COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Ohio’s richest man was named dozens of times in the latest release of files relating to convicted sex offender Jeffery Epstein.
NBC4 Investigates combed through more than 20,000 pages of Epstein-related records released by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and found at least 89 mentions of Les Wexner. The files released on Nov. 12 came from Epstein’s estate, and the Department of Justice is expected to release additional files within the next month.
Wexner, the founder of L Brands, is the billionaire who was behind New Albany’s transformation alongside Epstein and others, as well as the namesake of Ohio State University’s Wexner Medical Center. He had a well-documented financial relationship with Epstein from the mid 1980s until Wexner severed ties in 2007. Wexner has long maintained that he had no involvement or knowledge of Epstein’s criminal activities. See previous coverage of Wexner and Epstein in the video player above…