Les Wexner agrees to give written deposition in Epstein-related case

Billionaire style mogul Les Wexner has agreed to reply written deposition questions to show he had no information of an extortion scheme by Jeffrey Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre in a authorized battle between her and Harvard legislation professor Alan Dershowitz.

In a newly unsealed letter to a Manhattan federal choose, Wexner’s attorneys stated they supplied as a compromise to have him reply written questions associated to Dershowitz’s declare that Giuffre tried to extort cash from him due to his ties to Epstein.

They added that Dershowitz considered the proposal as “unacceptable” and so they knew he would oppose their movement for the written deposition.

In a authorized battle with Giuffre, Dershowitz is hoping to present that she tried to extort Wexner, the previous head of Victoria’s Secret’s mother or father firm who has ties to Epstein.

Giuffre, who says she was abused by Epstein in the early 2000s, alleged the multimillionaire pedophile lent her out to be abused by different highly effective males in his orbit, together with Dershowitz.

Giuffre sued Dershowitz for defamation, alleging he accused her of falsely claiming she was abused by him to extort cash from Wexner.

In a lately unsealed June 2019 letter to Dershowitz’s legal professional, Wexner’s legal professional stated he has no data that can help Dershowitz’s declare of an extortion plot in opposition to him.

“We consider Mr. Wexner has no non-privileged data related to a declare or protection on Mr. Dershowitz’s allegations of an extortion scheme,” the letter states.

“As for the remaining allegations in the Lawsuit, we consider Mr. Wexner’s deposition would impose an unreasonable burden on him as his testimony wouldn’t be related and/or proportional to the wants of the Lawsuits and, in reality, is at finest merely inadmissible extrinsic, collateral proof,” it provides.

They added in the letter that they’d be keen to make his legal professional, John Zeiger, accessible for testimony.

Attorneys for Guiffre wrote in a separate letter that they want the depositions to proceed as a result of they consider it can show Dershowitz falsely accused her of the extortion plot.