The Man Who Bought Paramount Has $52.5 Million in Epstein's Wire Reports
- Patrick Duggan
- Feb 23
- 4 min read
# The Man Who Bought Paramount Has $52.5 Million in Epstein's Wire Reports
*These are DOJ documents produced under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 6(e) — grand jury evidence from the Southern District of New York. We are a search engine. The documents speak for themselves.*
What We Found
We CARVER-tested Netflix and Paramount+ against our index of 329,474 DOJ Epstein documents. Netflix came back clean — 64 hits, all references to documentaries *about* Epstein. They told the story. They weren't in it.
Paramount was different.
David Ellison, Skydance, and $52.5 Million
David Ellison is the son of Oracle founder Larry Ellison. He founded Skydance Media. In 2024, Skydance completed its merger with Paramount Global. David Ellison is now chairman and CEO of the company that owns CBS, Paramount Pictures, and Paramount+.
**EFTA01299649** — December 19, 2013
An incoming/outgoing wire report from Epstein's JPMorgan Chase account. On a single day, the following transfers appear:
> **ELLISON, DAVID — $26,275,000.00 — "INITIAL FUNDING"**
> Deutsche Bank Trust Co Americas, 60 Wall Street
> Pershing LLC, 101 Ignacio Valley Rd, Suite 320, Walnut Creek, CA 94596
> **SKYDANCE FILMS INC — $262,000**
> Bank of America, Malibu, CA 90265
> **SKYDANCE ENTERTAINMENT GROUP — $25,938,000**
> Bank of America, Malibu, CA 90265
$52.475 million. One wire report. One day. David Ellison, Skydance Films, and Skydance Entertainment Group — all appearing in Epstein's banking infrastructure.
The document is marked: **CONFIDENTIAL — PURSUANT TO FED. R. CRIM. P. 6(e)**
That's grand jury secrecy. This was evidence in the SDNY prosecution.
The Second Wire
**EFTA01299714** — June 19, 2014
Six months later, another wire report from the same account:
> **ELLISON, DAVID — $60,993.21 — "BORROWING"**
> Deutsche Bank Trust Co Americas, 60 Wall Street
> Pershing LLC, 101 Ignacio Valley Rd, Suite 320, Walnut Creek, CA 94596
Same name. Same address. Same bank. This time labeled "BORROWING."
Also marked **CONFIDENTIAL — PURSUANT TO FED. R. CRIM. P. 6(e)**.
The Deutsche Bank Connection
**EFTA01460390** — June 26, 2013
An internal Deutsche Bank CRM search result. A banker named Julie Cataudella emails colleague Chip Packard at Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, 345 Park Avenue:
> **"Oracle"**
> **Lawrence J. Ellison -- active Client under Russ Daulton**
Larry Ellison — David's father, Oracle founder, one of the five richest humans alive — was an active Deutsche Bank private client. The same Deutsche Bank that served as Epstein's primary banking relationship. The same Deutsche Bank that paid $150 million in 2020 to settle charges that it failed to properly monitor Epstein's accounts.
The Amanda Ellison Question
**EFTA01582883** — JPMorgan Chase production
A corporate filing for a Florida entity with the following officers:
- **JEFFREY E. EPSTEIN** — P/D, 358 El Brillo Way, Palm Beach, FL
- **AMANDA J ELLISON** — Secretary, 457 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10022
457 Madison Avenue was Epstein's office address. The entity history shows:
> **File Date: 4/21/1995**
> **Type: AMENDMENT AND NAME CHANGE**
> **Comments: Name Changed To: GHISLAINE CORP.**
A corporation with Epstein as principal and an Ellison as secretary, operating from Epstein's office, that changed its name to **GHISLAINE CORP**.
We do not know the relationship between Amanda J Ellison and the Larry/David Ellison family. We note the document. The EFTA number is searchable.
Why This Matters Now
David Ellison completed the Skydance-Paramount merger in 2024. He now controls:
- **CBS News** — the network that covers (or doesn't cover) Epstein stories
- **Paramount Pictures** — the studio that could greenlight or kill Epstein films
- **Paramount+** — the streaming platform with editorial control over documentary content
The man with $52.5 million in Epstein's wire reports now owns a media empire that shapes what the public knows about Epstein.
This is the pattern. Oligarchs buying media platforms. The people in the documents becoming the people who decide which documents get covered.
The CARVER Score
| Entity | Score | Assessment |
|--------|-------|------------|
| **Netflix** | 5/30 | Clean. Documented Epstein. Not in the files. |
| **Paramount+ (Ellison/Skydance)** | 16/30 | $52.5M in wire reports. Deutsche Bank shared infrastructure. Now controls major media platform. |
What We Don't Know
At 95% epistemic humility:
- Whether the $52.5M represents a direct financial relationship with Epstein or shared banking infrastructure (Deutsche Bank had many wealthy clients)
- The relationship between Amanda J Ellison (GHISLAINE CORP) and the Larry/David Ellison family
- Whether additional wire reports exist in the 50% of files still unreleased
The documents exist. They have EFTA numbers. They are searchable. The rest is up to the people reading them — assuming the people who own the platforms let them.
**Search the files yourself**: [epstein.dugganusa.com](https://epstein.dugganusa.com)
**CARVER Matrix**: [epstein.dugganusa.com/carver-matrix.html](https://epstein.dugganusa.com/carver-matrix.html)
**Key Documents**:
- EFTA01299649 — $52.5M wire report (12/19/2013)
- EFTA01299714 — $60K "BORROWING" wire (6/19/2014)
- EFTA01460390 — Larry Ellison as Deutsche Bank active client
- EFTA01582883 — GHISLAINE CORP with Amanda J Ellison
*DugganUSA LLC is an independent threat intelligence operation based in Minnesota. We indexed the DOJ's Epstein files because someone should. We are not affiliated with any political party, government agency, or legal proceeding. We are a search engine with receipts.*
*Her name was Renee Nicole Good.*
*His name was Alex Jeffery Pretti.*
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