Two women who say they were sexually assaulted by Jeffrey Epstein as teenagers are now going after the billionaire who allegedly made his whole operation possible.
In fresh court documents obtained by TMZ, a pair of Jane Does filed suit against former Victoria’s Secret CEO Les Wexner, the 88-year-old L Brands founder who built one of the most recognizable retail empires in American history.
The women claim Wexner handed Epstein the money, the mansion, the private jet, and the credibility he needed to carry out years of abuse against minors. With the Epstein files still being unpacked by Congress and federal courts, this lawsuit arrives at a moment when the country is finally forcing answers out of the people who stood closest to one of the most prolific predators in modern history.
What They Say Happened Inside That Manhattan Mansion
Both women allege they were 17 years old at the time of the assaults, which they say took place at Epstein’s six-story townhouse at 9 East 71st Street in Manhattan, one of the most expensive pieces of real estate in New York City.
According to the court filing, Wexner originally purchased the property in 1989 and later transferred it to Epstein for a price the lawsuit describes as a fraction of its actual value. A spokesperson for Wexner pushed back against a similar accusation months ago, stating that it is “well documented” that the townhouse was sold to Epstein for $20 million in 1998.
The women say they were brought to the mansion under the pretense of giving Epstein massages, a recruitment tactic that prosecutors and survivors have described repeatedly across dozens of Epstein cases.
Jane Doe 1 alleges that while she was performing a massage, Epstein slipped his hand into her underwear and sexually assaulted her without her consent. The filing states she was so shaken by the assault that she ran to the bathroom, crying. The lawsuit goes on to allege that during subsequent visits, Epstein groped and fondled her without consent on multiple occasions.
Jane Doe 2’s account is equally disturbing. The filing alleges she was forced to touch Epstein in a sexual manner alongside other young women, while he allegedly groped multiple girls during the same encounter. Both accounts land squarely within a pattern of abuse that federal prosecutors had already documented before Epstein died by suicide in a Manhattan jail cell in August 2019, while awaiting federal sex trafficking charges.
The $200 Million Question
Here is where the lawsuit takes a turn that goes far beyond the crime scene. The Jane Does are not just suing the Epstein estate. They are going directly after Wexner, arguing that none of this could have happened without his financial and institutional backing.
The filing alleges Wexner funneled at least $200 million to Epstein between 1987 and 2007, money the suit claims was used to build and sustain an international trafficking operation. Wexner’s spokesperson has also once denied that figure outright, calling it untrue and stating that Wexner paid Epstein solely for wealth management services and had no knowledge of any wrongdoing.
An earlier lawsuit also argues that Epstein would have been nothing more than a “failed high school math teacher” if Wexner had never entered his life. That framing echoes what Congressman Robert Garcia of California said publicly after Democratic members of Congress and Republican staffers traveled to Wexner’s New Albany, Ohio, mansion earlier this year to conduct a deposition.
Garcia stated plainly that without Wexner’s financial support, there would have been “no Epstein Island, no Epstein plane, and no money to traffic women and girls.”
The private jet referenced in the lawsuit is particularly significant. Epstein’s plane, infamously nicknamed the “Lolita Express” in media coverage, was used to transport victims to his various properties across the globe. The court documents allege Wexner was the one who provided that aircraft.
Wexner’s team said he testified that Epstein purchased the plane from L Brands at market value, directly disputing the claim that it was a gift.
The Foundation, the Title, and the “Legitimacy” Argument
Beyond the money and the property, the Jane Does argue Wexner gave Epstein something arguably more dangerous: social standing. The filing claims Wexner named Epstein as both trustee and director of the Wexner Foundation, a philanthropic organization focused on connecting Jewish American leaders with Israel.
That title put Epstein inside one of Ohio’s most respected charitable institutions and gave him the kind of elite access that wealth alone cannot buy.
A 2020 independent review commissioned by the Wexner Foundation concluded that while Epstein did conduct business on the foundation’s behalf, he did not play a role in its scholarship programs or finances, and the review found no evidence that Epstein used his foundation role to commit assaults.
The foundation’s response to the litigation has maintained a similar line, expressing sympathy for victims while firmly rejecting the legal claims against Wexner personally.
Between 1987 and 2007, Wexner granted Epstein significant control over his finances, including a power of attorney that allowed Epstein to act on Wexner’s behalf in financial transactions. Wexner revoked that power of attorney in 2007, the same year Epstein was arrested in Florida for soliciting a minor for prostitution.
A Case That Is Bigger Than Two Plaintiffs
This lawsuit is not arriving in a vacuum. A broader complaint filed in March in the New York Supreme Court names 10 plaintiffs and one additional Jane Doe from New York, Florida, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey, all alleging Epstein committed acts of gender-motivated violence against them.
The cases are being brought under New York City’s Gender-Motivated Violence Act, a law specifically designed to allow victims to pursue civil claims against people who enabled their abuse, not just the abuser directly.
Wexner’s name reportedly appears more than 1,000 times in the released Epstein files, and following the passage of the 2025 Epstein Files Transparency Act, he faced a congressional subpoena and sat for a deposition in early 2026. During testimony before members of Congress, Wexner described himself as having been “duped by a world-class con man.”
What makes this moment different from every prior wave of Epstein coverage is the legal infrastructure now available to survivors. Cases like this one are no longer just about Epstein. They are about the ecosystem that allowed him to operate, the money, the property, the titles, the introductions, and the people who provided them all.
Whether or not Wexner is found liable, the women filing these suits are making a larger argument that has resonated across courtrooms for years now: predators rarely work alone, and accountability should not stop at the grave.
