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Extraction Summary
8
People
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Organizations
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Locations
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Events
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Relationships
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Quotes
Document Information
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Court filing exhibit (printout of vanity fair article)
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2.25 MB
Summary
This document is a court filing exhibit containing a 2003 Vanity Fair article excerpt detailing the relationship between Jeffrey Epstein and retail mogul Leslie Wexner. It describes how Wexner entrusted Epstein with full fiduciary power over his trusts and purchased the Manhattan town house where Epstein resided. The text highlights Epstein's aggressive business tactics, including conflicts with Wexner's family and threats to reporters, contrasted with anecdotes of his generosity toward friends' children.
People (8)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Jeffrey Epstein | Subject |
Financial advisor, fiduciary for Wexner, described as having a 'dark side' but also generous with friends.
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| Leslie Wexner | Client/Associate |
Retail magnate, founder of Victoria's Secret/Express/Bath & Body Works, gave Epstein fiduciary power.
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| Abigail Koppel | Spouse |
Lawyer, married Les Wexner in 1993.
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| Bella Wexner | Family Member |
Les Wexner's mother; temporarily replaced by Epstein on foundation board, later reinstated.
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| Leah Kleman | Source |
Describes Epstein's haggling over art prices.
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| Joe Pagano | Friend/Source |
Aspen-based venture capitalist, knew Epstein since before Bear Stearns days.
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| Rosa Monckton | Friend |
Recalls Epstein's generosity regarding her daughter.
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| Domenica | Child |
Rosa Monckton's daughter, has Down syndrome.
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Organizations (6)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| Victoria's Secret |
Part of Wexner's empire.
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| Express |
Part of Wexner's empire.
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| Bath & Body Works |
Part of Wexner's empire.
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| The Wexner Foundation |
Epstein placed on board in 1992, replacing Bella Wexner.
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| Bear Stearns |
Former employer of Epstein; source of an anecdote about a brutal meeting.
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| Vanity Fair |
Publisher of the article (indicated by URL).
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Timeline (5 events)
1992
Epstein persuaded Wexner to put him on the board of the Wexner Foundation.
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Unspecified
Epstein chewed out a Bear Stearns team making a presentation for Wexner.
Bear Stearns (implied)
Jeffrey Epstein
Bear Stearns team
Locations (4)
| Location | Context |
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New York (implied), bought by Wexner trust in 1989, occupied by Epstein since 1996.
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Where Wexner and Abigail Koppel relocated after marriage.
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Location of Epstein's house where he invited Rosa Monckton's daughter.
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Base of Joe Pagano.
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Relationships (4)
Epstein holds fiduciary power over Wexner's trusts; they discuss world trends; Wexner bought house Epstein lives in.
Epstein replaced her on foundation board; she demanded reinstatement; foundation was split.
Pagano speaks highly of Epstein helping his dyslexic son with music and flying lessons.
Epstein offered his Palm Beach house for her daughter.
Key Quotes (5)
"I think we both possess the skill of seeing patterns... But Jeffrey sees patterns in politics and financial markets, and I see patterns in lifestyle and fashion trends."Source
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"He gave Jeffrey the ball, and Jeffrey hit it out of the park."Source
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"I am there to represent my client, and if my client needs protecting—sometimes even from his own family—then it’s often better that people hate me, not the client."Source
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"You’ve probably heard I’m vicious in my representation of my clients."Source
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"There will be trouble for your family if I don’t like the article."Source
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Full Extracted Text
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Case 1:19-cv-03377 Document 1-8 Filed 04/16/19 Page 6 of 16
http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2003/03/jeffrey-epstein-200303
http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2003/03/jeffrey-epstein-200303
“I think we both possess the skill of seeing patterns,” says Wexner. “But Jeffrey sees patterns in politics and financial markets, and I see patterns in lifestyle and fashion trends. My skills are not in investment strategy, and, as everyone who knows Jeffrey knows, his are not in fashion and design. We frequently discuss world trends as each of us sees them.”
By the time Epstein met Wexner, the latter was a retail legend who had built a $3 billion empire—one that now includes Victoria’s Secret, Express, and Bath & Body Works—from $5,000 lent him by his aunt. “Wexner saw in Jeffrey the type of person who had the potential to realize his [Jeffrey’s] dreams,” says someone who has worked closely with both men. “He gave Jeffrey the ball, and Jeffrey hit it out of the park.”
Wexner, through a trust, bought the town house in which Epstein now lives for a reported $13.2 million in 1989. In 1993, Wexner married Abigail Koppel, a 31-year-old lawyer, and the newlyweds relocated to Ohio; in 1996, Epstein moved into the town house. Public documents suggest that the house is still owned by the trust that bought it, but Epstein has said that he now owns the house.
Wexner trusts Epstein so completely that he has assigned him the power of fiduciary over all of his private trusts and foundations, says a source close to Wexner. In 1992, Epstein even persuaded Wexner to put him on the board of the Wexner Foundation in place of Wexner’s ailing mother. Bella Wexner recovered and demanded to be reinstated. Epstein has said they settled by splitting the foundation in two.
Epstein does not care that he comes between family members. In fact, he sees it as his job. He tells people, “I am there to represent my client, and if my client needs protecting—sometimes even from his own family—then it’s often better that people hate me, not the client.”
“You’ve probably heard I’m vicious in my representation of my clients,” he tells people proudly; Leah Kleman describes his haggling over art prices as something like a scene out of the movie Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome. Even a former mentor says he’s seen “the dark side” of Epstein, and a Bear Stearns source recalls a meeting in which Epstein chewed out a team making a presentation for Wexner as being so brutal as to be “irresponsible.”
One reporter, in fact, received three threats from Epstein while preparing a piece. They were delivered in a jocular tone, but the message was clear: There will be trouble for your family if I don’t like the article.
On the other hand, Epstein is clearly very generous with friends. Joe Pagano, an Aspen-based venture capitalist, who has known Epstein since before his Bear Stearns days, can’t say enough nice things: “I have a boy who’s dyslexic, and Jeffrey’s gotten close to him over the years…. Jeffrey got him into music. He bought him his first piano. And then as he got to school he had difficulty … in studying … so Jeffrey got him interested in taking flying lessons.”
Rosa Monckton recalls Epstein telling her that her daughter, Domenica, who suffers from Down syndrome, needed the sun, and that Rosa should feel free to bring her to his house in Palm Beach anytime.
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