TERSON t her meet him. What sort of a asks to meet her?” had become friendly with the 2 was like a mother,” Bjorlin’s ; calling my house. meet Epstein, but ! did anyway, th Nadia. He said he wanted to CHAPTER 30 Td like to be like a godfather.’ It and said, ‘Stop!’ I told him, ‘No, 7 ur help’ 1 kept Nadia away from E. 2 never went anywhere with him.” 4 ok Epstein’s arrest to make Bjor- q 3 Leslie Wexner: 1993 {axwell and Epstein hadn't been 4 4 table of underage women. q q E D eslie Wexner, the richest man in Ohio, is a proud midwest- a | om Born into the rag trade (Wexner's parents were a a Russian-Jewish immigrants), he grew up to be a straight a 4 shooter —taciturn and camera-shy. 4 i For several years running, his 315-foot boat, the Limitless, 4 ’ was the largest yacht owned by an American. - 4 q Wexner’s employees loved him, and he was known to be q fiercely loyal to them. q q In time, he’d come to see the same qualities in Jeffrey Epstein. a - “Everyone was mystified as to what [Epstein’s] appeal was,” 4 q Says Robert Morosky, a former vice chairman of the clothing 4 retailer the Limited, founded by Wexner. F ' “Almost everyone at the Limited wondered who he was,” 4 "another former employee of Wexner’s recalls. “He literally came 1 Out of nowhere.” 118 F q 119 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_022088