MORE WEXLER- Columbus OH just doesn't want it to be true, but the cracks in the veneer are getting too big-
"A striking portrait of Epstein has emerged: Wexner’s man in the shadows, his “international moneyman of mystery,” as New York Magazine dubbed him. For his only publicly known client, Epstein was more than just a financial adviser. He oversaw the construction of Wexner’s 316-foot superyacht, Limitless. He joined the board of the Wexner Foundation, the tycoon’s charitable arm, replacing Wexner’s mother, Bella, who died in 2001. With the help of Wexner, Epstein became a jet-setter in his own right. He bought a corporate plane from the Limited, then the name of L Brands, as well as a seven-floor home in New York, the largest private residence in Manhattan, from Wexner. Epstein even purchased a 10,000-square-foot home (originally intended for Wexner’s friend, New Albany Co. chairman Jack Kessler) for $3.5 million on the grounds that surround Wexner’s own mansion in New Albany."
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"Calling Bob Morosky: Columbus hasn’t heard a lot from Wexner’s former top lieutenant of late, but he was a frequent interview during the aftermath of Epstein’s arrest. Morosky didn’t return Columbus Monthly’s calls, but he did speak to The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and others, delivering some of the most biting comments about Epstein and Wexner. “I tried to find out how did he get from a high school math teacher to a private investment adviser,” the former chief financial officer and vice chairman told The Times. “There was nothing there.”
Epstein’s connections apparently intrigued Wexner. Morosky said his boss told him that Epstein could “introduce him to important people.” Morosky spent 15 years with the Limited before resigning in 1987. “Les is an insecure guy with a big ego. … He had a lot of money but craved respect,” Morosky told The Wall Street Journal. “They played off each other’s needs.”
https://www.columbusmonthly.com/news/20191203/what-jeffrey-epstein-scandal-means-to-columbus-and-les-wexner