How did Jeffrey Epstein get rich? Meet Les Wexner, the ex-Victoria's Secret CEO who once worked with him

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An 88-year-old billionaire businessman and former Victoria's Secret chief is the latest person to fall within the House Oversight Committee’s investigative crosshairs. The crimes of late billionaire sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein are well-known, having gained new media attention in recent months after Congress forced the Department of Justice (DOJ) to disclose millions of pages of documents. But less is known about the figures who operated within Epstein’s orbit and how they helped him get the vast international sphere of influence he enjoyed before finding himself in a Manhattan jail awaiting trial, where he killed himself in 2019. Leslie "Les" Wexner, founder of L Brands, the former chief of Victoria’s Secret, is one of those figures, having been named a co-conspirator of Epstein in a recently uncovered FBI document from 2019. REVEALED: TRUMP CALLED POLICE CHIEF TO SUPPORT EPSTEIN PROBE, AND LAWMAKERS NAMED 6 MEN SHIELDED FROM EXPOSURE Wexner is the founder of L Brands, formerly known as The Limited, which included Victoria’s Secret, Bath & Body Works, and Pink. He also helped found Abercrombie & Fitch, a clothing brand that was once popular among teens in the U.S. Wexner has never been charged with crimes related to the late financier, and a spokesperson for the mogul told Fox News Digital that the "Assistant U.S. Attorney told Mr. Wexner’s legal counsel in 2019 that Mr. Wexner was neither a co-conspirator nor target in any respect." But documents released by the DOJ allege that Wexner was one of the key players in how Epstein built his wealth and later ran his illicit empire. One file from 2013 that appears to have been in the possession of the Southern District of New York (SDNY) titled "Jeffrey Epstein Source of Wealth," said Wexner "became a well-known client" of Epstein’s financial management firm in 1987. At the time, Wexner was identified as the founder and chairman of the Ohio-based women’s clothing brand The Limited. "Since all but one of his fi…