Babydick Capital dismisse s rumo rs of connections to Jeffre y Epstein This i s a sponso red article fro m our a d partners • Firm is finalizing plans to launch SPAC t o seek target s mak ing ‘ cool shit ’ but also ‘ g reen ’ • Engaging banks to gauge interest market appetite for OnlyFans deb ut J a nuary 1, 202 1 12 :15 pm - P rominent New Yo rk hedge fund Babydick C apital responded on Thursday , to grow ing r umors of potential ties to Jeffrey Epstein Twitter ’ s team of expert citizen - investig ators initially suggested that the fir ms n ame might be a c ryptic veiled reference to involvement in under age sex ring s In response to our requests for comment , B abydick ’ s chief counsel res ponded in an email that read only : “ Yes ” A second emailed foll owed , “ Just kidding . But really no , there ’ s no affiliation between Epstein and Babydick We c ompletely understand the misconception T o clarify , our firm ‘ s name is a reference to the compa ct size o f our founders pen is. ” The firm passed al ong a list with conta ct infor mation of the foun der ’ s ex - girlfriends for our jo urnalist s to reach out to for confirmation. The list included only 3 names , though the firm stressed that it was not a comprehen sive ro ster • “ I t was quite small ” - Our first confirmation came from Jane Br idger , a junior sell - side associate w ho cover s cannabis stocks “ Things got out of hand a t a conference, it was a mistake ” • “ We did not date ” – The second contact was Anika Baker , a n SE C I nvest ig ator “ I spen t a lot of time in their office s reviewing brokerage records under subpoena Maybe he misinterpreted my criminal investigation as a r om antic relationship. ” Pr essed further, she admitted “ D uring t h e phone interrogation , he did ask if he cou ld ‘ do a Louis [CK ] ’ but I declined I did not see his penis , I cannot comment on the dimension s. ” M any were puzz led when the SEC declined to charge B abydick Cap ital and the agency faced sharp criticism when Anik a was subsequently named lead invest ig ator on Elon Musk ’s t weeting case. “ Elon Musk i s not well endowed , ” Anika told us, explaining that she did allow the tech - billiona ire a brief ‘ Toobin ’ • N o Luck - We were unable to reach the third contact, Sally Girlperson Speculation Takes Flight – While the origin of Baby dick C a pital ’ s firm nam e initially proved s ufficient to the quell the m ob, a larger storm of accusations exploded after the flight logs from Epstein ’ s private jet were released reve aling that someone with the initials ‘ B C ’ had trav eled abo ard a whopping 26 times Twitter user @Ea t_The_R ich wrote “ B .C. stand s for Babydick Cap ital ! Who else could it be? ” @ Stonk Star tweeted : “ N obody is skillful enough to post returns as astounding as Babydick Capital year after year – is Babydick blackmailing the NYSE ??? ” Other users defended the belov ed investment guru “ Babydick Capital is just a genius , creating jobs. Stop being je alous. ” t w eete d @ TSLA Kid 420 [Update: Twitter has disabled @T SLAKid420s account for this violent tweet ] “ Not U s , ” says Babydick Capital , “ To the exten t that our employees have kno wledge of t heir m emories , no Babydick employee has ever flown Jeffrey ’ s aircraft. B.C. must be someone else. Maybe Bill Cosby ? ” Th e Cosby theory was later debunked and leading journalists have not found any other potential B.C. ’ s who have a history of sexual explo itation. “ Must have been a typo ” factchecker s concluded. We asked the Babydick Cap ital team if they were worried that they might face redemptions from LPs seeking distance themselves from the allegations T he Firm rep lied wi th an email including only a spreadsheet of historical returns tit led “ No.xlsx ” Babydick Capital dismisse s rumo rs of connections to Jeffre y Epstein This i s a sponso red article fro m our a d partners Inspired by: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020 - 10 - 28/leon - black - s - epstein - ties - set - to - dominate - apollo - earnings - call