Stern, who died in 2020, was the director of the startup competition Pitch@Palace, which was owned by Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly known as Prince Andrew, before shutting down in November 2025.
‘Anytime for you’
The files show that Epstein and Tang planned to call each other once in 2011 and meet on two separate occasions in 2011 and 2012.
In June 2011 Epstein sent an email asking “donald , can we speak on the phone?” to which a redacted email address associated with the name Donald Tang responds “It’s late in NY. I am leaving for Shanghai in a few hours. What’s your number for me to call you?”
In October 2011 Epstein received an email, also from a redacted address, signed by Donald Tang, asking him if he will be “in town early part of next week? Would love to see you if you are…” Epstein responded the same day in an email, saying “yes anytime for you.”
Epstein refers to Donald Tang in a separate email dated April 29, 2012 and sent to a third party, describing him as “very china connected.”
In an exchange of texts on the same day via the Apple-owned messaging app iMessage from two redacted numbers, the sender asks the receiver if they are “in town around May 22nd,” and is signed “Donald Tang.” The receiver then sent a message, saying “you should meet david stern, young kid very smart china sophisticated.”