Carole Radziwill confronted over Epstein ties in RHONY trailer
Carole Radziwill confronted over Epstein ties appears in the Real Housewives of New York City Season 16 trailer, where a stranger cites the Epstein files and castmate Sai De Silva asks if she visited Epstein Island. Radziwill denies it and says she never knew Jeffrey Epstein, despite a past friendship with Ghislaine Maxwell.
Key Takeaways
- A stranger calls out Radziwill over the Epstein files while she walks with Erin Lichy in the Season 16 trailer.
- Sai De Silva asks if Radziwill has been to Epstein Island; she replies “No.”
- Radziwill has said she never knew Jeffrey Epstein but was friends with Ghislaine Maxwell in the early 2000s.
- The journalist returns to RHONY for Season 16, which premieres Tuesday, Sept. 8 at 8 p.m. ET.
What happens when Carole Radziwill is confronted in the trailer?
In Bravo’s forthcoming Season 16 trailer, Radziwill, 62, is walking New York streets with co-star Erin Lichy when a stranger shouts about “the Epstein files.”
The woman doubles down, saying Radziwill is “the one from the Epstein files,” according to Page Six.
The moment lands as a bombshell tease for fans following celebrity breaking news around the reboot-era cast.
Has Carole Radziwill ever been to Epstein Island?
In the next trailer beat, Sai De Silva asks Radziwill directly whether she has ever been to Epstein’s private island.
“No,” Radziwill says, then asks if De Silva thinks she is “part of an international sex trafficking ring.”
That on-camera denial matches what she has already said off-camera: she told the New York Times she “never knew Jeffrey Epstein.”
Why is Carole Radziwill facing Epstein questions now?
Her name surfaced in the Epstein files earlier this year, renewing scrutiny of her social past.
She has described a friendship with Ghislaine Maxwell “for five or six years” in the early 2000s. Maxwell is serving a 20-year prison sentence for her role aiding Epstein’s sexual abuse of young girls.
“Imagine knowing someone… and then they turn out to be, like, a monster,” Radziwill said in a March interview. She said the friendship ended long before Maxwell’s crimes became public and that she never suspected Maxwell was capable of such behavior.
What does Radziwill’s RHONY Season 16 return look like?
Radziwill first joined RHONY in Season 5 and left after Season 10. She is the only original Housewife returning for Season 16.
Also back are Lichy, De Silva and Jessel Taank, joined by newcomers Hailey Glassman, Daisy Toye and Erika Hammond. The season premieres Tuesday, Sept. 8 at 8 p.m. ET on Bravo.