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Les Wexner

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tagsperson, ohio, retail, l-brands, victorias-secret, epstein-client
aliasesLeslie H. Wexner, Leslie Herbert Wexner, LHW, L.H. Wexner

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Les Wexner
Les Wexner at his House Oversight Committee deposition, February 2026. House Oversight Committee via Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
BornSeptember 8, 1937, Dayton, Ohio1
CompanyFounder of The Limited (1963); chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Limited Brands, Inc. (later L Brands), parent of Victoria’s Secret and Bath & Body Works2
BaseLimited Brands was headquartered at Three Limited Parkway, Columbus, Ohio;3 state filings give Wexner an address in New Albany, Ohio4
Relationship to EpsteinFinancial adviser and holder of a power of attorney, from 1991 until the separation Wexner dates to 200756
Federal investigationCounsel for Wexner gave an attorney proffer to the Southern District of New York on July 25, 201957

Leslie Herbert Wexner (born September 8, 1937) is an American retail executive who founded The Limited in 1963 and was chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Limited Brands, Inc., the Columbus, Ohio company that owned Victoria’s Secret and Bath & Body Works.12 Vanity Fair reported in 2003 that Wexner was the only client Epstein would name.8 In 1991 he gave Epstein a power of attorney that allowed Epstein to buy and sell real estate and other assets on his behalf.5 Wexner has said he severed the relationship in 2007 and then discovered that Epstein had “misappropriated vast sums of money” from him and his family; his lawyers resolved the matter privately.96 Counsel for Wexner and for his wife Abigail Wexner gave attorney proffers to federal prosecutors in July 2019.57

The Limited and Limited Brands

The company’s 2006 annual report states that “Leslie H. Wexner, 69, has been Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company for more than thirty years and its Chief Executive Officer since he founded the Company in 1963.”2 The same report lists among the company’s material contracts an “Agreement dated as of May 3, 1999 among Limited Brands, Inc. (formerly The Limited, Inc.), Leslie H. Wexner and the Wexner Children’s Trust.”10

Vanity Fair reported in March 2003 that Epstein “keeps all his deals and clients secret, bar one client: billionaire Leslie Wexner, the respected chairman of Limited Brands.”8 The article quotes Wexner: “I think we both possess the skill of seeing patterns. But Jeffrey sees patterns in politics and financial markets, and I see patterns in lifestyle and fashion trends.”8 It also reports that the developer Marshall Rose worked with Epstein on projects in New Albany, Ohio, for Wexner.8

The financial relationship

Epstein’s account of it, and prosecutors’

A Bureau of Prisons psychological reconstruction prepared after Epstein’s death states: “Years later, Leslie Wexner, Mr. Epstein’s sole client at J. Epstein and Company, granted him power of attorney over his affairs. Despite also being identified as Mr. Wexner’s mentee, Mr. Epstein was again accused of misappropriating funds—more than 46 million dollars. These large sums are believed to be the seed money Mr. Epstein used to establish his considerable fortune.”11

In an internal email of September 15, 2019 a Southern District of New York prosecutor reported the results of the office’s review of Epstein’s finances, writing that it “has been extensive and robust, but ultimately it hasn’t resulted in anything actionable from a charging perspective.”12 On the Deutsche Bank records the writer said there was no evidence that Epstein had been trading on behalf of others, which was “consistent with him getting a huge chunk of money from Wexner … in the 90s and early 00s and then basically living off the income from his own investments after his first arrest,” adding: “I don’t think we can say that with 100% certainty, but that’s what it looks like from 2013 on, in the DB accounts.”12

A December 2019 memorandum to the U.S. Attorney records what Wexner’s lawyers told prosecutors at a July 25, 2019 attorney proffer: that Wexner first met Epstein in the 1980s through a mutual friend who recommended him as a financial adviser; that “over time, Epstein became more involved in Wexner’s finances until Epstein controlled all of Wexner’s personal finances with virtually no oversight”; that Wexner had no knowledge of any inappropriate or unlawful activity with young women by Epstein; and that “over his years handling Wexner’s finances, Epstein stole or otherwise misappropriated several hundred million dollars from Wexner,” which together with his fees “appears to account for virtually all of Epstein’s wealth.”5 A separate memorandum of December 5, 2019 puts the figure differently, stating that “it also appears that Epstein stole or otherwise misappropriated more than $100 million from Wexner, in addition to receiving other fees in the tens or hundreds of millions of dollars during the duration of their decades-long financial relationship.”13

Ghislaine Maxwell, interviewed by Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche on July 24, 2025, said Wexner was “the one very famous client that everybody talks about.”14 She described the scope of the work: “So with Les, for instance, it was really all encompassing. It could go from the structure of the business. So he would — he structured or restructured The Limited.”15 She added: “All right. So then he restructured the business. He restructured his entire personal finances, and would also handle all of the investment strategy.”15 She said she was “not part of Epstein’s business world, except tangentially,” and that what she described was what she observed, overheard or saw.14 Asked how Epstein was paid, she said he had told her that “if I saved someone $5 billion, he would take a flat percentage of that $5 billion.”16

The 1991 power of attorney

The December 19, 2019 memorandum states: “In 1991, Epstein obtained a power of attorney from Wexner, which enabled Epstein to handle the purchase and sale of real estate and other assets on Wexner’s behalf.”5 The December 5 memorandum describes the arrangement as running “from approximately the early 1990s through 2007.”13

In his August 2019 letter to the Wexner Foundation, Wexner defended the grant of power of attorney, calling it “common in that context” and saying, “He had wide latitude to act on my behalf with respect to my personal finances.”9 The New York Times, reporting the letter, described the authority as one “which enabled Mr. Epstein to hire people, sign checks, buy and sell properties, and borrow money — all on Mr. Wexner’s behalf.”9 In a second article the Times reported that “for about 16 years, Mr. Wexner had formally delegated to Mr. Epstein virtually blanket control of his finances — the authority to sign checks, borrow money, buy and sell real estate and hire workers on his behalf.”6

One instrument executed under that authority is in the record.17 The Wexner Children’s Trust agreement, dated February 25, 1998, is “between LESLIE H. WEXNER, as Grantor, and JEFFREY E. EPSTEIN, as Trustee.”17 Its execution page carries a handwritten signature over the typed block “LESLIE H. WEXNER, Grantor / By: Jeffrey E. Epstein, as attorney-in-fact” and a second handwritten signature over the typed line “JEFFREY E. EPSTEIN, Trustee.”18 The notarial acknowledgment records that on February 25, 1998 “personally came JEFFREY E. EPSTEIN, to me known and known to me to be the individual described in and who executed the foregoing instrument”; the notary was Harry I. Beller.19 Schedule A is “2,500,000 shares of common stock of The Limited, Inc.”20 The trust is revocable by the grantor at any time, and its terms direct the trustee, in his discretion, to pay income or principal “for any reason whatsoever to, for, or on behalf of the Grantor.”17

The plaintiff’s first amended complaint in Jane Doe 1 v. JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. alleges at paragraph 150 that “Wexner, Epstein’s client who had turned over a power of attorney to Epstein, would likewise keep his money with JP Morgan. Wexner’s money was said to amount to over a billion dollars,” and at paragraph 152 that Epstein let the bank’s leadership understand that ending its relationship with him would cost the bank Wexner’s business.2122 The same complaint lists Wexner among people it describes as co-conspirators in Epstein’s operation, and alleges that the wealth Wexner gave Epstein was what let the operation reach the scale it did.23 Those are the allegations of the plaintiff in a civil action against a bank; Wexner is not a defendant in the case.24 Wexner has said that he was “NEVER aware of the illegal activity charged in the indictment” and that he was deceived by Epstein.9

Columbus and New Albany

Epstein’s chief pilot, Lawrence Visoski, told prosecutors in an August 4, 2021 preparation session that he was “first hired in approximately July 1991 in Columbus, OH by JE,” that he was then living in Columbus and working at the flight department next door to The Limited’s flight department, and that “one day, the Limited’s chief pilot came to Dave Rodgers and LV and said that a friend of Mr. Wexner’s was looking for pilots.”25 At the Maxwell trial on November 30, 2021, Visoski agreed on cross-examination that he had flown Epstein to Columbus a number of times, that “Columbus, Ohio is where Les Wexner lives,” that Wexner “was one of Epstein’s clients … Mr. Epstein would call him a client,” and that “Epstein had a home and an office in Columbus, Ohio where Les Wexner’s home was.”26

Maxwell said Epstein “had the house in Ohio because of his business relationship with Mr. Wexner,” and that she was the one who had to “go and decorate and put that house together.”27

USA Today, in an article preserved in the U.S. Attorney’s news clips of August 16, 2019, reported that flight logs show that “beginning in 1995 and continuing for several years, Epstein flew regularly to Columbus, Ohio,” and that “around that time” (the 2007 separation) “Epstein’s flights to Columbus ceased.”28

9 East 71st Street

New York County title records show that on September 6, 1989 Birch Wathen School, Inc. deeded 9 East 71st Street to Nine East 71st Street Corporation; the deed was recorded September 11, 1989 at Reel 1617, Page 2412, with New York State transfer tax of $52,800 paid.29 The next and last deed of record is dated December 23, 2011, from Nine East 71st Street Corporation, “by Jeffrey E. Epstein, President,” to Maple, Inc., recorded January 10, 2012, for no consideration.29 A senior financial investigator wrote to colleagues on June 27, 2019: “This is from ACRIS. It’s the Last Deed of Record, dated 12/23/2011. Notice that the Grantor and Grantee lines are both signed by Jeffrey Epstein. The Grantee is Maple Inc which is located in St Thomas, VI.”30

The corporation that held the house was organised through a Columbus law firm.31 Its certificate of incorporation was filed with the New York Department of State on August 25, 1989; the incorporator signed on August 23, 1989 care of the Columbus law firm Schwartz, Kelm, Warren & Rubenstein, Huntington Center, 41 South High Street.31 The certified Department of State file, produced to the FBI on subpoena in July 2019, contains the corporation’s biennial statements.32 The statement for filing period 08/1993 gives the chairman of the board as “Jeffrey E. Epstein, 41 South High Street, Suite 3710, Columbus OH 43215.”32 The statement for filing period 08/1997 carries, in the pre-printed Part A, “Leslie H. Wexner, 5906 East Dublin-Granville Road, New Albany, OH 43054” as chief executive officer and as the principal executive office address; Part B, the corrected filing, substitutes Jeffrey E. Epstein at the Columbus address.4 The corporation’s certificate of dissolution, executed December 10, 2012 by Darren K. Indyke as secretary, lists Epstein as president and sole director at 6100 Red Hook Quarter, B3, St. Thomas.33

Two SDNY memoranda describe the transfer.135 The December 5, 2019 memorandum states that in 1989 the Birch School “sold the property to the Nine East 71st Street Corporation, which at the time was wholly owned by Leslie Wexner,” and that “in or about 1998, Wexner agreed to sell the New York Residence to Epstein for $20 million. We believe the change of ownership occurred through a transfer of control of the Nine East 71st Street Corporation.”13 The December 19, 2019 memorandum records the account Wexner’s lawyers gave prosecutors: “At some point in 1998, Epstein sold himself the New York residence in which he resided until his arrest in 2019 at a deeply discounted price. The New York residence had previously belonged to Wexner, but the Wexners had moved out of it in 1995. Epstein also sold himself a private plane that previously belonged to Wexner at a deeply discounted price.”5

An index of Financial Trust Company files lists, under the heading “SALE OF 9 EAST 71st STREET,” a file containing correspondence, attorney notes, a general ledger dated 9/30/98, purchase agreement and promissory note drafts, “NES, LLC Articles of Organization,” a stock power and stock certificate, and “LHW Resignation of LHW as Director.”34 The same index lists a separate binder titled “Leslie H. Wexner Sale of Nine East 71st Street Corporation to NES, LLC.”35 In March 2013 Epstein’s assistant queried the filing of that binder: a calendar entry reads “where will Darren put; LESLIE H. WEXNER SALE OF NINE EAST 71ST STREET CORPORATION TO NES, LLC”; and Indyke replied about a related folder, “It is a binder and I will be keeping it in the drawer with all the corporate kits.”3637 Visoski told prosecutors that although he worked for Epstein from 1991 to 2019, he was paid by NES LLC.25

Epstein told the New York Times in 1996 that the Manhattan mansion Wexner had bought for $13.2 million was now his: “Les never spent more than two months there.”38 Maxwell, asked in 2025 whether Wexner had gifted the property to Epstein, said: “So I don’t know what the business deal was, because, again, I’m not part of his business thing, but I think what happened would be that, let’s say Les owed him in, theoretically, for his services, $100 million or whatever it was. He could have traded that against the property.”39 Pressed, she said she was not sure whether she knew this or had inferred it later.39 Asked about the falling-out between the two men she said: “I wasn’t there and I don’t know how it happened. I only know what Les has said in the press.”40

Money between the trusts and foundations

The Wexner Children’s Trust. A JPMorgan Suspicious Activity Report covering activity through July 22, 2019 lists “WEXNER CHILDREN’S TRUST II DATED 02/25/1998” among the customers and non-customers covered by a report of 4,725 wire transactions totalling $1,081,819,653 between October 1, 2003 and July 22, 2019.41 In a FINRA arbitration brought by Financial Trust Company, Inc. and The C.O.U.Q. Foundation, Inc. against Bear Stearns entities, the respondents sought all documents concerning the claimants’ investments “on behalf of or as trustee for any third party, including without limitation The Wexner Children’s Trust II”; the claimants objected as to breadth and burden but agreed to produce.42 An index of Financial Trust Company files records a “June 25, 2001 Transfer of TOO, Inc LHW to FTC” and a file headed “FTC/Wexner Children’s Trust/MBZ-Purchase of Boston Properties from Prudential.”43

The Wexner Children’s Trust II also held a promissory note from Epstein’s lawyer, discharged with money from Epstein’s company: a financial summary prepared for Indyke records, for November 6, 2007, an amount of $3,458,416.55 described as an “FTC transfer to DKI Attorney Trust Account used to pay off non-recourse promissory note of DKI in favor of The Wexner Children’s Trust II, Reflected on FTC’s books as a Loan Payable from DKI.”44

To Interlochen. A donor-record export from the Salesforce database of Interlochen Center for the Arts, a Michigan arts academy, records a single gift closed July 25, 1994 of “$185,000.00” from the “Wexner Foundation,” entered as an “Organization Gift” under the “Designation Summary” “Epstein Lodge ($185,000.00).”45 The same database records a separate $15,000 gift from “Jeffrey Epstein” personally, closed November 12, 1993, under the same designation, “812100 Epstein Lodge.”46 Interlochen’s chair of the Board of Trustees, James L. Tolley, wrote to Epstein on February 22, 1994 to thank him for “the very generous gift of $200,000 for a scholarship lodge,” then “soon to be constructed”;47 its vice president for institutional advancement wrote to him again on February 21, 1995 that “Last year we built the Epstein Lodge, Interlochen’s first scholarship lodge in many years,” describing it as “our premier guest accommodation and the first handicapped accessible facility.”48

Into C.O.U.Q. The C.O.U.Q. Foundation’s Form 990-PF for the year ending February 28, 2002 records, in Statement 1, contributions received “From Leslie H Wexner, as Grantor of The Wexner Children’s Trust” of “600,000 shares of Too, Inc common stock having a market value of $11,205,000 at date of gift.”49 The New York Times reported that C.O.U.Q. “accepted an $11.2 million donation from the Wexner Children’s Trust in 2002 and $10 million from the Leslie H. Wexner Charitable Fund in 2004.”9

Out to YLK. CNBC reported in July 2019, citing tax filings, that Epstein’s C.O.U.Q. Foundation gave $14 million to Wexner’s YLK Charitable Fund in 2007, and that in 2008 Financial Trust Company and C.O.U.Q. together contributed “$46 million plus” to YLK in stock and other assets shortly before Epstein began his Florida jail term; that Abigail Wexner was YLK’s president in 2008 and Wexner became its director in 2010; and that Epstein served as a trustee of the Wexner Foundation in the 1990s.38 A draft settlement agreement in the Bear Stearns litigation records that “pursuant to an instrument dated January 1, 2008, COUQ assigned to YLK Charitable Trust 100 percent of the shares COUQ owned in Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities Overseas, Ltd.”50

The Times reported that in 2011, four years after the separation Wexner describes, his charitable foundation received a contribution from a trust linked to Epstein named “Community Interest,” and that a spokesman for Wexner said: “A Charitable Remainder Trust established prior to Mr. Epstein’s termination in 2007 matured according to its terms and assets flowed into the charitable fund at the time of its maturity.”6

The Daily Beast reported that Indyke was listed as secretary of The Wexner Foundation in filings from 1998 to 2001 and on the foundation’s tax forms through 2006, and that in 2008 Abigail Wexner gave Indyke power of attorney over a Manhattan condominium.51

The separation and the 2019 statement

On August 7, 2019 the New York Times reported a 564-word letter Wexner had sent to the Wexner Foundation community and distributed to the press.9 In it he wrote that he “first met Mr. Epstein in the mid-1980s, through friends who vouched for and recommended him as a knowledgeable financial professional”; that “it was agreed that he should step back from the management of our personal finances. In that process, we discovered that he had misappropriated vast sums of money from me and my family. This was, frankly, a tremendous shock, even though it clearly pales in comparison to the unthinkable allegations against him now”; that he had been “able to recover some of the funds,” which he called a “portion of the returned monies,” adding, “All of that money — every dollar of it — was originally Wexner family money”; and that “I am embarrassed that, like so many others, I was deceived by Mr. Epstein. I know now that my trust in him was grossly misplaced, and I deeply regret having ever crossed his path.”9 In a separate letter to L Brands employees the previous month he had said he was “NEVER aware of the illegal activity charged in the indictment.”9

The Times reported that tax documents show a transfer of about $46 million in securities from C.O.U.Q. and a Virgin Islands business controlled by Epstein to a foundation run by Abigail Wexner.9 It further reported, on the account of people briefed on the matter, that Wexner “never contacted the state and federal authorities who were investigating Mr. Epstein at the time for sex crimes,” and that “Mr. Wexner’s lawyers worked out a private arrangement in which Mr. Epstein’s foundation and business would repay some of the misappropriated money,” and that Epstein returned about $100 million; that Wexner had not made public evidence of the misappropriation or said how much was taken; and that L Brands had hired Davis Polk & Wardwell to investigate what role, if any, Epstein played at the company.6

An email Epstein sent to himself on June 14, 2014 under the subject line “wexner” consists of a list of fragmentary phrases, among them “never ever, did anything without informing les” and “i would never put les in harms way.”52

Victoria’s Secret

The New York Times reported in July 2019 that L Brands executives had learned in the mid-1990s that Epstein “was trying to pitch himself as a recruiter for Victoria’s Secret models.”9 The December 19, 2019 memorandum records what Wexner’s lawyers told prosecutors: “Epstein had no formal role in L Brands or Victoria’s Secret. At some point, Wexner heard a rumor that Epstein might be holding himself out as connected to Victoria’s Secret, but when Wexner asked Epstein about it, Epstein denied doing so.”5 See Victoria’s Secret, L Brands, and the Wexner connection.

In the investigative and trial record

  • FBI, July 7, 2019. The day after Epstein’s arrest, an FBI New York email headed “Co-conspirators,” responding to a request for “an update on the status of the 10 CO conspirators,” lists contact attempts and ends: “I do not know about Ohio contacting Wexner.”53 The names in the list are redacted, and the excerpt does not establish that Wexner was one of the ten people referred to or that he was treated as a co-conspirator; it records only that a possible approach to him in Ohio was raised.53 Wexner has said he had no awareness of Epstein’s criminal conduct.9
  • Sworn affidavit of Maria Farmer, April 2019. In an affidavit sworn on April 12, 2019 and filed as an exhibit in Giuffre v. Dershowitz, Maria Farmer states that Epstein arranged for her to work on an art project at Wexner’s Ohio mansion in the summer of 1996, that Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell sexually assaulted her there, that she fled the room and telephoned a sheriff’s office without response, that Wexner’s security staff refused to let her leave the property, and that she was held for about twelve hours until her father arrived from Kentucky.54 That is her sworn allegation and not a finding of fact, and her account is set out on her own page rather than here. No response from Wexner to it is recorded in the documents cited on this page.54
  • Attorney proffers, July 2019. A briefing deck on the Epstein investigations lists, under “SDNY Attorney Proffers,” Les Wexner and Abigail Wexner.7 The December 19, 2019 memorandum dates the Wexner proffer to July 25, 2019.5
  • Maxwell trial voir dire, 2021–2022. A joint letter from the parties to Judge Alison J. Nathan dated November 14, 2021, providing “a list of names that jurors may hear at trial,” includes “Les Wexner”; the same name appears on the corresponding court exhibit filed February 4, 2022.5556
  • Contact list. The “W” page of an alphabetical contact list produced in the DOJ release, with personal contact information redacted, lists “Wexner, Les.”57
  • Estate discovery, 2020. In Jane Doe 1000 v. Indyke and Kahn, the plaintiff’s Request No. 66 sought “all documents relating to any business transactions, including real estate and other financial transactions, between Epstein and Leslie Wexner from 1990 to the present.”58 The co-executors objected on grounds of attorney-client privilege and work product, relevance and proportionality, breadth and burden, the time period stated, and that the request “assumes facts not in evidence.”58

Named in the House record

On August 31, 2026 Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky was recognised for one minute in the House of Representatives, under the heading “Bring Epstein Perpetrators to Justice.” He said that a year after the Epstein Files Transparency Act was signed “the government continues to withhold over 3 million files,” and that a second bill, the Epstein Files Transparency Act II, had been introduced. He then said: “We want perpetrators of these crimes to be investigated and prosecuted, men like:” and read a list of thirteen men and one woman, among them Les Wexner, closing: “Perhaps hearing these names will shame the Department of Justice into delivering justice.”59 The other thirteen names are not reproduced here. This is a Member’s statement made under privilege on the floor of the House. It is not a charge, a referral, an indictment or a finding, and being named in it is not evidence of anything. No response from Wexner to these remarks appears in the sources cited on this page.

Coverage

  • Vanity Fair, March 2003 (Vicky Ward).
  • CNBC, July 11, 2019 (Brian Schwartz); The Daily Beast (Kate Briquelet).
  • New York Times, August 7 and August 11, 2019 (Steve Eder, Emily Steel, Matthew Goldstein, David Enrich).
  • USA Today, August 16, 2019 (Christopher Maag).

Footnotes

  1. Wikipedia, “Les Wexner.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Wexner ↩ ↩2

  2. Limited Brands, Inc., 2006 annual report (Form 10-K, fiscal year ended February 3, 2007), “Supplemental Item. Executive Officers of the Registrant.” https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00190141 p.31. ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  3. Limited Brands, Inc., Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 3, 2007, cover page. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00190141 p.20. ↩

  4. Biennial Statement, Parts A and B, filing period 08/1997, same file. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA01305210 p.14. ↩ ↩2

  5. Memorandum to Geoffrey S. Berman, U.S. Attorney, “Investigation into Potential Co-Conspirators of Jeffrey Epstein,” Dec. 19, 2019, § on counsel for Leslie Wexner. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA02731082 pp.1, 65–66. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9 ↩10

  6. Emily Steel, Matthew Goldstein, Steve Eder and David Enrich, “Jeffrey Epstein’s Opaque Finances Could Become Focal Point for Investigators,” New York Times, Aug. 11, 2019, preserved in a DOJ production. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00172288 pp.1–4. The passage on the private arrangement is at p.2, read from the page image: “The billionaire never contacted the state and federal authorities who were investigating Mr. Epstein at the time for sex crimes, according to people briefed on the matter. Instead, Mr. Wexner’s lawyers worked out a private arrangement in which Mr. Epstein’s foundation and business would repay some of the misappropriated money, the people said. They said Mr. Epstein returned about $100 million to Mr. Wexner.” ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5

  7. Briefing deck, “Jeffrey Epstein Investigations,” slide “Proffers.” https://epstein-data.com/EFTA01656152 p.11. ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  8. Vicky Ward, Vanity Fair, March 2003, preserved in a DOJ production. https://epstein-data.com/DOJ-OGR-00032040 pp.11, 14–15. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  9. Steve Eder and Emily Steel, “Leslie Wexner Accuses Jeffrey Epstein of Misappropriating ‘Vast Sums of Money,’” New York Times, Aug. 7, 2019, preserved in a DOJ production. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00172284 pp.1–3. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9 ↩10 ↩11

  10. Limited Brands, Inc., 2006 annual report, exhibit index, item 10.11. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00190141 p.88. ↩

  11. Federal Bureau of Prisons, “Psychological Reconstruction of Inmate Death: Jeffrey Epstein,” prepared by Robert Nagle, National Suicide Prevention Coordinator. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00105651 p.2. The same passage appears in duplicate copies of the report at https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00041963 pp.7 and 96; a further copy at https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00056410 pp.118–119 reads “sole client at the J. Epstein and Company,” “a mentee of Mr. Wexner,” and “more than $46 million dollars.” ↩

  12. Internal SDNY email, “RE: WSJ article on Deutsche Bank and Epstein charity,” Sept. 15, 2019. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00105304 pp.1–2. ↩ ↩2

  13. Memorandum to Geoffrey S. Berman, U.S. Attorney, “Analysis of Possible Corporate Prosecution,” Dec. 5, 2019, and n.2. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA02731069 pp.1–2. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  14. Interview of Ghislaine Maxwell by Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, July 24, 2025, transcript p.59. https://epstein-data.com/DOJ-OGR-00022393 ↩ ↩2

  15. Interview of Ghislaine Maxwell by Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, July 24, 2025, transcript p.60. https://epstein-data.com/DOJ-OGR-00022393 ↩ ↩2

  16. Interview of Ghislaine Maxwell by Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, July 24, 2025, transcript p.61. https://epstein-data.com/DOJ-OGR-00022393 ↩

  17. The Wexner Children’s Trust, trust agreement dated February 25, 1998, produced by JPMorgan Chase (JPM-SDNY-00002596). https://epstein-data.com/EFTA01481286 pp.1–2. A one-page duplicate of the same production page is at https://epstein-data.com/EFTA01480436 ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  18. Execution page of the same agreement, JPM-SDNY-00002598; read from the page image. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA01480437 ↩

  19. Notarial acknowledgment page of the same agreement, JPM-SDNY-00002600. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA01480439 ↩

  20. Schedule A of the same agreement, JPM-SDNY-00002599. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA01480438 ↩

  21. Jane Doe 1 v. JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., No. 22-cv-10019-JSR (S.D.N.Y.), first amended complaint, Doc. 36, filed Jan. 13, 2023, ¶ 150. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00162121 pp.39–40. ↩

  22. Same complaint, ¶ 152. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00162121 p.40. ↩

  23. Same complaint, ¶¶ 138, 140, 142. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00162121 p.36. ↩

  24. Same complaint, caption. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00162121 p.1. ↩

  25. “August 4, 2021 Larry Visoski VTC Prep,” trial preparation notes. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00159725 p.1. ↩ ↩2

  26. United States v. Ghislaine Maxwell, No. 20-cr-330 (AJN), trial transcript, Doc. 743, Nov. 30, 2021, transcript pp.216–217 (Visoski cross-examination). https://epstein-data.com/EFTA02839611 pp.88–89. ↩

  27. Interview of Ghislaine Maxwell by Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, July 24, 2025, transcript p.21. https://epstein-data.com/DOJ-OGR-00022393 ↩

  28. Christopher Maag, “New Jersey’s Teterboro Airport was travel hub of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex traffic ring,” USA Today, Aug. 16, 2019, in SDNY News Clips of that date. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00078282 pp.5, 8. ↩

  29. Jade Data Research, Inc., title search 19-J-9358, 9 East 71st Street, certified as of June 10, 2019. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00020929 pp.1–3. ↩ ↩2

  30. Email, “Re: 9 E 71st Street New York NY DEED,” June 27, 2019. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00026663 ↩

  31. Certificate of incorporation of Nine East 71st Street Corporation, signed August 23, 1989, in the New York Department of State file certified July 15, 2019 and produced to the FBI. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA01305210 pp.4–6. ↩ ↩2

  32. Statement of Addresses and Directors, Part B, filing period 08/1993, same file. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA01305210 p.11. ↩ ↩2

  33. Certificate of dissolution of Nine East 71st Street Corporation, executed December 10, 2012, same file. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA01305210 p.40. ↩

  34. Index of Financial Trust Company files, heading “SALE OF 9 EAST 71st STREET.” https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00300480 pp.18–19. ↩

  35. Same index. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00300480 p.21. ↩

  36. Calendar reminder, March 18, 2013. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA02145295 and https://epstein-data.com/EFTA02145306 ↩

  37. Darren Indyke to Lesley Groff, “Re: Where are you placing the Folder titled: Sale of 9 East 71st?,” March 14, 2013. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00393599 ↩

  38. Brian Schwartz, “Jeffrey Epstein used $46 million charitable donation to keep alive his ties with billionaire Les Wexner,” CNBC, July 11, 2019, circulated the same day in a U.S. Attorney’s Office email. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00026723 pp.1–4. ↩ ↩2

  39. Same interview, transcript p.62; the same passage appears in the condensed transcript at https://epstein-data.com/DOJ-OGR-00022656 p.17. ↩ ↩2

  40. Interview of Ghislaine Maxwell by Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, July 24, 2025, transcript p.63. https://epstein-data.com/DOJ-OGR-00022393 ↩

  41. Suspicious Activity Report 31000154806804, JPMorgan Chase Bank NA and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA01648787 p.1. ↩

  42. Financial Trust Company, Inc. and The C.O.U.Q. Foundation, Inc. v. The Bear Stearns Companies et al., FINRA Case No. 09-00979, claimants’ response to respondents’ first request for production, Requests Nos. 6–7, May 25, 2010. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00731180 pp.1, 3. ↩

  43. Same index, Financial Trust Company transaction files. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00300480 p.50. ↩

  44. “Summary of Outstanding Balances,” financial summary. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00582930 p.1. ↩

  45. Interlochen Center for the Arts donor-database export, “Wexner Foundation $185000.00 Single Donation 07/25/1994.” https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00102702 pp.198, 201–202. ↩

  46. Same database, “Jeffrey Epstein $15000.00 Single Donation 11/12/1993.” https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00102702 pp.145–146, 150. ↩

  47. James L. Tolley, Chair, Board of Trustees, Interlochen Center for the Arts, to Jeffrey Epstein, Feb. 22, 1994. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00102702 p.222. ↩

  48. The Vice President for Institutional Advancement, Interlochen Center for the Arts, to Jeffrey Epstein, Feb. 21, 1995, described by the title printed on the letter. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00090261 p.7. ↩

  49. The C.O.U.Q. Foundation, Inc., Form 990-PF for the year ending February 28, 2002, Statement 1, within a production of nonprofit filings. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00192298 p.104. ↩

  50. Draft settlement agreement and release, August 2011, among Financial Trust Company, Inc., The C.O.U.Q. Foundation, Inc. and Jeffrey Epstein and the Bear Stearns respondents, schedule note. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00611330 pp.1, 27. ↩

  51. Kate Briquelet, “Jeffrey Epstein’s Right-Hand Mystery Men,” The Daily Beast, preserved in a DOJ production. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA01654937 p.9. ↩

  52. Email from [email protected], subject “wexner,” June 14, 2014; quoted phrases read from the page image. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA01921770 ↩

  53. FBI New York email, “Co-conspirators,” July 7, 2019. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00037366 ↩ ↩2

  54. Affidavit of Maria Farmer, sworn April 12, 2019 before a notary in Broward County, Florida, filed as Exhibit 12 to the complaint in Giuffre v. Dershowitz, No. 1:19-cv-03377 (S.D.N.Y.). https://epstein-data.com/HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_018028 (paragraph 7). Other paragraphs of the affidavit are not cited here. ↩ ↩2

  55. Joint letter of the parties to Hon. Alison J. Nathan, United States v. Ghislaine Maxwell, Nov. 14, 2021, “List of Names.” https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00040231 pp.1, 3. ↩

  56. Court exhibit attached to the court’s order of Feb. 4, 2022, Doc. 593. https://epstein-data.com/DOJ-OGR-00008863 p.10. ↩

  57. Alphabetical contact list produced in the DOJ release, with personal contact information redacted, “W” page. https://epstein-data.com/DOJ-OGR-00022291 p.81. ↩

  58. Jane Doe 1000 v. Indyke and Kahn, co-executors’ responses to plaintiff’s requests for production, Request No. 66, filed May 7, 2020 as Doc. 46-5. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA02737678 pp.1, 74. ↩ ↩2

  59. Congressional Record, August 31, 2026, p.H5349, “Bring Epstein Perpetrators to Justice” (Mr. Massie). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CREC-2026-08-31/html/CREC-2026-08-31-pt1-PgH5349-3.htm ↩

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