Stephen Hawking seen lounging between 2 bikini-clad women as scientist’s ties to Epstein return to spotlight

An eye-catching photo of Stephen Hawking sandwiched between two bikini-clad women has gone viral as the late scientist’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein were thrust back into the spotlight.

The British theoretical physicist, who is referenced at least 250 times in the Justice Department’s cache of Epstein files, could be seen smiling and clutching a red cocktail between the two unidentified women.

It wasn’t immediately clear when, or where, the photo was taken but it started spreading like wildfire on social media in the wake of the latest Epstein document dump.

According to the Times of London, the snap was among a handful of photos of the renowned scientist included in the latest batch of Epstein files.

Hawking, who died in 2018 at age 76 after battling early-onset ALS for 50 years, has long been tied to the late disgraced pedophile.

The physicist was among a group of world-renowned scientists who attended a conference funded and hosted by Epstein in March 2006 — five months before the disgraced financier was charged with soliciting prostitution in Florida.

The conference was held on the Caribbean island of St. Thomas, near Epstein’s notorious private island.

Hawking was name-checked in the Epstein files, too, after prominent accuser Virginia Giuffre alleged the scientist had once participated “in a underage orgy” in the Virgin Islands.

Epstein, for his part, had offered a cash reward to Giuffre’s friends if they could helped debunk her claim, according to emails contained in the files.

“You can issue a reward to any of virginias friends acquaionts family [sic] that come forward and help prove her allegations are false,” Epstein wrote in a typo-ridden email to his madam, Ghislaine Maxwell, on Jan. 12, 2015.

“The strongest is the clinton dinner, and the new version in the virgin isalnds that stven hawking partica-ted [sic] in an underage orgy.”

Hawking has never been formally accused of any wrongdoing and his death was before Epstein was arrested in 2019 on serious charges, thrusting the focus back on his depraved behavior.