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irisblue

(34,278 posts)
Sat Jul 16, 2022, 02:49 PM Jul 2022

Documentary on Les Wexner of Victoria Secret and a major power here in Columbus on Hulu

Talks about his close ties to Jeffery Epstein.
source-https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/2022/07/15/here-5-takeaways-hulus-new-doc-victorias-secret/10057367002/

snip-"Wexner's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein was unusually close
"When Leslie Wexner met Jeffrey Epstein, he apparently remarked that Jeffrey Epstein was so exciting, that Epstein was everything that Les Wexner thought was lacking in Ohio," said Barry Levine, author of "The Spider: Inside the Criminal Web of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell."

snip-" In 1991, Wexner did something that Washington Post reporter Sarah Ellison has never seen in all of her years of reporting. He granted full power of attorney to Epstein, giving Epstein control over his assets.

"He managed his investments, he managed his businesses," Ellison said in the documentary. "There wasn't a part of Wexner's empire that Epstein didn't have access to and didn't have some ability to control. To give carte blanche to someone, the way he did with Epstein, is such a puzzle."

snip-Epstein, who once posed as a Victoria's Secret recruiter, even placed an ad in The Dispatch one year when Wexner and his wife, Abigail, needed a nanny at their New Albany home.

"What it implied to me was that he may have managed the money but clearly, Epstein was deeply involved in the personal lives of Abigail and Les," Fedus-Fields said.


The Vanity Fair article on their relationship- no paywall

The Mogul and the Monster: Inside Jeffrey Epstein’s Decades-Long Relationship With His Biggest Client
Of the many mysteries that still surround the life and crimes of the notorious financier, the source of his wealth, and thus his power, might be the greatest. His long-standing business ties with his most prominent client, billionaire retail magnate Leslie Wexner, hold the key.
GABRIEL SHERMAN
JUNE 8, 2021 6:00 AM

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Documentary on Les Wexner of Victoria Secret and a major power here in Columbus on Hulu (Original Post) irisblue Jul 2022 OP
I heard that Wexner was crazy in love with Epstein who exploited blm Jul 2022 #1
I was very surprised when he married Abigail Koppel in '93 irisblue Jul 2022 #2
I don't think his connection with Epstein was as a pedophile blm Jul 2022 #3
Wexner's sexuality and his proclivities were fairly well known ... if they are all true I don't know Botany Jul 2022 #4

irisblue

(34,278 posts)
2. I was very surprised when he married Abigail Koppel in '93
Sat Jul 16, 2022, 03:34 PM
Jul 2022

I dated a real estate lawyer when I first moved here in 89, we both thought he was a down low gay man deep in the closet. I never considered that there was any pedophile connection.
Wexner was a huge player in Columbus for decades, OSU affiliation with him got the OSU medical centernamed for him-The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center & the Wexner Arts Center.

blm

(113,822 posts)
3. I don't think his connection with Epstein was as a pedophile
Sat Jul 16, 2022, 03:41 PM
Jul 2022

He acted more like a man deeply in love with Epstein.

Botany

(72,494 posts)
4. Wexner's sexuality and his proclivities were fairly well known ... if they are all true I don't know
Sat Jul 16, 2022, 03:57 PM
Jul 2022

... but I am pretty sure that Mr. Epstein's real work wasn't financial services but blackmail.

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