Former Disney Executive To Be Questioned in Jeffrey Epstein Case

The world of Jeffrey Epstein gets more grizzly the more we hear about it. Earlier this year, we at Disney Fanatic reported that the Jeffrey Epstein case had an unfortunate connection to Disney in how the late trafficker and pedophile used a Disney code to refer to his victims. It’s certainly not the happiest news we have ever reported on.

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However, some new information connects the Walt Disney Company to Jeffrey Epstein in a new way. As reported by CNBC, former Disney executive Michael Ovitz is one in a set of high-profile names, which include Google founder Sergey Brin, Hyatt Hotels executive chairman Thomas Pritzker, and billionaire real estate investor Mort Zuckerman, who are all to be subpoenaed in a lawsuit against JP Morgan Chase. These men are to be questioned over the bank’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, according to people familiar with the matter.

As some may know, Michael Ovitz has a strained relationship with the Walt Disney Company. He briefly served as the president and COO (chief operating officer) of the Walt Disney Company during Michael Eisner’s tenure as Disney CEO. It was a relationship that many have called “doomed from the start.”

Ovitz, in his memoir, didn’t share the most flattering picture of Michael Eisner, explaining how he felt “baited and switched” when he was asked to come help head the Walt Disney Company for the short time he did. Eisner and Ovitz have also both expressed that Ovitz’s brief run in the company was the biggest mistake both of them ever made.

At this point, it is not clear why Ovitz and the other three men are being asked for more information relating to this case, but as the Wall Street Journal clarifies, “In civil cases, lawyers can use subpoenas during the discovery process to get information from people who aren’t a party to a lawsuit but could provide evidence related to the case.”