Katherine Keating

Katherine Keating and Jeffrey Epstein: What the Public Record Shows

Fast facts

Who is Katherine Keating?
Katherine Keating is an Australian media and communications figure, the daughter of former Australian prime minister Paul Keating. She has worked in New York in media, sustainability, and public-affairs–style roles.
How her name appears in Epstein material:
In the released Jeffrey Epstein email archives, a 2011 message shows Epstein asking Prince Andrew to invite Katherine Keating to a dinner in New York that would also include Woody Allen and other prominent guests. Keating has since confirmed she attended that dinner as a social event.
New York townhouse video:
In 2010, cameras captured Prince Andrew leaving Epstein’s Manhattan townhouse, with a woman later identified in press reporting as Katherine Keating leaving soon after. At the time she was newly living in New York and friendly with members of the royal social circle. There is no suggestion in mainstream reporting that she was aware of Epstein’s crimes.
Interview with Ghislaine Maxwell:
Several years later, Keating conducted a filmed interview with Ghislaine Maxwell about ocean conservation and related philanthropic projects. This is often noted in coverage of her proximity to Epstein’s circle, but again, reporting does not allege criminal involvement.
Presence in other “Epstein files”:
As of the current public record, Keating’s name is associated mainly with the 2010 townhouse footage and the 2011 dinner email. She is not widely documented in published flight-log compilations or the “black book” in the way that core Epstein associates are.
Criminal status:
There is no indication that Katherine Keating has been charged with, or formally investigated for, Epstein-related crimes. Coverage focuses on her social proximity, not on participation in abuse.
How researchers describe the link:
Responsible summaries say that Keating appears in the Epstein email archive and in video footage as a guest or acquaintance in New York social settings, while stressing that appearing in such documents is not evidence of wrongdoing.

Who is Katherine Keating?

Katherine Keating is best known publicly as the daughter of former Australian prime minister Paul Keating. As an adult she has built a career separate from politics, working in media, communications, and sustainability-focused projects. She relocated to New York in her late twenties, a move she has described in interviews as part of building an international career.

In New York, Keating moved in media and philanthropic circles. Those networks sometimes overlap with finance, politics and celebrity culture—the same broad world in which Jeffrey Epstein operated. This overlap of social environments helps explain why her name appears in some of the Epstein-related material.

From an Epstein-research point of view, the key question is not whether she was famous, but how exactly her name shows up in the “Epstein files,” and what those appearances mean—and do not mean.

The New York townhouse video

One of the most widely circulated pieces of footage in the Epstein saga is a 2010 video showing Prince Andrew at the door of Epstein’s Manhattan townhouse, waving goodbye as a young woman walks past cameras onto the street. Later reporting identified that woman as Katherine Keating, who at the time had recently moved to New York and was friendly with Andrew’s circle.

Press accounts say that:

The visit occurred after Epstein’s 2008 conviction, at a time when Andrew was already under some scrutiny for maintaining contact.
Keating was seen leaving the townhouse shortly after Andrew, suggesting they were both guests on the same occasion.
Coverage explicitly notes there is no suggestion she was involved in or aware of any illegal conduct connected to Epstein.

For researchers, the video is relevant because it visually places Keating at Epstein’s New York property once, in the company of Prince Andrew. It does not, on its own, establish an ongoing business, legal, or personal relationship between Keating and Epstein, nor does it show the purpose of the visit.

The 2011 dinner email and Keating’s own account

In the House Oversight–linked email releases and related reporting on the Epstein email archive, one message from February 2011 has drawn attention. In that email, Jeffrey Epstein writes to Prince Andrew and asks him to invite Katherine Keating to a dinner in New York, mentioning that Woody Allen will also be present.

The key points from that episode, as described in mainstream reporting and by Keating:

Epstein asked Prince Andrew to extend the invitation to Keating.
The dinner was held in New York in early 2011.
Keating has confirmed that she attended the dinner, describing it as a large social event with a substantial slice of New York society present.
She has said she had been living in New York only a short time and was happy to accept occasional social invitations.

This email is an example of how Keating’s name appears in the Epstein email archive: in the context of social planning, guest lists, and networking dinners. It does not show a business contract, financial arrangement, or legal partnership. It reflects the way Epstein used his email network to organize social events that blended finance, media, art and politics.

Interviewing Ghislaine Maxwell

Another documented point of contact is Keating’s on-camera interview with Ghislaine Maxwell several years later. In that interview, conducted for a media outlet, Maxwell spoke about ocean conservation and philanthropic efforts linked to marine issues.

From a documentation perspective, this tells us that:

Keating and Maxwell interacted in a professional, media-interview context.
The content was framed around philanthropy and environmental issues, not around Epstein himself.
The interview fits a pattern in which members of Epstein’s circle sought to present themselves as global philanthropists and thought-leaders.

It is important to note that giving or conducting such an interview is not evidence of criminal behavior. Many journalists and hosts interview controversial figures as part of their work. The relevance here is historical: it demonstrates that Keating remained within overlapping networks that included Maxwell, even as scrutiny of Epstein slowly grew.

Does Katherine Keating appear in other Epstein files?

When people talk about “Epstein files,” they usually mean a mix of:

Flight logs for Epstein’s private aircraft
Phone books and address books (often called the “black book”)
Civil and criminal court exhibits
Depositions and investigative records
Large email and document dumps released by courts or Congress

Based on publicly discussed material:

Emails: Keating’s name appears in at least one email invitation for a New York dinner, with Prince Andrew acting as the go-between. Her name may also appear incidentally when that message is indexed in open-source tools that extract names from the email dumps.
Video and photographs: She is identified in press coverage of the 2010 townhouse video in which she walks out of Epstein’s Manhattan residence shortly after Prince Andrew.
Flight logs and “black book”: She is not commonly cited in major media summaries of Epstein’s flight logs or the published contact book, in contrast to more central figures in his network.

This pattern matters. For some individuals, the Epstein record contains layers of evidence: repeated flights together, multiple emails, financial links, and testimony. For Keating, the public trail is narrower: one widely reported video, one confirmed dinner email, and an interview with Maxwell about non-Epstein topics.

What the public record does not show

Equally important is what researchers do not find when they look for a “Katherine Keating Epstein relationship” in the underlying documents.

As of now, the public record does not show:

A joint company, investment vehicle, or shell entity linking Keating and Epstein
Evidence of Keating managing, investing, or moving money for Epstein
Court filings naming her as a co-defendant, co-conspirator, or subject of an Epstein-related case
Multiple flights together or a long pattern of documented travel with Epstein
Statements from law-enforcement agencies suggesting she was under investigation for his crimes

Instead, the materials point to social proximity in elite New York circles—dinners, townhouse visits, and media interviews—rather than a formal business or legal partnership.

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This research page compiles publicly available information about Katherine Keating and their place in the broader Jeffrey Epstein connection graph. People may appear here either because they are mentioned in one or more evidence items (such as flight logs, emails, legal records or credible public reporting), or because reliable public sources document relationships or affiliations that link them to others in this network.

Some profiles therefore track individuals who may be several steps removed — sometimes up to six degrees of separation — from Jeffrey Epstein himself. They are included so researchers can see whether those names later recur in other documents, networks, or investigations. Listing Katherine Keating here is not, by itself, a statement of guilt or innocence.

Use the network graph, shortest-path view, and evidence links below to explore how this person connects to others in the dataset and to Jeffrey Epstein.

Wikipedia Information

Katherine “Kay” Keating was an American military servicewoman, pharmacist, female veterans activist and business owner. She served with the Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES) in World War II and subsequently with the Navy Medical Service Corps. She achieved several milestones during her military career, including being the first female pharmacist in the US Navy, the first woman in the US Navy to advance in rank from seaman to captain, and the first female pharmacist to attain the rank of captain. After her retirement from active service, she operated a bed and breakfast and horse ranch in Beulah, Colorado. She was inducted into the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame in 2008.

Categories: 1922 births 2009 deaths 20th-century American businesspeople 20th-century American businesswomen 20th-century American pharmacists

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The presence of Katherine Keating in this dataset should be understood in a research and mapping context only. The project traces publicly documented relationships and degrees of separation — sometimes several steps removed — to see whether particular names recur across different evidence sets over time.

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From: jeffrey epstein [jeevacation@gmail.com] Sent: 10/28/2011 4:32:02 PM To: Katherine Keating Subject: Re: Keating Interview Importance: High Are you here …
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From: Jeffrey Epstein [jeeyacation@gmail.com] Sent: 10/31/2011 10:50:46 AM To: Katherine Keating Subject: Re: After Words where are you? On Mon, …
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… Even MPAA President Chris Dodd could not help Mark Boal, Katherine Bigalow and Amy Pascal. Additional chatter was the renewed last …
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From: jeffrey epstein [jeeyacation@gmail.com] Sent: 10/31/2011 3:08:38 PM To: Katherine Keating Subject: Re: After Words Importance: High Send me your …
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… long and a few typos On September 14, 1964, Dean Katherine Towle announced that existing University regulations prohibiting advocacy of political …
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… "It looks like a departure from professionalism," Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle said of Reiter's letter. Following Epstein's indictment, Reiter …
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… looks like a departure from professionalism," Miami- Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle said of Reiter's letter. Following Epstein's in- dictment, …
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… DANIEL J. KORNSTEIN a ANDREW F. WILSON ELIZABETH S. SAYLOR KATHERINE RosENFELD DEBRA L. GREENBERGER ZOE SALZMAN SAM SHAPIRO By Email …
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… Even MPAA President Chris Dodd could not help Mark Boal, Katherine Bigalow and Amy Pascal. Additional chatter was the renewed last …
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… "It looks like a departure from professionalism," Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle said of Reiter's letter. Following Epstein's indictment, Reiter …
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… "It looks like a departure from professionalism," Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle said of Reiter's letter. Following Epstein's indictment, Reiter …
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… "It looks like a departure from professionalism," Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle said of Reiter's letter. Following Epstein's indictment, Reiter …
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… — Dated 2-23-2011 Farmer, Jaffe, Weissing, Edwards, Fistos & Lehrman Katherine Ezell Counsel for other Epstein Victims Kikka Claudio Assistant to …
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… names that we will be providing, I propose Bert Ocariz, Katherine Ezell at Podhurst Orseck, Stuart Grossman, Ed Rogers, and Walter …
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… the University of California in Berkeley on September 1964, Dean Katherine Towle banned posters, easels and tables at the Bancroft-Telegraph Street …
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… "It looks like a departure from professionalism," Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle said of Reiter's letter. Following Epstein's indictment, Reiter …
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… on UI benefits were to continue indefinitely. Rob Valletta and Katherine Kuang, Federal Reserve Board of San Francisco “Extended Unemployment and …
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… It Off: What Happens When Women Tell Rape Jokes?” by Katherine Leyton stated: “Some female comics tell jokes that clearly target …
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… which covers the City of Miami and several smaller cities. Katherine Fernandez Rundle replaced Janet Reno in 19__, when President Clinton …
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… looked at the card and saw that it was from Katherine Graham, the publisher of the Washington Post. The important case …
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… It Off: What Happens When Women Tell Rape Jokes?” by Katherine Leyton stated: “Some female comics tell jokes that clearly target …
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