Les Wexner turned over all his wealth to Jeffrey Epstein?

[kentuck]

I heard this reported. If true, why do you think he did it?

My first thought was blackmail.

Epstein knew something on Wexner that would have destroyed him if it had come out. The subpoena and Congressional interview did not tell us the full story about the once famous owner of Victoria's Secrets.

He did not get where he was by being naive. He would not sign over everything he owned to Epstein without a good reason, in my opinion.

There is much more to this Les Wexner story.

[AZJonnie]

1. It is good IMHO to be skeptical about things one hears, there's a whole Epstein cottage industry ATM

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We know Epstein was a money manager, we know Wexner's were rich and Epstein was employed as their money manager. The family also says they cut off Epstein in like 2007 for stealing from them.

I'm not saying Wexner is categorically innocent (by any stretch), but FBI investigated their relationship a long time ago (I think when working on the Federal case vs. Epstein circa 2019 but not 100 on that), with Wexner and his wife cooperating/testifying, and the Wexner's attorney said the were told they were not targets or suspects at the time. They've never been charged with anything and no proof that they knew he was molesting teenagers has emerged (though he may have, which means he sucks!!!)

I also don't think (again, IIRC) any woman has accused Wexner of sexual misconduct around Epstein other than I think Virginia Guiffre's lawyers named him as "someone who knew or should have known what Epstein was up to" when they sued Maxwell (if I'm recalling the timeline correctly).

Just saying I think the facts supporting your thesis may be pretty thin in this case. Wexner is probably most rightly described as a "knew or should have known" character in the story, at least based on the evidence available now, rather than a perp. Though that may change

[Igel]

2. For management.

Not ownership.

However, Epstein managed to get ownership of a significant portion of it.

Partial quotes can be absolutely accurate in terms of text cited but still constitute utter lies.

[Ritabert]

3. Sounds like blackmail.

[Kid Berwyn]

4. Power of Attorney

From Forbes:

In 1991, Wexner granted Epstein power of attorney and reportedly named him a trustee of his children’s trust. Epstein was also involved in Wexner’s Ohio-based New Albany Company, where he was listed as a co-president with Wexner in a 1998 business registration document but didn’t appear to have any operational role in the firm. A former employee told Forbes in 2024 that Epstein only showed up at the office when Wexner was around. Epstein also apparently owned at least two homes in the area, including one on Wexner’s estate. It was at the latter house in 1996 that a young artist, who Epstein convinced to work at his home that summer, alleged she was sexually assaulted by Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. She also stated in a 2019 affidavit, as part of a defamation suit that was later dropped, that Wexner’s security team forbade her from leaving the premises following the assault for 12 hours. A source close to the Wexners said they never heard of the alleged victim until her account of the alleged assault surfaced in the media, and the victim agreed to dismiss the lawsuit in 2021 after Epstein’s estate made her an offer through its victim’s compensation program.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/simonemelvin/2026/02/16/everything-we-know-about-les-wexner-in-the-epstein-files/