Epstein Secrets

BODY: "Send it back!" Thats a complaint you sometimes hear at a restaurant. But in a portrait studio? Limited Brands Chairman (and billionaire) Leslie Wexner has redefined etiquette. After viewing a 6-by-6-foot oil painting of himself, his wife, Abigail, and their four young children, an apparently horri

the costs of framing and shipping. Codefendants are New York money manager Jeffrey Epstein, who originally intended the painting as a gift to the Wexners, and New York socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, daughter of late British media magnate Robert Maxwell, who put artist and subjects together. A judge rec

l, inaccurate and disturbing painting." Shanks, 65, is no color-by-numbers hack. He has done portraits of Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, Princess Di, Margaret Thatcher and Pope John Paul II. "This has never happened before," he laments. Shanks spent two days at the Wexners' 60,000-square-foot Georgian mansion in N

. BODY: "Send it back!" Thats a complaint you sometimes hear at a restaurant. But in a portrait studio? Limited Brands Chairman (and billionaire) Leslie Wexner has redefined etiquette. After viewing a 6-by-6-foot oil painting of himself, his wife, Abigail, and their four young children, an apparently horri

g the costs of framing and shipping. Codefendants are New York money manager Jeffrey Epstein, who originally intended the painting as a gift to the Wexners, and New York socialite _ i_ GItislainemiunrell daughter of late British media magnate Robert Maxwell, whofiaiitiiiindigbjects together. A Judge r

l, inaccurate and disturbing painting." Shanks, 65, is no color-by-numbers hack. He has done portraits of Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, Princess Di, Margaret Thatcher and Pope John Paul II. "This has never happened before," he laments. Shanks spent two days at the Wexners' 60,000-square-foot Georgian mansion in N

t different. Epstein got his start when ' Lesley Wexner, the Limited department store tycoon, took him un

l send him to prison for about 18 months. - This is the semi-official announcement. The reality is somewhat different. Epstein got his start when ' Lesley Wexner, the Limited department store tycoon, took him under his wing and showed him the ropes, so to speak. Needless to say, there were a hell of a lot of

d, that is. They actually all loved each other and got along. The only other one I know that's as close are the Somersets. Ian Gilmour dancing with Margaret Thatcher back in 1981 is a picture that will always remain in my mind. There was no love lost between them but I never heard either say something scurrilous

nia. Ili. pAcTs 8. In early 2000, Shanks was contacted by Maxwell, who represented to Shanks that she was acting on behalf of Epstein and/or the Wexners, to inquire whether Shanks would ccnsider accepting a commissionto paint: a lfamily portrait of koigail Wexner and her four children. 7 f. 9. Dur

es/edgar/datcM1%46ac815860F61mm8-3 106 sc 1 3da33.txt 134-gicqed7 EFTA00228111 . • <CAPTION> Page 2 of 14 <S> <C> NAME OF REPORTING PERSON: Leslie H. Wexner I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON (ENTITIES ONLY): 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP: 3 SEC USE ONLY 4 SOURCE OF FUND

A ae,j WU q I Zoisteb705 EFTA00228085 • 10. Shanks has received critial aColAim for his paintings and portraits which include subjects such as Margaret Thatcher, Luciano Pavarotti, Princess Diana, Ronald Reagan, and Bill Clinton, to name only a few. 11. Conversations between Shanks and Maxwell.culminated i