Double Duped
L Brands founder Les Wexner says he was duped. But Jeffrey Epstein wasn't the only one accused of molesting fashion models at his companies.
This Week In Blunders Feb. 15-21
“Nothing is easier than self-deceit. For what each man wishes, that he also believes to be true.” — Demosthenes
Who can possibly believe that L Brands founder Les Wexner was just another victim of the notorious sex-offender Jeffrey Epstein?
“I was conned by the World Olympic, all-time con artist,” the 88-year-old billionaire, told members of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Wednesday.
Wexner’s lawyer did him no favors during the nearly five-hour grilling when his whispers were caught on a hot mic: “I'll f***ing kill you if you answer another question with more than five words, OK?”
Wexner laughed off the blunder.
But it was not a good look for the apparel mogul whose company has populated America’s shopping malls with Bath & Body Works, Victoria’s Secret, Abercrombie & Fitch and other bourgeois boutiques of conspicuous consumerism.
Wexner’s name appears in the Epstein files more than 1,000 times, and he’s been considered a potential secondary co-conspirator – whatever that means. No one can figure out how Epstein got so much money out of this old man, or why he didn’t complaint about it until the spotlight finally hit Epstein’s global sex trafficking network.
