Latest / The Vault: The Epstein Files / Two Survivor Lawsuits Against Wexner Become One Major Case

Transcript

Two Survivor Lawsuits Against Wexner Become One Major Case · The Vault: The Epstein Files

• 0:00
  Speaker 1: What's up everyone and welcome to another episode of the
• 0:03
  Speaker 1: Epstein Chronicles. One of the many side stories when it
• 0:08
  Speaker 1: comes to Jeffrey Epstein are the lawsuits that have been
• 0:12
  Speaker 1: filed against Jeffrey Epstein's associates. And one of the people
• 0:16
  Speaker 1: that has been hit with a pretty massive lawsuit is
• 0:19
  Speaker 1: none other than Les Wexner. And now there are two
• 0:24
  Speaker 1: groups of Epstein's survivors that are suing Wexner and his
• 0:27
  Speaker 1: foundation in And the federal judge has determined that both
• 0:31
  Speaker 1: of those cases can be folded into one. Because the
• 0:35
  Speaker 1: claims are so similar. And in my experience, that could
• 0:39
  Speaker 1: spell a lot of trouble for Les Wexner and the foundation.
• 0:43
  Speaker 1: So today, we have an article from WTRF.com and the headline,
• 0:48
  Speaker 1: Epstein's Survivor Lawsuits Against Les Wexner Combined Into One Case.
• 0:53
  Speaker 1: This article was authored by Katie Millard. Two lawsuits brought
• 0:58
  Speaker 1: by survivors of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein have been
• 1:02
  Speaker 1: consolidated with courts determining their allegations against Ohio's richest man
• 1:06
  Speaker 1: are similar enough to combine legal action. Two groups of
• 1:10
  Speaker 1: Epstein survivors sued Les Wexner and the Wexner Foundation this year,
• 1:14
  Speaker 1: alleging Wexner enabled and provided resources for Jeffrey Epstein's abuse.
• 1:19
  Speaker 1: The lawsuits brought about in late March and late June
• 1:22
  Speaker 1: both claim that Wexner and the Wexner Foundation provided Epstein
• 1:26
  Speaker 1: with the resources needed to commit his crimes well yeah
• 1:30
  Speaker 1: he did okay point blank period when we're talking about
• 1:35
  Speaker 1: Les Wexner there was nobody that was as critical to
• 1:39
  Speaker 1: the rise of Jeffrey Epstein nobody this is the man
• 1:43
  Speaker 1: that opened all the doors this is the man that
• 1:46
  Speaker 1: gave Jeffrey Epstein that veneer of respectability and if you
• 1:51
  Speaker 1: believe Virginia which I do he also took part in
• 1:54
  Speaker 1: the abuse Wexner had a well-documented business relationship and apparent
• 2:00
  Speaker 1: friendship with Epstein from the 80s until 2007, when Wexner
• 2:05
  Speaker 1: said he cut ties. Although his close ties to Epstein
• 2:08
  Speaker 1: have been the subject of FBI and congressional probes, Wexner
• 2:12
  Speaker 1: has long denied any involvement or knowledge of Epstein's crimes
• 2:16
  Speaker 1: and has never been charged in connection. oh, well, in
• 2:19
  Speaker 1: that case, I guess we should just move on, right?
• 2:21
  Speaker 1: Nobody's ever been charged, so I guess they didn't have
• 2:23
  Speaker 1: anything to do with it. Or maybe they just didn't
• 2:25
  Speaker 1: bother doing any investigation at all. Considering they never talked
• 2:29
  Speaker 1: to people like Les Wexner or any of the Core
• 2:31
  Speaker 1: Four or anybody else involved, how can you tell me
• 2:34
  Speaker 1: it was a real investigation? On July 23rd, a federal
• 2:38
  Speaker 1: judge determined the two cases were related and combined them
• 2:41
  Speaker 1: in the New York Southern District Court. Both cases accused Wexner,
• 2:45
  Speaker 1: the Wexner Foundation, and 9 East 71st Street Corporation, an
• 2:49
  Speaker 1: entity established by Wexner, to purchase the New York mansion
• 2:52
  Speaker 1: at the corporation's namesake address. And I think these allegations
• 2:56
  Speaker 1: against Wexner have legs. Now, does that mean it's going
• 2:59
  Speaker 1: to progress to a point where people are held accountable
• 3:02
  Speaker 1: or where Les Wexner is considered, you know, a co-conspirator?
• 3:06
  Speaker 1: Probably not. And look, I don't say that because I
• 3:09
  Speaker 1: want to cast a black cloud. I'm just giving you
• 3:12
  Speaker 1: my honest assessment. I don't want to lead people along.
• 3:16
  Speaker 1: and have them thinking, oh yeah, this is going to
• 3:18
  Speaker 1: end well. Because in my experience, it's not going to
• 3:21
  Speaker 1: end well. Unless, there's always that caveat, right? Unless we
• 3:25
  Speaker 1: force the issue. Because make no mistake, folks, you hold
• 3:29
  Speaker 1: all the power. You. Everybody out there listening, you. And
• 3:35
  Speaker 1: how you vote, who you choose to support, it all matters.
• 3:40
  Speaker 1: It all matters. And if we want to hold people accountable,
• 3:44
  Speaker 1: then we have to elect people that are going to
• 3:46
  Speaker 1: hold people in power accountable. And what I mean by
• 3:48
  Speaker 1: that is hold them to the same standard that you
• 3:52
  Speaker 1: and I are held to. That's all I'm asking. I'm
• 3:54
  Speaker 1: not asking for a special standard for people of means
• 3:58
  Speaker 1: where they get looked at in a much harsher fashion.
• 4:02
  Speaker 1: That's certainly not what I'm calling for. I'm calling for
• 4:04
  Speaker 1: some fairness in the system. And when people like Les
• 4:08
  Speaker 1: Wexner are accused of serious issues like this, it should
• 4:12
  Speaker 1: not be swept under the rug. People shouldn't be ignored.
• 4:16
  Speaker 1: People shouldn't be, you know, told to go away. If
• 4:21
  Speaker 1: somebody has these kinds of allegations, and they have evidence
• 4:24
  Speaker 1: backing it up, at least enough evidence that passes the
• 4:27
  Speaker 1: threshold of probable cause, then that should be investigated. The
• 4:31
  Speaker 1: big problem is, a lot of this stuff wasn't. Without
• 4:36
  Speaker 1: Leslie Wexner's money, without his property, and without the power
• 4:39
  Speaker 1: and prestige that came from his association with one of
• 4:42
  Speaker 1: the wealthiest men in America... Jeffrey Epstein would have never
• 4:46
  Speaker 1: been able to operate a sex trafficking network. Court documents
• 4:49
  Speaker 1: allege that's true too. And that's why I said it
• 4:51
  Speaker 1: should have been Rico. If this was a Rico case,
• 4:54
  Speaker 1: then forget it. All these financial crimes, all this bullshit
• 4:57
  Speaker 1: would be wrapped up into it. And the reason they
• 5:02
  Speaker 1: didn't go Rico is because they didn't want to do that.
• 5:04
  Speaker 1: They didn't want all these other people involved, folks. Both
• 5:08
  Speaker 1: lawsuits point to Wexner's past ownership of the New York
• 5:11
  Speaker 1: mansion where Epstein was found to have sexually abused, dozens
• 5:15
  Speaker 1: of underage girls. Epstein's survivors in the lawsuits said they
• 5:19
  Speaker 1: were assaulted by Epstein at the mansion from 2000 to 2016.
• 5:24
  Speaker 1: 16 years. Nobody knew anything. Nobody saw anything. Nobody had
• 5:29
  Speaker 1: any idea. The New York mansion was purchased by Epstein
• 5:32
  Speaker 1: for $ 20 million in 1998, according to property and financial records.
• 5:37
  Speaker 1: In a court filing, Wexner's attorneys said Wexner also sold
• 5:40
  Speaker 1: 90 71st Street Corporation to a company owned by Epstein
• 5:45
  Speaker 1: in 1998, also detailed in business records. Ah, yeah, you know,
• 5:50
  Speaker 1: no connection, these two guys. I was just a victim
• 5:53
  Speaker 1: of Epstein's too, is what Wexner told us. And keep
• 5:56
  Speaker 1: in mind, all those Republicans that talked all that shit
• 6:00
  Speaker 1: couldn't even be bothered to go and sit down with
• 6:02
  Speaker 1: Les Wexner. Imagine that. How dare you? How dare you?
• 6:07
  Speaker 1: One of the most crucial pieces of the whole puzzle,
• 6:09
  Speaker 1: and you have no desire to speak to him? But sure,
• 6:11
  Speaker 1: let's talk to Ted Waite some more. And look, I
• 6:14
  Speaker 1: apologize for making you guys suffer through that Ted Waite deposition.
• 6:18
  Speaker 1: We're not learning much. But it's important that we get
• 6:21
  Speaker 1: it into the catalog, right? Important that we get it documented.
• 6:25
  Speaker 1: But they all showed up to that. How come they
• 6:27
  Speaker 1: couldn't show up and talk to Les Wexner? I'm sure
• 6:30
  Speaker 1: it has nothing to do with the way his donations go, right?
• 6:33
  Speaker 1: I'm sure it has nothing to do with who he funds.
• 6:38
  Speaker 1: The lawsuit also accuses Wexner and the Wexner Foundation of
• 6:42
  Speaker 1: giving Epstein the money... that facilitated Epstein's abuse. The House
• 6:46
  Speaker 1: Oversight Committee estimated Epstein obtained $ 200 million from Wexner's finances
• 6:51
  Speaker 1: in the more than 15 years they worked together. Epstein
• 6:54
  Speaker 1: was a trustee of the Wexner Foundation, a charity founded
• 6:58
  Speaker 1: by Wexner that works to connect Jewish American leaders to
• 7:01
  Speaker 1: Israel and professional opportunities from 1992 to 2007. In 2020,
• 7:08
  Speaker 1: the Wexner Foundation issued an independent review of Epstein's ties
• 7:11
  Speaker 1: to the foundation. The review claimed there was no evidence
• 7:14
  Speaker 1: that Epstein used his role in the Foundation to commit assaults. No,
• 7:19
  Speaker 1: no evidence whatsoever. He wasn't bringing people in under the
• 7:24
  Speaker 1: guise of being a modeling scout or whatever for Victoria's Secret.
• 7:28
  Speaker 1: That never happened. It's amazing how they like to rewrite history,
• 7:31
  Speaker 1: isn't it? The Wexners have tremendous sympathy for the victims
• 7:35
  Speaker 1: of Jeffrey Epstein's horrendous crimes. The complaint, however, fails to
• 7:38
  Speaker 1: state any factual basis for asserting a claim against Mr. Wexner.
• 7:43
  Speaker 1: A spokesperson for Wexner said, The claims appear to be
• 7:46
  Speaker 1: based upon ownership of a house Mr. Wexner sold years
• 7:50
  Speaker 1: prior to the time of the allegations. There's no basis
• 7:53
  Speaker 1: for the claims, which will be vigorously defended. Good. Let's
• 7:57
  Speaker 1: get to discovery. Let's get to some depositions. And let's
• 8:02
  Speaker 1: see what's what. Wexner became Ohio's richest man by running
• 8:07
  Speaker 1: businesses like Victoria's Secret and Amber Crombie & Fitch, and
• 8:10
  Speaker 1: his name is familiar to many in central Ohio. through
• 8:13
  Speaker 1: the Wexner Medical Center or Wexner Center for the Arts. Oh, well,
• 8:17
  Speaker 1: that means he couldn't be involved in anything untowards, right?
• 8:21
  Speaker 1: Donated a lot of money. Built some buildings. Put his
• 8:23
  Speaker 1: name on some hospitals. Hell of a guy, that Les Wexner.
• 8:27
  Speaker 1: Now combined, the case includes 13 survivors of Epstein's abuse.
• 8:32
  Speaker 1: On Tuesday, Wexner's attorneys asked for the case to be dismissed.
• 8:36
  Speaker 1: Both parties are scheduled for a telephone conference on August 6th.
• 8:40
  Speaker 1: So look, this is one of those lawsuits... That's going
• 8:43
  Speaker 1: to make its way through the court. Right? I don't
• 8:46
  Speaker 1: see Les Wexner. Trying to come to some agreement here.
• 8:49
  Speaker 1: I mean he might. But I think that would be
• 8:52
  Speaker 1: devastating for him. I think he's going to have to
• 8:54
  Speaker 1: fight this. And if he does fight it. That could
• 8:58
  Speaker 1: be devastating as well. Because remember. It was Glenn Maxwell.
• 9:03
  Speaker 1: And the deposition with. Virginia. Virginia. That led to her downfall.
• 9:06
  Speaker 1: And that's why you see a lot of people that
• 9:08
  Speaker 1: are in that situation, in that position, plead the fifth.
• 9:11
  Speaker 1: I mean, look at Dr. Fauci the other day. Bro
• 9:13
  Speaker 1: might as well have been in the mafia for as
• 9:16
  Speaker 1: little as he wanted to say. And when you're going
• 9:19
  Speaker 1: to incriminate yourself, when you're going to find yourself in
• 9:21
  Speaker 1: a bad position, any lawyer worth his weight in salt
• 9:24
  Speaker 1: is going to tell you to plead the fifth. So
• 9:26
  Speaker 1: does Wexner want to get to a point where he
• 9:28
  Speaker 1: has to be deposed? I highly doubt it. I highly
• 9:31
  Speaker 1: doubt it. Now, here's the thing to keep in mind.
• 9:35
  Speaker 1: Les Wexner is definitely going to have the best lawyers
• 9:38
  Speaker 1: in the world. And those lawyers are going to do
• 9:41
  Speaker 1: everything in their power to make this go away. And
• 9:44
  Speaker 1: if they do come to some agreement and there's some
• 9:47
  Speaker 1: settlement paid out, you better believe there's going to be
• 9:49
  Speaker 1: language in it that softens the blow. Oh, well, we're
• 9:53
  Speaker 1: going to pay this money out. But you know how
• 9:55
  Speaker 1: it goes. Nobody ever accepts responsibility. But sure, let me
• 9:58
  Speaker 1: pay you a fat bag. And then they have the
• 10:01
  Speaker 1: audacity to be like, well, we were never convicted of anything, bitch.
• 10:05
  Speaker 1: You paid $ 15 million, $ 20 million, whatever, to make it
• 10:08
  Speaker 1: go away. If you have that kind of money to
• 10:11
  Speaker 1: pay somebody off, you have that kind of money to
• 10:13
  Speaker 1: have a lawyer fight the charges. And if you're innocent
• 10:17
  Speaker 1: and these kinds of charges are brought against you, My
• 10:19
  Speaker 1: guess is you're going to try and fight them. So
• 10:23
  Speaker 1: we'll see what's what, and we'll see if this turns
• 10:25
  Speaker 1: into something more. But as of right now, things have
• 10:27
  Speaker 1: progressed past the initial stages. Both of these lawsuits have
• 10:31
  Speaker 1: been combined and rolled into one, and the train has
• 10:35
  Speaker 1: left the station. And the only question now is, what
• 10:37
  Speaker 1: time is it going to arrive? All the information that
• 10:42
  Speaker 1: goes with this episode can be found in the description box.