Stephen Hawking poses with bikini-clad women in Epstein files photo

Professor Stephen Hawking is seen grinning from ear to ear, sandwiched between two bikini-clad women in a photo released in the Jeffrey Epstein files. The Cambridge theoretical physicist and the two women are shown holding what appear to be fruity cocktails as they bask in the sunshine. It is unclear when or where the image was taken, though it is possible it was taken on Epstein's Little Saint James Island in the US Virgin Islands. Hawking was among 21 internationally renowned scientists who attended a conference hosted by Epstein on his island and nearby St Thomas in 2006.