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I don't like promoting conspiracy theories. Now that that's out of the way, here's a doozy: https://jamesaltucher.com/blog/jeffrey-epstein-money/ https://jame

I don't like promoting conspiracy theories. Now that that's out of the way, here's a doozy: https://jamesaltucher.com/blog/jeffrey-epstein-money/ https://jamesaltucher.com/blog/jeffrey-epstein-money/

smacktoward 7y ago
There's an even more Occam's-Razor-compatible explanation for where his money came from than the "Club Epstein" one: it wasn't his money at all. It was money he stole from Leslie Wexner, who had mysteriously entrusted him with vast sums, and even gave him his power of attorney (!). See https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/7/10/20689134/jeffrey-epstein-les-wexner-l-brands-victoria-secret-limited https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/7/10/20689134/jeffrey-eps... for more details on the Epstein-Wexner relationship. Why exactly Wexner chose to put Epstein in a position to steal so much from him remains a mystery, but if you buy that Epstein was a blackmailer a reasonable assumption would be that he had something on Wexner and used it as leverage.
- nwah1 7y ago
  Or both are true simultaneously.
  - smacktoward 7y ago
    Yes, it's possible that he blackmailed Wexner, and then used Wexner's money to bootstrap the "Club Epstein" scenario. But if you're trying to lure people in so you can blackmail them, why would you bother charging them $20 million at the door? They can afford it, sure, but wouldn't that risk some of them saying no and thus denying you the opportunity to blackmail them?
    - nwah1 7y ago
      I suspect that people would get suspicious if someone is offering them free sex parties. If there's a fee then it would probably be less suspicious.
    - dillonmckay 7y ago
      It seems like a qualifier.
rootbear 7y ago
That's a fascinating analysis. The least credible part of it to me is the CIA connection. It's easy to say that some intelligence agency or another is part of some scheme, very difficult to prove, and impossible to disprove. I could just as well claim it was aliens.
- nappy-doo 7y ago
  which is why it's a great conspiracy theory. Real enough to pass a cursory smell test, but with enough holes and impossible to proves to make it clearly wrong. But it might be right......

I don't like promoting conspiracy theories. Now that that's out of the way, here's a doozy: https://jamesaltucher.com/blog/jeffrey-epstein-money/ https://jamesaltucher.com/blog/jeffrey-epstein-money/

smacktoward 7y ago

There's an even more Occam's-Razor-compatible explanation for where his money came from than the "Club Epstein" one: it wasn't his money at all. It was money he stole from Leslie Wexner, who had mysteriously entrusted him with vast sums, and even gave him his power of attorney (!). See https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/7/10/20689134/jeffrey-epstein-les-wexner-l-brands-victoria-secret-limited https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/7/10/20689134/jeffrey-eps... for more details on the Epstein-Wexner relationship. Why exactly Wexner chose to put Epstein in a position to steal so much from him remains a mystery, but if you buy that Epstein was a blackmailer a reasonable assumption would be that he had something on Wexner and used it as leverage.

nwah1 7y ago
Or both are true simultaneously.
- smacktoward 7y ago
  Yes, it's possible that he blackmailed Wexner, and then used Wexner's money to bootstrap the "Club Epstein" scenario. But if you're trying to lure people in so you can blackmail them, why would you bother charging them $20 million at the door? They can afford it, sure, but wouldn't that risk some of them saying no and thus denying you the opportunity to blackmail them?
  - nwah1 7y ago
    I suspect that people would get suspicious if someone is offering them free sex parties. If there's a fee then it would probably be less suspicious.
  - dillonmckay 7y ago
    It seems like a qualifier.

rootbear 7y ago

That's a fascinating analysis. The least credible part of it to me is the CIA connection. It's easy to say that some intelligence agency or another is part of some scheme, very difficult to prove, and impossible to disprove. I could just as well claim it was aliens.

nappy-doo 7y ago
which is why it's a great conspiracy theory. Real enough to pass a cursory smell test, but with enough holes and impossible to proves to make it clearly wrong. But it might be right......