COLDING details about former Victoria’s Secret owner Les Wexner’s relationship with fallen financier Jeffrey Epstein have been revealed as an investigation reveals the lingerie mogul sold infamous properties to Epstein at a steep discount.
Wexner sold Epstein his private jet later dubbed The Lolita Express during their fruitful business relationship that ended abruptly after the convicted child molester’s arrest in 2008, according to a 2019 report.
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The intimate relationship between the two billionaires came to light in 2019 as Epstein awaited sentencing after his arrest.
The New York Times published a research that shows how Wexner granted Epstein power of attorney over his fortune and sold him his Upper East Side mansion and private jet, where underage girls were allegedly molested and trafficked.
The two business magnates met in 1986, according to the Netflix documentary about Jeffrey Epstein titled Filthy Rich.
In the late 1980s, Wexner reportedly asked Epstein to be his financial advisor and in turn became Epstein’s business mentor.
Before the charges came against Epstein, Wexner counted him as “a very loyal friend,” according to Vanity Fair. He has denied having any idea about human trafficking.
Meanwhile, Epstein would impersonate a talent scout and approach young women through Victoria’s Secret before sexually abusing or harassing them.
Underwear model and actress Alicia Arden said she was lured to a Santa Monica hotel in 1997 to meet Epstein after she was told he worked for Victoria’s Secret.
During the meeting, Epstein told Arden to strip down to her underwear before he groped her.
Former executives at the lingerie company believe Wexner enabled Epstein’s criminal behavior by providing easier access to properties such as the Manhattan mansion and private jet.
However, the textile magnate continued to say that he was unaware of Epstein’s criminal activity on the properties.
WEXNER CUTTING TIRES
Wexner claims to have had no knowledge of Epstein’s predatory behavior towards young girls.
A spokesman for the billionaire said he was shocked to learn the truth about him and that he had “severed ties” long before the 2019 scandal surfaced.
Wexner ended his business relationship with Epstein in 2008 about 18 months after the Florida sex offender was arrested for recruiting child prostitutes, The everyday beast reported.
Epstein was found dead in his prison cell weeks after the Times investigation into their relationship was published.
ANGELS AND DEVILS
This is because a new Hulu has released a new documentary titled Victoria’s Secret: Angels and Demons that focused on the relationship between Epstein and Wexner.
The documentary claims Wexner’s inner ties to Epstein, with one interviewee claiming, “There wasn’t a part of Wexner’s company that Epstein didn’t have access to.”
Victoria’s Secret: Angels and Demons reveals the extent to which Epstein had access to Wexner’s wealth, cemented by the fact that Epstein was given power of attorney.
This allowed Epstein to sign checks and make business decisions on Wexner’s behalf.
Interview subjects in the documentary expressed their confusion about how Epstein could get that level of access to Wexner’s finances.
Wexner wrote in a letter to the Wexner Foundation that Epstein had embezzled “large sums of money” from him, amounting to $46 million, The everyday beast reported.
In the documentary, Sarah Ellison, a reporter for the Washington Post, said that over the course of the relationship between Epstein and Wexner, she estimates that Wexner paid Epstein about $400 million.
Ellison questioned Wexner’s claims in the film, asking, “Wexner is known for litigating, and yet he won’t sue Epstein for stealing millions and millions of dollars?”
She continues, “For that level of betrayal and dishonesty to happen with impunity is completely inexplicable.”
Victoria’s Secret: Angels and Demons director Matt Tyrnauer told The Daily Beast: “I think there are three big scammers from the last hundred years: Roy Cohn, the subject of a previous film of mine; his mentee, Donald Trump; and Epstein.
He added: “The scam was so epic and went down right under everyone’s noses.”
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