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Which legal filings, subpoenas, or witness testimonies have revealed communications or payments between Wexner and Epstein?
Executive summary
Legal filings, bank reports and witness testimony in the public record show repeated financial and operational ties between Leslie (Les) Wexner and Jeffrey Epstein — including Epstein’s role as Wexner’s money manager and holder of power of attorney, large wire transfers tied to trusts controlled by Wexner, and mentions of Wexner across multiple civil suits and released documents (examples: Wexner gave Epstein power of attorney in 1991; JPMorgan flagged about $65 million in mid-2000s transfers involving Wexner’s trusts) [1] [2]. Committee releases, civil complaints and witness depositions have produced emails, phone logs and statements that place Wexner in Epstein’s orbit without charging him with a crime; reporting and legal filings also record Wexner’s contention that Epstein misappropriated funds [3] [4] [2].
1. Court filings and civil lawsuits: Wexner appears repeatedly in victim suits and depositions
Virginia Giuffre’s 2015 civil lawsuit and other unsealed court papers contain multiple references to Les Wexner and include witness statements and deposition material that mention Wexner — for example, Giuffre’s suit and other filings named Wexner dozens of times and included witness testimony referencing interactions and clothing related to him; those court records do not, however, equate to criminal charges against Wexner [5] [6] [7].
2. Power of attorney and property transfers: formal legal control documented
Public documents and local reporting show that Wexner signed over power of attorney to Jeffrey Epstein in 1991, a legal tie that allowed Epstein to act on Wexner’s behalf in financial and property matters for years and is cited in reporting about their relationship and the transfer of a Manhattan townhouse later used by Epstein [1] [3] [8].
3. Witness testimony & interviews: Maxwell’s accounts and survivor statements
Ghislaine Maxwell’s DOJ interview transcripts and other testimony made available to reporters include allegations that Epstein cultivated an “intimate friendship” with Wexner, and survivor statements invoked Wexner’s name when describing Epstein’s network; Maxwell also allegedly said Epstein set up trusts for Wexner’s children and restructured businesses — claims reported in local and national coverage of DOJ material [9] [10] [11].
4. Document releases by Congress and oversight committees: emails and estate records
House Oversight releases and large batches of estate documents have produced emails, a 2003 “birthday book” contribution listing Wexner, and thousands of pages mentioning him; congressional document dumps in 2025 included new emails and estate materials that prompted renewed scrutiny of Wexner’s links to Epstein while noting that Wexner has denied wrongdoing [12] [13] [3].
5. Financial records and subpoenas: JPMorgan filings and suspicious-activity reporting
Reporting based on JPMorgan disclosures and suspicious activity reports identified roughly 4,700 potentially suspicious transactions tied to Epstein, and singled out transactions involving trusts controlled by Wexner — including about $65 million in mid-2000s wire transfers connected with Wexner’s trusts — raising questions about payments and money flows though the nature and purpose of the transfers remain unclear in the documents cited [2] [14].
6. Internal logs and phone messages: day-to-day contacts in released files
Unsealed court documents and released staff logs include telephone messages and call logs showing numerous calls from Leslie Wexner or his office to Epstein’s staff among hundreds of pages of communications produced in legal proceedings and document releases; these operational records corroborate frequent contact without proving criminal conduct on their face [4] [11].
7. Conflicting claims and Wexner’s response: misappropriation allegation vs. denials
Wexner has publicly said he severed ties with Epstein around 2007 and has accused Epstein of misappropriating funds; Wexner and his representatives have provided documents to investigators that they say show theft by Epstein, while reporting and released records record his name across many files — but none of the cited sources show Wexner charged with a crime [3] [15] [8].
8. What the records do not (yet) settle: intent, purpose of transfers and full accounting
Available reporting documents transactions, power of attorney and communications, and include witness allegations; but the sources do not contain a comprehensive forensic accounting in the public releases that fully explains Epstein’s income origins or definitively ties specific transfers to criminal activity by Wexner — the nature and intent of many transfers remain described as “unclear” in the reporting [2] [8].
9. Why this matters now: renewed oversight and transparency pushes
Congressional votes and legislation (including proposals to publish DOJ files) and fresh committee releases of estate emails drove the latest wave of disclosures in 2025, widening public access to records that repeatedly mention Wexner and prompting fresh reporting and scrutiny even as formal criminal charges against Wexner have not appeared in the cited material [16] [17] [13].
If you want, I can pull together a timeline of specific filings, depositions and document releases cited above (with dates and direct document names where available in these sources).