A not too long ago launched set of recordsdata associated to Jeffrey Epstein implied that the convicted intercourse felony’s ties to collector Leslie Wexner ran deeper than some beforehand thought, putting new scrutiny on the previous Victoria’s Secret CEO.
One e-mail from an FBI official that was launched to the general public this week referred to potential “co-conspirators” who had labored with Epstein. Whereas the e-mail was closely redacted, like different recordsdata launched by the Division of Justice on December 23, the message clearly refers to Wexner, the namesake collector behind the Wexner Heart for the Arts in Columbus, Ohio.
Epstein and Wexner’s skilled relationship is well-documented. Epstein managed Wexner’s funds and even acted as a trustee to the businessman’s basis. In accordance with the New York Instances, Epstein at one level owned a house close to Wexner’s property.
However some have claimed that Wexner could have been conscious of Epstein’s crimes. In her memoir, Virginia Roberts Giuffre, one in all Epstein’s victims, talked about Wexner and urged readers to not “be fooled by these… who say they didn’t know.”
Talking to the Columbus Dispatch, a spokesperson for Wexner mentioned that he had participated in investigations associated to Epstein. The spokesperson referred the Dispatch to a remark from an investigator who labored on the Epstein case. That investigator acknowledged that Wexner was “neither a co-conspirator nor goal the least bit” within the inquiry.
Although greatest recognized for main manufacturers reminiscent of Victoria’s Secret and Abercrombie, Wexner and his spouse Abigail are additionally acknowledged for his or her artwork assortment, showing on the annual ARTnews High 200 Collectors record annually between 2003 and 2018. They’ve bought main works by modernists reminiscent of Pablo Picasso, Willem de Kooning, Franz Kline, Mark Rothko, and extra.
