But when ABC News reached out to L Brands, asking whether Epstein ever served as talent scout for Victoria’s Secret, the company did not respond to a request for comment. Epstein also supervised the construction of Wexner’s yacht, Limitless, and was a frequent guest at Wexner’s Ohio parties, according to The New York Times. Epstein lived in Wexner’s New York City townhouse for years, eventually acquiring it, along with acquiring a private plane from Wexner. Epstein certainly used his connection to Wexner to enrich himself, but at least two women have said he also used it to facilitate attempts at abuse. In an effort to make sense of it all, we traced the relationship using reports about their first introduction in the late 1980s to the present day: "This was, frankly, a tremendous shock, even though it clearly pales in comparison to the unthinkable allegations against him now," Wexner wrote in the Wexner did not specify how much money was recovered from Epstein's financial mismanagement, but according to the Journal, tax records indicate that Epstein made a $46 million contribution to a Wexner charitable fund in January 2008. A pair of aspiring models have both publicly described disturbing encounters with Epstein, having being lured into a private meeting with him after he portrayed himself as a talent scout for Wexner’s flagship brand, Victoria’s Secret. Get a personalized selection of top stories daily based on your preferences. According to property records, Wexner purchased the property -- a palatial mansion located at 9 East 71st St. on Manhattan’s Upper East Side -- through a company he owned in 1989.
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The two were described as "close personal friends" in a The relationship between Epstein and Wexner is long and convoluted. AP Photo/Matt Sullivan In an interview with ABC News, Alicia Arden said she met Epstein at a hotel in Santa Monica, California, in 1997, believing that Epstein could help get her photo in the Victoria’s Secret catalog.
But perhaps the most mysterious financial entanglement between Wexner and Epstein is scattered across thousands of pages of S.E.C. “The foundation letter is the extent of our comments on this subject,” the spokesperson told ABC News.Leslie Wexner, right, and his wife Abigail attend an event in Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 19, 2014. She threw it at his head, she said, and then left. Records show that between 1991 and 2006, Epstein oversaw the sale, mostly through the New York Stock Exchange, of more than $1.3 billion of company stock held by these trusts, representing a vast pool of cash largely controlled by Epstein. Wexner, 82, built some of the most recognizable clothing brands in the world, including the lingerie giant Victoria’s Secret, and he became fabulously wealthy in the process, with
And it's unclear exactly, without having access to a private bank statement, how that happens.”