This is a same view of the living room as above. In the darker rooms, mirrors panel the shutters, recusing light and returning it to the room. In February 2020 he stepped down from his role at L Brands and sold Victoria's Secret due to its links with Epstein. The day we allow Saddam to take his eventual place in the trash heap of history is the day we lose our strongest weapon in the linguistic defense of Israel.
. Now the stenciling is a lighthearted reference to that somber brocade, the exuberant pink draperies are of a light silk taffeta, and the client’s modern paintings have such quality that it emanates to the whole room.”.
Enigmatic. Epstein also bought his Manhattan mansion from Wexner in 1995, though there is some debate around whether Epstein paid for the house and whether he had official ownership of the property before 2011. Thankfully, at least two of the 200-year old interiors from France were removed and reinstalled in the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s period room collection.” They include Room from a hotel in the Cours d’Albret, Bordeaux c. 1785, and Grand Salon from the Hôtel de Tessé, Paris c. 1768-72 which can be seen in the Wrightsman Galleries. Jeffrey Epstein: There’s much more to the story, The Fitrakis Files: Spooks, Nukes, and Nazis, The Fitrakis Files: Cops, Coverups, and Corruption, Defending Yourself From Misinformation in This Election via Neuroscience, The Free Press mourns the passing of Kent Beittel, Here’s what you missed at the October Free Press Second Saturday Cyber-Salon. And at the heart of it, he is perhaps our nation’s most well-known pedophile. Stefanidis avoids the predictable and prefers the occasional eccentricity because that makes one look twice and because, as he says, “being conventional can be dull, both in conversation and in design.”. I’d occasionally think of that trip when I saw Brian Vickers on tv in a commercial for Xarelto but that was it. Light was part of the decision to create large rooms for entertaining at the front of the house, where sunshine pours in, and smaller rooms for quiet evenings at the rear of the house. Now let’s get back to design.
Then-Franklin County Commissioner Dorothy Teater, then a candidate running for mayor of Columbus, told Columbus Alive that she was not aware of Southern Air’s ties to the CIA. 679215 Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. . He also acquired a plane owned by Wexner, again without a paper trail to prove it was paid for. Epstein came to my attention when I was an investigative journalist for one of Columbus, Ohio's alternative newsweeklies, Columbus Alive.
The Wall Street Journal identified the late Max Fisher, a Detroit financier and billionaire, as a member of the Mega Group.
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Les Wexner is an American billionaire who founded L Brands, former owner of Victoria's Secret. When I was in Paris over Thanksgiving 2013, I met up with a lot of friends who were also in the City of Light that week. There are 40 rooms including ten bedrooms which include three-room suites on the fourth floor, 15 bathrooms, a two-story reception room, and a heated sidewalk in front to melt the snow during the winter months. This is another life lesson that the grass is never greener on the other side and you never know what’s going on behind the scenes or behind the 15-foot tall oak entry doors on a multi-million dollar townhouse on the Upper East Side.
Before the allegations came against Epstein, Wexner counted him as "a most loyal friend," according to Vanity Fair. Wexner was horrified to learn the truth of Epstein's actions, according to his spokesperson.
He is believed to have had no idea about the trafficking.
While Maxwell’s ties to the Mossad are well-documented, Epstein’s connections are less well known. Wexner grew a business empire after starting The Limited, a clothing retailer with a restricted selection of profitable items, and later expanded his holdings to include Victoria’s Secret, Abercrombie and Fitch, Express, and Bath & Body Works. Sturtz revealed files listing Epstain as person of interest in the death of Maxwell. The house and grounds of Les Wexner.
Les Wexner hired architect Thierry Despont and interior designer John Stefanidis to convert the townhouse back into the ultimate private residence. Renaissance marble inlay inspired its intricate faux marble panels. Now it is said to be Manhattan’s largest private residence.”, “The entrance hall is decorated not with paintings but with row upon row of individually framed eyeballs; these, the owner tells people with relish, were imported from England, where they were made for injured soldiers. Wexner’s philanthropic side is more public. The firm “represented the Limited,” according to the report, and “prior to his death, Arthur Shapiro managed this account for the law firm.” Homicide squad investigators described Shapiro as “a quiet, shy, private, secretive person” who “tended to be a ‘loner.’”, Just prior to his murder, Shapiro “was the subject of an investigation by the Internal Revenue Service because he had failed to file income tax returns for some seven years prior to his death, and he had invested in some questionable tax shelters,” the report stated.
See below. For a year–a SOLID YEAR–you should be invoking the name of Saddam Hussein and how Israel was always behind American efforts to rid the world of this ruthless dictator and liberate their people.”. “A spokeswoman for Mr. Wexner said that he “severed ties” with Mr. Epstein about a decade ago. The mansion sat empty for almost a decade and would eventually be acquired in 1944 by the Roman Catholic Archbishopric of New York to become an extension of the St. Claire Hospital and in 1962. In 1998, the Wall Street Journal reported that Wexner was part of the “‘Mega Group,’ a loosely organized club of 20 of the nation’s wealthiest and most influential Jewish businessmen.” The Mega Group meets purportedly to discuss “philanthropy,” but others have speculated that their charitable interests are often a cover for lobbying activities on behalf of Israel. It’s clear from both of these sources that he started out in life as a liar and grifter who never changed his ways. This is perhaps not surprising—until 1989 it was the Birch Wathen private school. I’m not sure when the living room had a refresh but the work looks like it could have been done by Thierry Despont since the paneling and bookcases reminds me of the work he did in the Cartier townhouse renovation. Wexner said in 2019: "I would not have continued to work with any individual capable of such egregious, sickening behaviour as has been reported about him. International teams of craftsmen were brought in, and Stefanidis was in the thick of it all, speaking Italian to the plasterers, French to the joiners, both languages to the painters, and nudging along what was a very cooperative artistic process.
The walls are swathed in silk and the French mahogany bookcase, with gilt-bronze mounts on fluted column supports, dates to circa 1820. Wexner granted Epstein durable power of attorney over all of his economic dealings in July 1991. The 18th-century black lacquered Portuguese cabinets, chandelier, and Persian rug, and tapestries shown in another photo remain the same from the previous incarnation. Someone who wishes to remain anonymous, sent me photos this weekend of the 9 East 71st Street townhouse when it was published in Architectural Digest in 1995 after they read my Friday Bon Weekend blog post. In another photo I saw in New York magazine, there was a life size taxidermy tiger sitting in front of the desk.
This event draws top professional … The London Sunday Times quoted a New York social observer describing Epstein as follows: “He’s Mr.
They were with another couple, NASCAR driver Brian Vickers and his wife Sarah. Usually it succeeds because the elite decision makers are protected. After dropping out of college, he lied on his application to teach at the Dalton School in the 1970s and was later fired from this job and others in finance. Writer Vicky Ward outlines much of his life and work in her article, The Talented Mr. Epstein, that was published in Vanity Fair magazine in March 2003. At left is an Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann armchair and the desk is by Süe et Mare.
Administrative offices were also on the first floor. The interviews with some of his victims were taken out of her article after others were threatened.