When it emerged that Sarah Kellen, the former secretary of Jeffrey Epstein, was married to Brian Vickers, many in the racing community hoped that the link was circumstantial. They hoped that a member of the racing fraternity would not be connected in any manner to the heinous crimes.
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However, the release of more than three million additional pages contained within the Epstein files has cast a cloud of suspicion over Vickers, whose name has been prominently mentioned in the new batch of documents. This probably shouldn’t be surprising, considering that his ex-wife is an alleged co-conspirator in the sex trafficking ring.
However, the comfort Vickers seems to display while communicating with Epstein and others in the circle, as revealed in the new documents, is concerning and telling.
In a direct email he sent to Epstein in February 2019, Vickers wrote, “Happy Valentines, Buddy,” with a winky face emoji and a video attachment. The email’s subject line read, “Thought you would like this.”
Five months after this email was sent, Epstein got arrested and jailed at the Metropolitan Correctional Facility in New York City.
With his ex-wife (Sarah Kellen) being one of the alleged co-conspirators of Jeffrey Epstein, it should come as no surprise that Brian Vickers is included in the Epstein Files. Yet, there is still some surprise to some of the emails unearthed: https://t.co/jAckxHSQ2l
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Vickers has been involved in sending some suspicious emails with sexually explicit material in the past as well. For instance, he sent an email with the subject line ‘Male Fairy Tale’ in 2012. It contained a story that is akin to a children’s fairy tale. albeit sexual in nature. Epstein forwarded this email to an Emirati businessman named Sultan bin Sulayem.
The document also reveals how Vickers’ ability to gain NASCAR sponsorship was affected after Kellen’s involvement in the ring came to light.
In 2013, Epstein talked to a redacted recipient about how Michael Waltrip Racing had called another redacted party to ask about Vickers’ involvement with the sex trafficking ring. The team sponsor, ‘Aaron’s’, did not want to shake hands with him if there was a chance for its own image to get dirty.
However, the company did sponsor him throughout the 2014 season. He recorded three top-5 finishes and nine top-10s on his path to a 22nd-place finish on the points table. Vickers retired from the sport in 2016 and stayed away from social media for a long time. He only emerged on X last April to announce his divorce. Kellen, for her part, continues to hold the argument that she herself was one of Epstein’s victims.
It remains to be seen what other twists and turns this saga holds. The level of Vickers’ involvement, though, surely comes as a big surprise.
