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From The Independent:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/ghislaine-maxwell-trial-epstein-victim-testimony-b1968194.html

"Finance executive Daniel Besselsen to return to the court to give evidence on day four of the trial. The finance executive at the Interlochen Center for the Arts the nonprofit organisation behind the summer camp where witness “Jane” said she first met Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein will give evidence on Thursday.

Mr Besselsen provided records which comprised donor letters confirming Epstein and Maxwell’s relationship to the camp. These included one addressed to Maxwell saying that a lodge had been reserved for the use of Epstein’s in August of 1994.

It is thought that this is where the couple met Jane. Epstein had funded a two-bedroom lodge, known as the Jeffrey Epstein Scholarship Lodge, at Interlochen in northern Michigan where parents, donors and other guests could stay. The lodge’s name has now been changed to the Green Lake Lodge."

From Insider:

https://www.insider.com/jeffrey-epstein-funded-stayed-at-lodge-at-teen-band-camp-2021-12

"On Wednesday, prosecutors presented exhibits that consisted of letters from administrators of the Interlochen Center for the Arts. They detailed how Epstein and Maxwell donated $200,000 for the rustic, two-bedroom building, and stayed there for a week in August of 1994.

The Jeffrey Epstein Scholarship Lodge — which was renamed to Green Lake Lodge in 2007, after Epstein was arrested on child pornography charges — was available for parents of students and other guests to rent out and spend time on the center's campus.

Records shown in court also corroborated that Jane attended the camp in 1994, as well as over the next two summers. Jane testified that Epstein paid for her camp tuition in 1995 and 1996 when her family was in a difficult financial situation. Two of Jane's brothers also attended Interlochen's boarding school around that time, according to Besselsen's testimony.

Epstein attended the camp himself in the 1960s, and associates have said he was passionate about classical music throughout his life. A funding note previously obtained by The Daily Beast says the Epstein lodge was completed in 1994 and located near where "junior girls" lived.

In 2019, following sex-trafficking charges against Epstein, Interlochen's president Trey Devey acknowledged Epstein's connections to Interlochen. Devey said Interlochen had no record of Epstein visiting except for one stay in the year 2000, although the records shown at trial indicate he stayed there in 1994.

Lawrence Visoski, a pilot who flew Epstein's private jets between 1991 and 2019, testified earlier in the trial that he flew Epstein on trips to Interlochen on several occasions.

Devey's note acknowledging Epstein's ties to Interlochen is no longer available on the organization's website. According to an archived version of the note, Devey said Interlochen had "no record of any complaint raised against Mr. Epstein at Interlochen."

From Wikipedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interlochen_Center_for_the_Arts

Interlochen Center for the Arts is a tax exempt, 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation, operating an arts education institution in northwest Michigan. The center is situated on a 1,200-acre (490 ha) campus in Interlochen, Michigan, roughly 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Traverse City. Interlochen draws young people from around the world to study music, theater, dance, visual arts, creative writing, motion picture arts, and comparative arts. The organization provides arts and culture programming to the Northern Michigan region.

Interlochen Center for the Arts is the umbrella organization for Interlochen Arts Camp (formerly the National Music Camp, founded 1928), Interlochen Arts Academy boarding high school (founded 1962), Interlochen Public Radio (founded 1963), and the "Interlochen Presents" performing arts series. The Interlochen College of Creative Arts (founded 2004) is an affiliated but separate non-profit corporation.

Some notable alumni are:

Michael Arden - singer, actor, and director

Michael Arrom - musician

Meredith Baxter - actress

Vince Gilligan - producer and screenwriter

Charles Roland Berry - composer

Garrett Børns - musician

Chris Brubeck - musician

David Burtka - actor and chef

Bruno Campos - actor

Rachel Carns - musician

Charlie Carver - actor

Angelin Chang - pianist

Victoria Clark - singer and actress

Kat Coiro - writer and director

Larry Combs - Principal clarinetist, Chicago Symphony Orchestra (Ret.)

Frank Crawford - Principal Tuba, “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band

Terry Crews - actor and pro football player

John Dalley - violinist

Chip Davis - musician

Xavier Davis - musician

Michael Delp - writer

Elaine Douvas - musician

Kermit Driscoll - musician

Aaron Dworkin - Dean of the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Doriot Anthony Dwyer

Jennifer Ehle - actress

Jeffrey Epstein - financier and convicted sex offender

Peter Erskine - drummer

Tovah Feldshuh - actress

Anna Fidler - artist

Barrett Foa - actor

Ben Foster - actor

Shelley Gillen - producer, screenwriter and songwriter

Kimiko Glenn - actress and singer

Steven M. Goodman - biologist

Josh Groban - singer/songwriter & record producer with record sales over 35 million

Keitaro Harada - conductor

Steve Hayden - advertising executive

Bob Havens - Musician

Christie Hefner - publishing executive

Marcy Heisler - lyricist

Ed Helms - actor

Evan Helmuth

Jerry Hey - musician

Anne Hills - singer/songwriter

Wataru Hokoyama - composer and conductor

Mary Holland - actress

Marya Hornbacher - author

Hao Huang - pianist

Felicity Huffman - actress

Tom Hulce - Oscar-nominated actor

Linda Hunt - Oscar-winning actress

Mary Hollis Inboden - actress

Carol Jantsch - musician

Richard Joiner - clarinetist

Scott Joiner - singer / composer

Norah Jones - multiple Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter.

Kim Kashkashian - violist

Ani Kavafian - violinist

Ida Kavafian - violinist

Celia Keenan-Bolger - actress

Jewel Kilcher - singer

Amelia Kinkade - actress

Damian Kulash - musician - founding member of rock band OK Go

Dane Laffrey - scenic designer

Naomi Lang - ice dancer

Phill Lewis - actor

Jennifer Chambers Lynch - director

Lorin Maazel - violinist, composer and ex-music director of the New York Philharmonic

Anthony McGill - clarinetist

Michael McMillian - actor

Dmitri Matheny - musician

Herman Matthews - drummer

Mia Michaels - choreographer

Eric Millegan - actor

F. Hudson Miller - sound editor

Bob Mintzer

Ross Mintzer

Elizabeth Fischer Monastero

Dermot Mulroney - actor

Jessye Norman - opera singer and Grammy Lifetime Achievement award winner

Sean Osborn - Clarinetist and Composer

Larry Page - co-founder of Google

Donovan Patton

Shelley Posen

John Quale

Rain Pryor - actress

Anthony Rapp - Broadway actor

Jackson Rathbone

Margot Rose

David Shifrin

Trish Sie

Alexandra Silber

Peter Sparling

Doug Stanton - New York Times bestselling author

Sufjan Stevens - singer/songwriter and Academy Award and Grammy Award nominee

Casey Stratton

Toni Trucks

Rufus Wainwright - Juno Award winning singer/songwriter

Benjamin Walker

Mike Wallace - television journalist

Debbie Weems

Michael Weiss

Lawrence Irving Wilde - composer, singer, songwriter and producer of House of Faces

Charley Wilkinson - timpanist

Rumer Willis - actress

Betty Who - Australian recording artist with top-ten single

Peter Yarrow - singer

Sean Young - actress