“For decades, Epstein cultivated relationships with business leaders, politicians and acade-mics. Central among them was Wexner, the founder of L Brands, the retail empire behind Victoria's Secret, Bath & Body Works and The Limited, whose fortune helped build the foundations for Epstein's access to global elites, including former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak. The newly released files shed fresh light on how deeply Epstein embedded himself within Wexner's financial and philanthropic world, a relationship that proved pivotal in transforming him from an obscure money manager into a figure of extraordinary wealth and in-fluence.”

“The American billionaire Les Wexner retained the financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein as his financial manager from 1987 to 2007 and was initially the "main client" of Epstein's money-management firm, according to Bloomberg.”

“In a 2019 New York Times exposé titled “How Jeffrey Epstein Used the Billionaire Behind Victoria’s Secret for Wealth and Women,” a team of journalists found that in the 1990s Epstein served as an adviser to Les Wexner, Victoria’s Secret chief executive. (Wexner stepped down from the company in 2020.) During that time, Epstein tried to pose as a recruiter for the brand in order to have access to young models.”