Convicted sex offender financier Jeffrey Epstein bought his notorious New York mansion from former Victoria's Secret boss Leslie Wexner for just $20, despite the fact that the building is worth tens of millions, RIA Novosti found out after studying documents published by the US Department of Justice.
We are talking about a seven-story building on East 71st Street in New York, which appears in the case as one of Epstein's crime scenes. The house has about 40 rooms, including 10 bedrooms and 15 bathrooms. The building overlooks Central Park. Wexner bought it in 1989 for $13.2 million, made extensive renovations, but hardly lived there.
According to an FBI document dated July 16, 2019, Wexner's former bodyguard Richard Adrian told investigators that Wexner sold the mansion to Epstein in 1993 for a nominal amount.
“Adrian also stated that Epstein received all of his money from Wexner, and in 1993 Wexner sold him his New York mansion for $20,“, the materials say.
According to public records, Epstein has lived in the mansion since the mid-1990s, but official ownership of the building was registered with his company only in 2011. In March In 2021, after Epstein's death, the house was sold for $51 million. The proceeds were used to pay compensation to the victims.
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