”

The boat party was “one of the most coveted Christmas invitations in Sydney,” the column said, which notes that other well-heeled guests were on the list.

At the time, Epstein and Maxwell had been spending time with the Fox family in Melbourne before traveling to Sydney for a “brief visit,” the article states.

Lindsay Fox, who founded logistics and supply company Linfox in 1956, was ranked the 10th richest person in Australia by Forbes last year. Packer, who went on to run the gambling empire Crown Resorts, was ranked 9th.

The holiday party took place not long after Epstein bought his secluded Palm Beach, Florida mansion, and acquired his opulent Manhattan townhouse, where he then allegedly began sexually abusing girls. Maxwell is accused of helping recruit and sexually abuse the young women.

But the newly-resurfaced society column has forced Fox to deny the article and distance himself from the notorious couple. A rep for the businessman told VICE that he never met Epstein or Maxwell.

“Despite the contents of the story…Lindsay has never met Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell — neither in Sydney, nor Melbourne.  Indeed, at the time of the ‘harbour cruise’ in Sydney as suggested by the article, Lindsay’s diary records confirm that he was in Hawaii celebrating Christmas with family,” the rep said.

However, the journalist who wrote the story, Rosalind Reines, said she stands by her reporting.

Neither James Packer’s nor Deni Hynes’ representatives responded to VICE’s requests for comment.