Les Wexner

Key Findings

• EFTA00182656: Jeffrey Epstein's own deposition (Edwards v. Jeffrey Epstein, Feb 2010), refuses to answer whether he knows Wexner
• Gave Jeffrey Epstein power of attorney in 1991: "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" (his attorneys' account to SDNY prosecutors, EFTA02731082). On the townhouse at 9 East 71st Street the same account says "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"
• Founder of L Brands, the parent of Victoria's Secret: "Wexner is the billionaire founder and CEO of L Brands (formerly Limited Brands) corporation, which controls Victoria's Secret, among other retail brands" (EFTA02731082)
• Says he severed ties in early 2008: per his attorneys, Jeffrey Epstein returned $100 million "in January of 2008. At that point, Wexner severed all ties with Epstein, and he has not seen or spoken to Epstein since" (EFTA02731082); a JPMorgan record says "Wexner terminated his relationship with Epstein in 02/2008" (EFTA01480926)
• EFTA01648951 (July 2025): FBI victim summary, Steve Scully stated Wexner was '#1 on Epstein's speed dial'. Victim claimed Jeffrey Epstein 'earned his money from having sex with Wexner'
• EFTA00269967 (Jul 2013): FBI 302 victim interview, victim states she 'provided an erotic massage to LESLIE WEXNER in New York' and 'described WEXNER as a creep.' Same interview documents three 12-year-old French girls sent to Jeffrey Epstein as a birthday gift.
• EFTA01249643: Robert Morosky (Vice-Chair of The Limited) called FBI to report Limited brand aircraft used to transport young girls from Mexico to US in 1990s; he said he was 'business partners and close personal friends with Les Wexner'
• EFTA01249191: Richard Adrian (Wexner bodyguard 1991-92) told the FBI he had been to Jeffrey Epstein's Palm Beach home and 'noted that there were young girls there, but assumed they were family', was told by another bodyguard to 'keep to yourself', and said that 'in 1993 Wexner sold his mansion in New York to Epstein for $20'. Wexner claims no recollection of Adrian
• EFTA01249593: Former employee reports Wexner had underage models do 'private viewings' in lingerie for him and Jeffrey Epstein, restricted 12th floor, Wexner claims never heard this
• EFTA00019994: Victim sworn testimony, 'I was told by a booker that I needed to meet with a man named Jeffrey Epstein, who was the owner of Victoria's Secret'
• EFTA00023292: Civil complaint, Jeffrey Epstein offered victim 'position modeling with Victoria's Secret', 'reiterated his connection to Victoria's Secret each time'
• EFTA00021353: FBI/NYPD Child Exploitation Task Force requested VS records Feb 2021, company 'switched their systems' and only had 2 years of records
• EFTA00016800: Citizen photo submitted, Jeffrey Epstein with underage girl carrying VS bag, June 7, 2019 (one month before arrest)
• EFTA00139235: Bureau of Prisons psychological reconstruction of Jeffrey Epstein's death (2020): 'Leslie Wexner, Mr. Epstein's sole client at J. Epstein and Company, granted him power of attorney over his affairs', and Jeffrey Epstein 'was again accused of misappropriating funds-more than 46 million dollars', sums that 'are believed to be the seed money' for his own firm. The report does not address the sale of the New York house
• EFTA01110729: Undated Jeffrey Epstein letter to 'Les' - 'You and I had gang stuff for over 15 years. A great deal of it, that she was unaware of.' Simultaneously loyal and threatening, Wexner dismisses as cover-your-ass psycho babble
• EFTA00645002: July 2015 draft notes, '34 girls wexner' alongside leverage points: 'suicide, randy, jack kessler, stanley, bankrupt, sales tax, ohio, cigars, trusts charity'. In his deposition Wexner describes Jack Kessler as a friend in the real estate business whose adjacent New Albany house Jeffrey Epstein bought and stayed at (data/transcripts/wexner-deposition.html); he testified that Bob and Wendy Meister introduced him to Jeffrey Epstein
• DEPOSITION CONTRADICTION: Testified he sold the 71st Street house to Jeffrey Epstein for "about $20 million", which he believed was its market value, but could not say how he was paid: "Whether it was a check, whether it was a money order, whether it was a bag of money, I have no idea" (data/transcripts/wexner-deposition.html, 2:34:24 and 3:33:52). His own attorneys had told SDNY prosecutors that "Epstein sold himself the New York residence in which he resided until his arrest in 2019 at a deeply discounted price" (EFTA02731082)
• DEPOSITION CONTRADICTION: Asked whether he was ever in Jeffrey Epstein's presence with teenagers or minors, he said "I don't think I was ever with him or he was ever with anyone as vague in my memory that I would say was under the age of 28, 30" (data/transcripts/wexner-deposition.html, 3:38:58). Two unverified calls to the FBI tip line say otherwise: a former employee said "often Wexner would have models who could not have been over 18 years old do private viewings for him and Epstein" (EFTA01249593), and his 1991-92 bodyguard saw "young girls there, but assumed they were family" at Epstein's Palm Beach home, without saying Wexner was present (EFTA01249191)
• DEPOSITION: Asked "Do you know who John Luke Brunel is?" (the transcript's spelling of Jean-Luc Brunel), he answered "Never heard of him" (data/transcripts/wexner-deposition.html, 2:54:04)
• DEPOSITION: Asked "Has the FBI or DOJ ever directly contacted you or spoken to you about Epstein or Maxwell?", he answered "Never" (data/transcripts/wexner-deposition.html, 2:08:34). His counsel gave SDNY prosecutors an attorney proffer on 25 July 2019 (EFTA02731082), and an FBI case briefing lists him on its proffers slide (EFTA01660631). The 2021 task-force request for records went to the company, which replied "Victoria Secret has recently switched their systems and only can access records dating back approximately 2 years" (EFTA00021353)
• DEPOSITION: Testified "Bob and Wendy introduced me to Jeff Epstein", meaning the Meisters (data/transcripts/wexner-deposition.html, 0:16:55). Separately, Robert Morosky, who said he was "business partners and close personal friends with Les Wexner", called the FBI on 28 August 2019 about Limited brand aircraft used in the 1990s "to transport young girls from Mexico to the US" (EFTA01249643). That report does not say Morosky introduced the two men, and the deposition does not mention him
• DEPOSITION: Shown his June 2008 email to Jeffrey Epstein, read into the record as "Abigail told me the result. All I can say is I feel sorry you violated your own number one rule. Always be careful", to which Epstein replied "no excuse", he said "I think I was just giving him the finger" (data/transcripts/wexner-deposition.html, 4:41:17)
• DEPOSITION: Wexner's attorneys told SDNY prosecutors that "Epstein stole or otherwise misappropriated several hundred million dollars from Wexner", which with the fees he paid himself "appears to account for virtually all of Epstein's wealth" (EFTA02731082). Asked how much was stolen, he said "I don't think I'll ever know"; told of about $1.3 billion of stock moved through trusts he said "I don't know the amounts", of about $20 million from his foundations to an Epstein charity "I never heard that", and of $2.3 million to Ehud Barak "Shocked" (data/transcripts/wexner-deposition.html, 1:40:14, 1:41:41 and 3:31:49)
• EFTA00097133: Wexner Foundation donated $185,000 on 7/25/1994, 92.5% of the $200K cost to build the 'Jeffrey E. Epstein Scholarship Lodge' at Interlochen Center for the Arts, a children's summer camp/boarding school. Weeks later (Aug 1994), Maxwell recruited a 13-year-old victim at a picnic table on campus (EFTA00158473). Lodge was 'segregated away from the main campus' with 'the junior boys camp is across the street' (EFTA01249911). Scholarship agreement (EFTA00090261/GX-741) required students to 'communicate with the donor' and offered to 'arrange a meeting on campus'. Prosecutors categorized 'Interlochen' under 'Potential Victims' in Jeffrey Epstein device search warrants (EFTA00101065). Three SDNY subpoenas issued 2020-2021
• DEPOSITION CONTRADICTION: Said of Jeffrey Epstein's conduct "There's nothing I can recall, nothing new. Not even a clue" (data/transcripts/wexner-deposition.html, 1:08:34), but in the same deposition described three occasions on which he was told something and called Epstein about it: someone in the company said Epstein was posing as "a talent scout looking for models" (2:50:29); his chief of staff told him "a woman was suing him for being aggressive", which Epstein explained as "I was being shaken down by a hooker" (1:02:32); and the 1997 Santa Monica hotel complaint, of which he said "I don't know how I knew about it and called Jeffrey" (4:33:37; the police report is described in EFTA00016124)
• DEPOSITION: Asked "Did you have any contact with Mr. Epstein after 2008?", he replied "What happened in 2008 again?"; told of the plea deal, he said "Never never talked to him never saw him" (data/transcripts/wexner-deposition.html, 0:39:11). His own June 2008 email to Epstein, read to him later, begins "Abigail told me the result" (4:41:17)
• DEPOSITION: Interlochen is not mentioned anywhere in the transcript of his five-hour deposition (data/transcripts/wexner-deposition.html), although "the Wexner Foundation donated $185,000 for the Epstein Lodge on 7/25/1994" (EFTA00097133). SDNY's search-term list for Epstein's devices puts Interlochen under "Documents/Communications with or Regarding Potential Victims" (EFTA00101065)
• DEPOSITION CONTRADICTION: Claims total ignorance of $2.3M Wexner Foundation transfer to former Israeli PM Ehud Barak (2004-2006). FBI documented this in EFTA01249848, Jeffrey Epstein personally signed transfer forms.
• DEPOSITION: Asked about Maria Farmer's account of being abused on his New Albany property in 1996, he said "I never met her, didn't know she was here, didn't know she was abused" (data/transcripts/wexner-deposition.html, 0:48:34). It was put to him that the county sheriff's office told her "we work for Wexner"; he said part-time police were used "like at entrances or patrolling" (4:27:46). Her statement says she was assaulted "on the Wexner estate in 1996" (EFTA02838501). The Washington Post reporting on his security staff is an external source, not in the EFTA corpus
• DEPOSITION CONTRADICTION: Claims 'I'm f-ing surprised' (data/transcripts/wexner-deposition.html) at $1.3B in stock through trusts bearing his name. EFTA00067272: Jeffrey Epstein signed as trustee of 'Wexner Children's Trust II.' ABC News reported publicly in Jan 2020. His own lawyers briefed DOJ in July 2019.
• EFTA01660638: FBI internal case briefing, victim stated Jeffrey Epstein earned his money from "having homosexual sex with Wexner"
• EFTA01660631: FBI internal case briefing, Les Wexner is listed under 'SDNY Attorney Proffers' on its proffers slide; the slide's other column is 'FBI-attended Proffers'
• EFTA02811664 (Apr 2023): Jes Staley sworn interrogatory, lists "Lex Wexner" as a client Jeffrey Epstein referred to JPMorgan (USVI v. JPMorgan)
• EFTA02809353: USVI statement, Wexner named among Jeffrey Epstein's ultra-high net worth referrals generating "$20 million in fees" for JPMorgan
• Elizabeth Stein VIS: Recruited at Henri Bendel (owned by Wexner's The Limited) by Maxwell, who said Jeffrey Epstein was "close friends with Les Wexner, the CEO and Founder of The Limited." First assault at the Pierre Hotel (us-v-maxwell Doc 675-att3)
• EFTA02838501: Maria Farmer VIS: "I was held captive and assaulted by Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell on the Wexner estate in 1996" (us-v-maxwell Doc 674)
• Maxwell Feb 2026 habeas letter claims a newly disclosed EFTA document states "Les Wexner was considered a coconspirator by the federal government" - Maxwell's unverified allegation (us-v-maxwell Doc 853)
• EFTA02731082 (Dec 19, 2019 SDNY prosecution memo): Wexner's attorneys provided attorney proffer on July 25, 2019. Key admissions: (1) Jeffrey Epstein "stole or otherwise misappropriated several hundred million dollars from Wexner" - this plus fees "appears to account for virtually all of Epstein's wealth"; (2) Jeffrey Epstein obtained power of attorney from Wexner in 1991; (3) In 1998, Jeffrey Epstein sold himself the 71st Street mansion at a deeply discounted price; (4) Wexner severed ties in 2007 after discovering theft; (5) Jeffrey Epstein returned $100M in January 2008 as private settlement; (6) Wexner denied knowledge of any inappropriate activity with young women CITATION CORRECTED 2026-08-08: published citing EFTA00022461, which resolves to parent EFTA00022456 - a 2021 USAO/CBP WebEx email thread containing none of this. The SDNY prosecution memo is EFTA02731082; 1 of 2 quoted fragments located verbatim in EFTA02731082; the remainder are not yet matched and may be OCR-damaged, elided or paraphrased.
• doe-v-jpmorgan Doc 205-att67: JPMorgan records show Jeffrey Epstein's "Enhanced Education" charity account paid $124,232 TO Les Wexner, an unusual reverse-direction payment given Wexner was Jeffrey Epstein's source of wealth via theft.
• EFTA00224262 (IRS Form 990-PF, Y/E 2/28/02): the foundation's only contributor that year is "Leslie H Wexner, as Grantor of The Wexner Children's Trust" - 600,000 shares of Too, Inc. common stock, market value $11,205,000 at date of gift, booked at the donor's basis. This is SEPARATE from the $10,000,000 the Leslie H. Wexner Charitable Fund gave the same foundation in the year ending 2/28/04 (Schedule B). Two vehicles, two years, roughly $21.2M in total.
• EFTA00224262: the same return answers YES at Part VII-A line 10 (new substantial contributors during the tax year), and the foundation's net non-charitable-use assets rise from $208,595 to $7,498,097 across those two tax years - a thirty-six-fold increase.