Questioned for about five hours by committee staff and five Democratic members, Wexner described Epstein as his family-office manager, a fiduciary who handled the family’s finances, and repeatedly called him a con man: “I was conned by the world Olympic all-time con artist.” Asked whether anything should have tipped him off, he said: “Absolutely not … Not even a clue of a clue.” He denied survivors’ allegations that he took part in abuse and said Epstein never used his planes or yachts to move women or girls. [1][2][3]
He insisted they were “friendly, but not friends.” Shown the birthday-book page signed “your friend Leslie,” he said “Sadly, I did,” calling the drawing a joke for a bachelor. He said he, his wife and children visited the island once, for about an hour, at Epstein’s invitation and saw no prominent guests: “It was a pretty crummy island.” Of his 2008 email he said he had been “giving him the middle finger.” [1][4]
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