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The head of Dubai-based logistics group DP World exchanged messages with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein about sexual experiences, according to emails released by the US Department of Justice.
Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, one of the most senior business figures in Dubai, maintained a relationship with Epstein long after the financier was convicted of soliciting prostitution from a minor in 2008, the documents show.
The emails include Sulayem describing to Epstein women with whom it appears he had had sexual relations with, at times apparently sending images as attachments.
In one instance in June 2013, Sulayem sent Epstein an email with a series of details about an individual, including age, weight, height and bra size.
The email reads: “Dear Jeffrey This is the one I went with in Paris do you think she is a he??” Epstein replied: “the hands do look like mine”.
Four images appear to have been attached to Sulayem’s email, although their content is not included in the emails released by the DoJ.
In the same month, after discussing religion, Sulayem told Epstein: “I am off the [sic] sample a fresh 100% female Russian at my yacht.”
The Emirati businessman has been group chair and chief executive of DP World since 2016, having been appointed as chair in 2007. The company is best known in the UK for buying P&O Ferries in 2019, and has investments in ports and infrastructure around the world.
Sulayem is one of several prominent figures revealed by the DoJ files to have had a lengthy relationship with Epstein, including after Epstein’s conviction.
In September 2015, Sulayem wrote to Epstein about a “girl” he was involved with, saying it was “the best sex I ever had amazing body”.
In November 2013, Sulayem sent an email to Epstein saying: “By the way the Ukrainian and the Moldavian arrived. Big disappointment the Moldavian is not as attractive as the picture while the Ukrainian is very beautiful.” Epstein responded: “photo shop”.
In 2017, Epstein sent Sulayem a link to a website providing escorts in Italy. Sulayem responded with “Wow”.
It appears Sulayem sent Epstein a price list for prostitution services in December 2013, writing: “I am in Tokyo I just tried the full massage.”
The list included explicit details about the types of sexual services a “full massage” entails at the establishment, as well as the cost of more “popular” workers.
In June 2013, Sulayem had told Epstein of a meeting he had had with someone, suggesting he was “one if [sic] us”.
When Epstein responded “no, lots of drugs”, Sulayem said: “Of [sic] my god no no i do only girls thank you for the heads up I will stay away.”
The two men remained in contact until less than a year before Epstein’s death by suicide in 2019, according to the emails.
The FT reported earlier this week that Sulayem had helped to arrange for a Russian “masseuse” from Epstein’s “private spa” to train at the Rixos hotel in Antalya, Turkey, at the convicted paedophile’s request.
DP World declined to comment.