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Epstein
Class
Investigation
Update
Feb. 18:
Les
Wexner
Deposition
On
Center
Stage
Derick
Adams -
Crime/Law
Tell Us
USA News
Network
NEW
ALBANY,
OH - On
a frigid
morning
here,
House
Oversight
Committee
investigators
zeroed
in on
billionaire
Les
Wexner,
the
88-year-old
L Brands
founder
whose
tangled
finances
with
Jeffrey
Epstein
have
long
raised
red
flags.
The
closed-door
deposition,
shifted
from
D.C. at
Wexner's
insistence
due to
his
frail
health,
peeled
back
layers
on a
relationship
that
handed
Epstein
sweeping
power of
attorney
in
1991—letting
him
steer
investments,
seal
deals,
and
shape
Wexner's
lavish
New
Albany
estate.
Newly
surfaced
notes
from
Epstein
reveal a
bond he
called
unbreakable
"gang
stuff"
over 15
years,
with
both men
pocketing
gains.
Wexner
insists
he cut
ties in
2007
amid
Epstein's
first
brush
with the
law,
later
claiming
the
financier
swiped
tens of
millions
from his
family
trust—though
a 2008
memo
suggests
the $100
million
repayment
barely
scratched
the
surface.
Survivors
aren't
buying
the
clean
break.
Unredacted
Justice
files
tag
Wexner
as a
potential
co-conspirator
in
Epstein's
2019
sex-trafficking
probe,
despite
thin
evidence
and no
charges.
Maria
Farmer,
who
lodged
one of
the
earliest
complaints,
points
to the
papers
as proof
of her
1996
ordeal
at
Epstein's
nearby
home—involving
her,
Epstein,
and
Ghislaine
Maxwell,
just a
half-mile
from the
Wexners.
Virginia
Giuffre
has long
alleged
Wexner
was
among
those
Epstein
pimped
her out
to; he
flatly
denies
it,
claiming
he's
never
even
crossed
paths
with
her.
The
fallout
ripples
wide.
Wexner's
donations
stamp
Ohio
State
University's
campus,
where
he's
ex-board
chair,
even as
he
braces
to
testify
in a
parallel
abuse
scandal
over
ex-team
doctor
Richard
Strauss's
assaults
on 177
male
athletes.
Hotel
heir
Thomas
Pritzker
just
stepped
down as
Hyatt's
executive
chairman
over his
own
Epstein
links
exposed
in the
files.
Committee
chief
James
Comer
signals
more
fireworks:
Hillary
Clinton
faces
the
panel
February
26, Bill
the next
day—both
dragging
their
feet on
subpoenas
for
months.
As
Wexner's
testimony
wraps,
one
question
lingers:
How deep
did this
web
really
go?
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