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07/26/19 9:14 AM

#37111 RE: scion #37104

Epstein Used the Billionaire Behind Victoria’s Secret for Wealth and Women
The financier Jeffrey Epstein, charged with sex trafficking, cultivated a yearslong relationship with Leslie Wexner and became extraordinarily rich.
Mr. Wexner’s colleagues were mystified as to why a renowned businessman would place so much trust in an outsider like Mr. Epstein.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/25/business/jeffrey-epstein-wexner-victorias-secret.html

Mr. Wexner authorized him to borrow money on his behalf, to sign his tax returns, to hire people and to make acquisitions. Over the years, Mr. Epstein obtained a New York mansion, a private plane and a luxury estate in Ohio — today valued at roughly $100 million all together — previously owned by Mr. Wexner or his companies. At the same time, he drove a wedge between Mr. Wexner and longtime associates and friends.

Virtually from the moment in the 1980s that Mr. Epstein arrived on the scene in Columbus, Ohio, where L Brands was based, Mr. Wexner’s friends and colleagues were mystified as to why a renowned businessman in the prime of his career would place such trust in an outsider with a thin résumé and scant financial experience.