Woody Allen Wrote Letter to Jeffrey Epstein Comparing Him to 'Dracula,' Referencing 'Young Women' in Home By Liam Quinn

In a birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein, Woody Allen compared the disgraced financier to Dracula.

The letter, which was reported by The New York Times, was sent by Allen for Epstein’s 63rd birthday in 2016.

Allen referenced parties hosted at Epstein’s home that featured “Politicians, scientists, teachers, magicians, comedians, intellectuals, journalists,” among others.

The Annie Hall filmmaker also said the food at the parties was sometimes served by young women that reminded “one of Castle Dracula, where [Bela] Lugosi has three young female vampires who service the place.”

The parties, according to Allen, featured lackluster food and would sometimes have just takeout from a Chinese restaurant.

Allen wrote in the reported letter that his wife, Soon-Yi Previn, had to push Epstein to serve more food at the dinner parties.

The Times reported that several of Epstein’s friends sent him letters for his 63rd birthday, including Allen, and that many of them referenced parties hosted at his home on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, where Allen and Previn also reside.

Other associates who wrote letters included former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Mortimer Zuckerman, the billionaire media executive, the paper reported.

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According to the report, Epstein’s large New York City home featured several photographs of Epstein with powerful figures, including President Donald Trump, former President Bill Clinton, Fidel Castro, and Pope John Paul II.

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Epstein died in a New York City jail in 2019 after he was indicted on charges of sex trafficking. His death was controversially ruled a suicide. He had previously pleaded guilty in 2008 to prostitution charges in Florida.

Allen, 89, who controversially began an affair with Previn, now 54, while he was still in a relationship with her adoptive mother, Mia Farrow, has been accused of sexually abusing his daughter Dylan Farrow.

Allen has consistently denied the accusations of sexual abuse.