—EE——— JAMES PATTERSON to help mentor her. 1 wouldn't let her meet him. What sort of a man approaches a young girl and asks to meet her?” In the meantime, Maxwell had become friendly with the . family. “I trusted Ghislaine, she was like a mother,” Bjorlin's mother recalled. “She was always calling my house. ‘G “Ghislaine didn't want me to meet Epstein, but I did anyway, 3 . and I asked what he wanted with Nadia. He said he wanted to y 4 help her singing career. He said, Td like to be like a godfather. It : 4 felt creepy: . a “] had a bad vibe about him and said, ‘Stop!’ I told him, ‘No, a a thank you. She doesn't need your help’ I kept Nadia away from 4 a him. She never met him alone. She never went any where with him.’ y 4 : ‘ ' Despite her suspicions, it took Epstein’s arrest to make Bjor- 4 q Leslie Wexner: 19' lin's mother wonder whether Maxwell and Epstein hadn't been a 4 sizing her daughter up for his stable of underage women. . 3 4 a: eslie Wexner, tl 7 4 l= Born in 4 4 Russian-Jewish : a shooter —taciturn al E 4 For several years F 4q was the largest yacht q _ Wexner’s emplo} x 4 fiercely loyal to them 5 _ Intime, he'd com a _ “Everyone was n a says Robert Morosk j Tetailer the Limited, 4 7 “Almost everyor q ee ther former emp 4 : eo nowhere.” 118 q 4 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_022087