The connection between Jeffrey Epstein and Victoria’s Secret operates through his close relationship with Les Wexner, whose company L Brands owned Victoria’s Secret for decades.
The Wexner-Epstein foundation:
Epstein managed Wexner’s personal finances and served as a trusted advisor from the late 1980s through approximately 2008. This relationship gave Epstein not only financial resources but enormous social credibility — being Wexner’s personal advisor gave him standing in circles where L Brands and Victoria’s Secret were prestigious names.
The modeling recruitment angle:
Epstein used a claimed connection to Victoria’s Secret as a recruitment tool. Multiple victims and witnesses have described being told that Epstein could connect them with Victoria’s Secret for modeling opportunities — a highly credible promise given his documented relationship with Wexner.
Virginia Giuffre has described being approached by Ghislaine Maxwell at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, in part through promises of modeling connections, including reference to Victoria’s Secret.
The “Victoria’s Secret casting director”:
According to reporting and victim accounts, Epstein or his associates sometimes told potential recruits he was a scout or had connections to Victoria’s Secret casting. This claim was false in its specific form — Epstein held no official role with the company — but was plausible given his Wexner connection.
Wexner’s denial of knowledge:
Les Wexner has stated he had no knowledge of Epstein using the Victoria’s Secret name or his L Brands connection as a recruitment tool and that he was deeply disturbed by revelations of the abuse.
L Brands corporate response:
L Brands conducted internal reviews after the Epstein revelations and did not find evidence of institutional knowledge or participation. The company has maintained that Epstein’s crimes were personal and not connected to Victoria’s Secret operations.