David Stern served as a key intermediary between Jeffrey Epstein and Prince Andrew for nearly a decade
Stern used his China connections to facilitate relationships and business opportunities
Documents reveal derogatory remarks about women and attempts to arrange visits to Epstein's island
Stern held positions in royal initiatives like Pitch@Palace and St George's House despite unclear background
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German businessman David Stern served as a key conduit between convicted American sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and Prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor for nearly a decade, facilitating connections and business opportunities across China, the UK, and the US from 2008 to 2018, according to recently released Department of Justice documents. The enigmatic Stern, who maintained a low public profile despite his extensive connections, appears in over 7,000 pages of Epstein-related documents, revealing how he made introductions, passed documents, pitched deals, and helped manage Sarah Ferguson's financial troubles while making numerous derogatory remarks about women. Born in 1978, Stern studied Law and Chinese Law at SOAS in London and claimed to be fluent in Mandarin after studying in Taiwan and China during the 1990s before founding his Beijing-based IT healthcare business, Asia Gateway.
The relationship between Stern and the royal circles deepened through his work with Pitch@Palace, where he became a director in 2016 and was photographed alongside the Queen at events. He also secured a position on the board of St George's House Trust, despite apparent misgivings from some board members about his background. Stern's China connections proved particularly valuable, as he accompanied Prince Andrew on international trade envoy trips and organized meetings in China, where he claimed high-level connections with Chinese business and political leaders. His influence was evident at the 2019 Pitch@Palace gala dinner in Shenzhen, which turned out to be the last event before Prince Andrew stepped back from royal life following his disastrous interview about his links with Epstein.
The DOJ documents reveal the dynamic between Stern and Epstein, with Stern often appearing as an eager protégé addressing the older, wealthier Epstein as "boss," "mentor," and "general." Their communications include inappropriate remarks about women, with Stern frequently using the abbreviation "P" (believed to stand for "pussy") and proposing visits to Epstein's Caribbean island, Little Saint James, where many of his crimes were committed. Despite the controversy surrounding Epstein, Stern continued to leverage his connections, suggesting business ventures that would "discreetly" involve Prince Andrew's "aura and access" to high-net-worth individuals, particularly those with Chinese connections.
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Royal connections, Business intermediation, China relations, Epstein network
American financier and child sex offender (1953–2019)
# Jeffrey Edward Epstein
**Jeffrey Edward Epstein** (January 20, 1953 – August 10, 2019) was an American financier and convicted sex offender. He is notorious for orchestrating a massive human trafficking ring, procuring at least 1,000 underage girls and young women for sexual exploitation by himse...
American businessman, lawyer, and NBA commissioner (1942–2020)
David Joel Stern (September 22, 1942 – January 1, 2020) was an American lawyer and business executive who was the commissioner of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1984 to 2014. Stern oversaw NBA basketball's growth into one of the world's most popular sports during the 1990s and 2000s....
Andrew Albert Christian Edward Mountbatten-Windsor (born 19 February 1960), formerly Prince Andrew, Duke of York, is a member of the House of Windsor and the third child and second son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and a younger brother of King Charles III. Andrew was b...
The mystery man who links Andrew with Jeffrey Epstein 2 hours ago Share Save Ben King Business reporter Share Save In the high-tech megacity of Shenzhen in southern China, Prince Andrew looked on as dancers spun and waved streamers to entertain an audience of investors and innovators. It was spring 2019, a gala dinner for the Chinese arm of his start-up competition Pitch@Palace – which turned out to be the last. Within a year, the then-prince would step back from royal life after a disastrous interview about his links with the convicted American sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein. There was a third man in this drama, little known to almost everyone, who was at the event, glimpsed in a brief shot in the official highlights video – David Stern. Warning: this article contains language and details that may offend some readers For nearly a decade, Stern had acted as a key conduit between the two, making connections for them both in the country he knew well, seen as a land of opportunity and potential riches – China. The publication of millions of pages of documents relating to Epstein by the US Department of Justice this year cast new light on this enigmatic German businessman. They suggest that it was Epstein who first brought Stern into the orbit of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Sarah Ferguson, and reveal how deeply connected Stern was with both Yorks and the convicted American sex offender. They apparently show how he made introductions, passed on documents, pitched deals, helped to sort out Ferguson's debts, and made numerous derogatory remarks about women. "I stay in the background/hidden, just make the arrangements," he apparently wrote to Epstein in 2011, in one of those emails – and eight years later that's still how he worked. Stern has been approached for comment. He has not responded. His name appears in more than 7,000 of the DOJ's recently released files, from 2008 to 2018. Based in London for most of that time, Stern ran his own business, but he often called Ep...
