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Wiz Imp

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4. Where does it say Wexner bought the house for him?

Reply to irisblue (Original post)

Tue Aug 5, 2025, 08:39 PM

Aug 5

It says he sold it to him.

It was purchased for $13.2 million by the billionaire businessman Leslie Wexner in 1989. Jeffrey Epstein moved into the house in 1995, at which time he claimed to own it, although its registered ownership changed in 2011 from a trust connected to both Wexner and Epstein to a trust controlled by Epstein.

There was some shady dealing with the house changing ownership in 1998 and 2011, with the transfer price in 2011 being $0. It may be that Wexner in some way sold it to Epstein for nothing. But given that Wexner bought it and owned it for 6 years before Epstein moved in, I don't see how one can say he bought it FOR Epstein.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_N._Straus_House

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Lex Wexner of Ohio bought Jeffery Epsteins house in NYC for him [View all] irisblue Aug 5 OP

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Where does it say Wexner bought the house for him? Wiz Imp Aug 5 #4

I think you're right. Grins Aug 5 #5