莱斯·韦克斯纳定于周三上午在俄亥俄州众议院监督委员会面前作证
作者：伊丽莎白·埃尔金德
福克斯新闻
发布于2026年2月17日，美国东部时间晚上8:00
一位88岁的亿万富翁企业家和前维多利亚的秘密（Victoria’s Secret）首席执行官，成为众议院监督委员会在杰弗里·爱泼斯坦案件调查中最新的瞄准对象。他计划于周三上午在俄亥俄州的该小组委员会面前作证。
已故被指控的性交易犯爱泼斯坦的罪行众所周知，近几个月来，在国会迫使司法部（DOJ）披露数百万页文件后，他的案件重新受到媒体关注。
但对于在爱泼斯坦圈子内活动并帮助他在进入曼哈顿监狱等待审判（2019年自杀）前建立起庞大国际影响力网络的人物，公众知之甚少。
L Brands（前身为The Limited）的创始人、维多利亚的秘密前首席执行官莱斯·韦克斯纳就是其中之一。最近披露的2019年FBI文件将他列为爱泼斯坦的共谋者之一。
===《揭秘：特朗普曾致电警方支持爱泼斯坦调查，议员点名6名被隐瞒曝光的男子》===
莱斯利·韦克斯纳（Leslie Wexner），前维多利亚的秘密及其他时尚品牌首席执行官，在司法部关于杰弗里·爱泼斯坦的文件中被多次提及。（Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images for Fragrance Foundation；Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Victoria’s Secret；Neil Rasmus/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images）
韦克斯纳是L Brands的创始人，该公司前身为The Limited，旗下包括维多利亚的秘密、Bath & Body Works和Pink等品牌。他还参与创立了曾在美国青少年中颇受欢迎的服装品牌Abercrombie & Fitch。
韦克斯纳从未因与这位已故金融家相关的罪行被起诉。这位大亨的发言人告诉福克斯新闻数字版，”美国助理检察官在2019年告诉韦克斯纳的法律顾问，韦克斯纳在任何方面都既不是共谋者也不是目标。”
但司法部发布的文件称，韦克斯纳是爱泼斯坦如何积累财富并随后经营其非法帝国的关键人物之一。
2013年的一份文件（似乎由纽约南区联邦检察官办公室持有，标题为”杰弗里·爱泼斯坦财富来源”）称，韦克斯纳于1987年成为爱泼斯坦财务管理公司的知名客户。
当时，韦克斯纳被确认为总部位于俄亥俄州的女性服装品牌The Limited的创始人兼董事长。
该文件（似乎是一封电子邮件）称：”由于他几乎所有的金融客户都是匿名的，有人猜测爱泼斯坦的大部分奢华生活方式曾由韦克斯纳资助。”韦克斯纳的发言人拒绝对这些指控置评。
该文件还指出，韦克斯纳将其位于曼哈顿的庞大联排别墅——据报道是纽约市最大的私人住宅——出售给了爱泼斯坦。
===《查佩尔·罗恩因老板给吉斯莱恩·麦克斯韦的”紧身皮装”邮件解雇人才机构》===
2019年FBI的一份证人陈述称，一名自称1991年至1992年为韦克斯纳担任保镖的男子表示，韦克斯纳”以20美元的价格将他在纽约的豪宅卖给了爱泼斯坦”。
同一份证人陈述称，”爱泼斯坦所有的钱都来自韦克斯纳。”
然而，福克斯新闻数字版获得的1998年文件显示，韦克斯纳以2000万美元的价格将其房屋出售给爱泼斯坦。记录显示，一半通过银行本票支付，另一半通过本票担保。
爱泼斯坦在曼哈顿的豪宅于2019年7月作为联邦性交易调查的一部分被FBI突袭。在那里，执法官员发现了大量证据，包括部分或完全裸露的妇女和女孩的照片，其中一些似乎是未成年人。
===《特朗普感谢佛罗里达州警方调查爱泼斯坦，2000年代标记”邪恶”的吉斯莱恩·麦克斯韦：FBI文件》===
司法部对爱泼斯坦的未密封起诉书称，这是他”引诱和招募，以及导致引诱和招募数十名未成年女孩…与他发生性行为，之后他会给受害者数百美元现金”的地点之一。
据商业内幕网站报道，韦克斯纳于1989年以1320万美元购买了这处豪宅，然后以”未披露金额”卖给了一家部分由爱泼斯坦控制的公司。据报道，该公司于2011年以0美元的价格转移到一家由爱泼斯坦控制的美属维尔京群岛公司。
据报道，该房屋在突袭时估值7700万美元，是爱泼斯坦财富的重要组成部分。
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一份2025年7月高度删改的电子邮件链（似乎显示证人陈述摘要，主题为”RE: 爱泼斯坦 – 狱友采访”）称，”史蒂夫·斯库利称韦克斯纳是爱泼斯坦速度拨号的第一位。”
史蒂夫·斯库利似乎是指一名前IT承包商，1999年至2005年在爱泼斯坦的私人岛屿小圣詹姆斯岛生活和工作。韦克斯纳的发言人拒绝对斯库利的说法置评。
据《纽约时报》报道，韦克斯纳甚至在1991年签署文件，通过授权书给予爱泼斯坦对其财务的广泛控制权。该文件称，爱泼斯坦被授权代表韦克斯纳签署支票、借款以及买卖房地产。
韦克斯纳在2019年8月给他的非营利组织韦克斯纳基金会的一封信中表示，虽然他确实将授权书交给了爱泼斯坦，但他们的关系在2007年佛罗里达州对这位已故金融家的首次联邦调查开始后不久就终止了。
信中写道：”到2007年秋季初，我们一致认为他应该从我们个人财务的管理中抽身。在此过程中，我们发现他挪用了我和我家人的巨额资金。坦率地说，这是一个巨大的震惊，尽管这显然与他现在面临的不可思议的指控相比相形见绌。”
“由于他的可信度和我们对他的信任已被摧毁，我们立即与他断绝了关系。我们追回了部分资金。媒体广泛报道的爱泼斯坦先生向慈善基金的付款只是追回资金的一部分。所有这些钱——每一分钱——原本都是韦克斯纳家族的钱。”
但司法部发布的其他文件称，爱泼斯坦和韦克斯纳的关系超出了财务管理的范畴。
韦克斯纳时尚品牌前高管罗伯特·莫罗斯基（Robert Morosky）的FBI证人陈述称：”他掌握着关于20世纪90年代使用’Limited’品牌飞机将年轻女孩从墨西哥运往美国的信息。”
该陈述称：”莫罗斯基当时不愿提供更多信息；然而，如果有人想追寻这一信息，可以通过他的个人手机联系到他。”
目前尚不清楚这一线索是否被追查，但韦克斯纳的发言人告诉福克斯新闻数字版：”这一指控是虚假的。莫罗斯基先生于1987年被公司解雇，因此无权了解20世纪90年代Limited飞机的使用情况。”
===《吉斯莱恩·麦克斯韦援引第五修正案，在众议院监督爱泼斯坦调查中回避问题》===
一名身份被删改的女性证人2020年的陈述称，她声称”经常”看到爱泼斯坦和韦克斯纳在一起。
文件称：”她表示，韦克斯纳经常会安排年龄不超过18岁的模特为他和爱泼斯坦进行私人展示。她说这些模特会穿着（泳衣），有些还穿着内衣。”
韦克斯纳的发言人拒绝对这些指控置评，并将她描述看到两人在一起的说法”模糊不清”。
该女性证人表示，”她会帮忙安排人员在韦克斯纳的庄园参加派对的餐饮和其他职位”，并且”任何去那里工作的人都必须接受全面背景调查，而且在没有批准的陪同人员的情况下，某些区域是不能进入的。”
然而，没有迹象表明她的指控涉及的具体年份或时间段。
一位了解公司程序的消息人士认为这种情况不可能发生。他表示，模特试衣总是由15至20名专业人员组成的团队进行，爱泼斯坦从未参与其中。
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韦克斯纳定于周三上午在俄亥俄州众议院监督委员会面前作证。
福克斯新闻数字版联系了韦克斯纳的律师，就此次证词和上述指控寻求置评。
伊丽莎白·埃尔金德是福克斯新闻数字版的政治记者，负责众议院报道。此前曾在《每日邮报》和哥伦比亚广播公司新闻工作。
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Who is Les Wexner? Lawmakers search for key to Jeffrey Epstein’s wealth | Fox News
Les Wexner is scheduled to appear before the House Oversight Committee in Ohio on Wednesday morning
By Elizabeth Elkind
Fox News
Published February 17, 2026 8:00pm EST
An 88-year-old billionaire businessman and former Victoria’s Secret chief is the latest person to fall within the House Oversight Committee’s investigative crosshairs in the Jeffrey Epstein case, as he is scheduled to appear before the panel in Ohio on Wednesday morning.
The crimes of the late accused sex trafficker Epstein are well-known, having gained new media attention in recent months after Congress forced the Department of Justice (DOJ) to disclose millions of pages of documents.
But less is known about the figures who operated within Epstein’s orbit and how they helped him get the vast international sphere of influence he enjoyed before finding himself in a Manhattan jail awaiting trial, where he killed himself in 2019.
Les Wexner, founder of L Brands, the former chief of Victoria’s Secret, is one of those figures, having been named a co-conspirator of Epstein in a recently uncovered FBI document from 2019.
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Leslie Wexner, former CEO of Victoria’s Secret and other fashion brands, is named numerous times in the DOJ files on Jeffrey Epstein.(Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images for Fragrance Foundation; Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Victoria’s Secret; Neil Rasmus/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)
Wexner is the founder of L Brands, formerly known as The Limited, which included Victoria’s Secret, Bath & Body Works, and Pink. He also helped found Abercrombie & Fitch, a clothing brand that was once popular among teens in the U.S.
Wexner has never been charged with crimes related to the late financier, and a spokesperson for the mogul told Fox News Digital that the “Assistant U.S. Attorney told Mr. Wexner’s legal counsel in 2019 that Mr. Wexner was neither a co-conspirator nor target in any respect.”
But documents released by the DOJ allege that Wexner was one of the key players in how Epstein built his wealth and later ran his illicit empire.
One file from 2013 that appears to have been in the possession of the Southern District of New York (SDNY) titled “Jeffrey Epstein Source of Wealth,” said Wexner “became a well-known client” of Epstein’s financial management firm in 1987.
At the time, Wexner was identified as the founder and chairman of the Ohio-based women’s clothing brand The Limited.
“Since all but one of his financial clients are anonymous, it has been speculated that much of Epstein’s lavish lifestyle was once financed by Wexner,” reads the document, which appears to be an email. Wexner’s spokesperson declined to comment on the allegations.
That paper also noted that Wexner sold his massive Manhattan townhouse — reported to be the largest private residence in the New York City borough — to Epstein.
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A 2019 FBI witness statement from a man who purported to be Wexner’s bodyguard from 1991 to 1992 said Wexner “sold his mansion in New York to Epstein for $20.”
The same witness statement alleged that “Epstein got all of his money from Wexner.”
A 1998 document obtained by Fox News Digital, however, shows Wexner sold his home to Epstein for a $20 million price tag. Half was paid via cashier’s check, while the other half was covered by a promissory note, the record shows.
Epstein’s Manhattan mansion was raided by the FBI in July 2019 as part of the federal sex trafficking investigation. There, law enforcement officials found vast troves of evidence, including photos of partially or fully nude women and girls, including ones who appeared to be minors.
A residence belonging to Jeffrey Epstein at East 71st Street is seen on the Upper East Side of Manhattan on July 8, 2019, in New York City.(Kevin Hagen/Getty Images)
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The DOJ’s unsealed indictment against Epstein also said it was one of the places where he “enticed and recruited, and caused to be enticed and recruited, dozens of minor girls…to engage in sex acts with him, after which he would give the victims hundreds of dollars in cash.”
Wexner reportedly bought the mansion in 1989 for $13.2 million before selling it to a corporation partially controlled by Epstein for an “undisclosed amount,” according to Business Insider. It was then reportedly transferred to a U.S. Virgin Islands-based company controlled by Epstein for $0 in 2011.
The home was reportedly valued at $77 million at the time of the raid, making it a massive portion of Epstein’s wealth.
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A heavily redacted email chain from July 2025 that appears to show witness statement summaries, with the subject line, “RE: Epstein – Cellmate Interview,” also said, “Steve Scully stated Wexner was #1 on Epstein’s speed dial.”
Steve Scully appears to be a reference to a former IT contractor who lived and worked on Epstein’s private island of Little St. James from 1999 through 2005. Wexner’s spokesperson declined to comment on Scully’s claim.
Wexner even signed a document in 1991 giving Epstein vast control over his finances via power of attorney, according to the New York Times. That document gave Epstein the power to sign checks, borrow money, and buy or sell real estate on Wexner’s behalf, the report said.
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., speaks to reporters after a closed-door deposition with Ghislaine Maxwell, the former girlfriend and confidante of accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, at the Capitol in Washington, Feb. 9, 2026.(J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
A letter Wexner wrote to his nonprofit, the Wexner Foundation, in August 2019 said that while he did give power of attorney to Epstein, their relationship ended soon after the 2007 federal investigation first began into the late financier in Florida.
“[B]y early fall 2007, it was agreed that he should step back from the management of our personal finances. In that process, we discovered that he had misappropriated vast sums of money from me and my family. This was, frankly, a tremendous shock, even though it clearly pales in comparison to the unthinkable allegations against him now,” the letter said.
“With his credibility and our trust in him destroyed, we immediately severed ties with him. We were able to recover some of the funds. The widely reported payments Mr. Epstein made to the charitable fund represented a portion of the returned monies. All of that money — every dollar of it — was originally Wexner family money.”
But other documents released by the DOJ allege that Epstein and Wexner’s relationship went further than financial management.
An FBI witness statement by Robert Morosky, a former executive for Wexner’s fashion brand, said, “He had information regarding the use of ‘Limited’ brand aircraft used in the 1990s to transport young girls from Mexico to the U.S.”
“Morosky did not wish to give any additional information at that time; however if someone would like to pursue this information he could be reached on his personal cellular phone,’” the statement said.
It’s unclear if the lead was ever pursued, but a spokesperson for Wexner told Fox News Digital, “The allegation is false. Mr. Morosky was terminated from the company in 1987 and therefore in no position to know anything about the use of Limited planes in the 1990s.”
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A witness statement from 2020, with the identity of the female witness redacted, said she claimed to have “often” seen Epstein and Wexner together.
She “stated that often Wexner would have models who could not have been over 18 years old do private viewings for him and Epstein. She said the models would be wearing [swimsuits] and some were in lingerie,” the document read.
Wexner’s spokesperson declined to comment on those claims and called her account of seeing the pair together “vague.”
Attorney General Pam Bondi conducts a news conference at the Department of Justice on December 4, 2025.(Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images)
The female witness said she “would help with getting people to work at parties at Wexner’s compound in catering and other positions,” and that “anyone who went to work there had to have a full background check and there were certain areas of the house where they could not go without an approved escort.”
However, there was no indication of what years or period of time her claims are focused on.
A source with knowledge of company procedures argued the situation could not have happened, however. Model fittings always involved teams of 15 to 20 professionals and Epstein was never a part of that, the source maintained.
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Wexner is scheduled to appear before the House Oversight Committee in Ohio on Wednesday morning.
Fox News Digital reached out to Wexner’s attorney for comment on the deposition and on the aforementioned claims.
Elizabeth Elkind is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital leading coverage of the House of Representatives. Previous digital bylines seen at Daily Mail and CBS News.
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