<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>An American photographer who was booked to capture </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/jeffrey-epstein" rel="" target="_blank" title="Jeffrey Epstein"><span>Jeffrey Epstein</span></a><span> for a story in 2015 has revealed how he received threats and intimidation to kill the piece.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Christopher Anderson has shared his experience and unseen images of the convicted sex offender from when he was assigned by </span><a href="https://nymag.com/" rel="" target="" title="New York Magazine"><em><span>New York</span></em><span> </span><em><span>Magazine</span></em></a><span> to photograph him to accompany an article that was due to be published. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I didn't know much about him, other than the fact that he had heavy connections to powerful men," Anderson said in a </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DTLQwZ6jTLq/?hl=en&amp;img_index=1" rel="" target="_blank" title="social media post"><span>social media post</span></a><span>. </span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/prisoner-admits-murder-of-sex-offender-shannon-norgate/cec8e9d0-f63d-4d14-977e-103317cbcc77" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>'I killed old mate': Prisoner admits killing sex offender in jail</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Anderson said Epstein wanted to meet before the photoshoot to negotiate buying the images after publication, as he did not want anyone to have them after they were published by the magazine.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He said a young woman with an Eastern European accent answered the door, who he later saw setting up a massage table in another room, followed by his private secretary, Lesley Groff.</span></div></div><div><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-version="7" style="background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5), 0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px auto;max-width:440px;padding:0;width:99.375%"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DTLQwZ6jTLq/?hl=en&amp;img_index=1"></a></blockquote></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Anderson said Epstein offered him $US20,000, an arrangement which was greenlit by </span><em><span>New York Magazine</span></em><span>.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/jeffrey-epstein-photographer-christopher-anderson-was-booked-to-capture-him-for-new-york-magazine-2015/2ffaf72d-1ea1-489c-bb71-ea43d97250af" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It was all the money in the world to me at the time. I had a young family and lived basically month to month," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"He wrote a personal check and handed it to me."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/cobblebank-deaths-eight-murder-charges-laid-after-boys-found-killed-in-melbourne/075e8a77-e7cc-429b-b0c4-6f9c32fc52fc" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Eight people face double murder charges over alleged machete attack</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But their short-lived professional relationship took a turn several days later when the financier decided to pull out of the story.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Epstein called to demand the photos, Anderson said, but he refused to hand them over, saying they were not his until after publication.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Then the threats started," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/minneapolis-ice-shooting-minnesota-immigration-murder-usa-live-news-updates-donald-trump-tim-walz-jacob-frey/d7f982db-bff6-41b5-ae42-914fcaee2ec3" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>ICE agents blocked doctor from helping shot Minneapolis woman</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Anderson claimed Epstein sent his bodyguard and driver Merwin, described as a "massive guy in a long black overcoat and black, leather gloves", to his studio to intimidate him.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He said it worked. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The magazine killed the story, too. So I cashed the check and Merwin came by again to collect the hard drive and make sure I didn't have any more copies of the photos," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The photos were buried.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Until today, when Anderson found a copy on an old hard drive.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He has shared the six images on social media, which include framed photos of Richard Branson, Bill Clinton and Woody Allen, a black-and-white close-up and Epstein making a call at a desk behind a stuffed tiger.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/bondi-victim-has-named-changed-while-in-hospital/3cfa267d-8d4e-4829-b4af-2971e3af5eb1" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>'Ripped of my identity': Bondi terror victim says name was changed in hospital</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>One of the images contains a printed email on his desk of an exchange between Epstein and the UK royal government office concerning payment from a duke and duchess.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It is unclear which duke and duchess he is referring to.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>However, former prince Andrew, who was the Duke of York, recently had his royal titles, duties and lodge stripped from him by his brother King Charles over renewed scrutiny over his relationship with Epstein.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>Support is available from the</span></strong><span> </span><strong><span>National Sexual Assault, Domestic and Family Violence Counselling Service</span></strong><span> </span><strong><span>at</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.1800respect.org.au/" title="https://www.1800respect.org.au/"><strong><span>1800RESPECT (1800 737 732)</span></strong></a><strong><span>.</span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f"><em><strong><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></strong></em></a><em><strong><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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