To Michael Pietsch, Chief Executive Officer, Hachette Book Group: Re: Gary Weiss, author of “Retail Gangster: The Insane, Real-Life Story of Crazy Eddie,” Weiss’ source for “Retail Gangster” is Sam E Antar. Sam E Antar wrote that I, Edward Manfredonia, was an anti-Semite because I said that Linda Fairstein, Bureau Chief to Sex Crimes Unit, had covered up the rapes of Jeffrey Epstein. My source for this information was Robert VanCaneghan, himself a confessed serial rapist and drug smuggler. Ergo, Gary Weiss, Author “Retail Gangster,” and his source, Sam E Antar for “Retail Gangster,” have supported the rape of children by Jeffrey Epstein.