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Billionaire Wexner Says Epstein Swindled Him Out of ‘Vast Sums’

  • Wexner says Epstein had “misappropriated vast sums of money”
  • Deception uncovered in 2007, according to Wexner letter
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Jeffrey Epstein’s entry into the life of Leslie Wexner spurred a myriad of questions among some of the fashion titan’s closest confidantes and associates.

What did Wexner, a billionaire who built a fashion empire from scratch, see in Epstein, a college dropout with no obvious background as a money manager or tax expert?