David McCloskey

In the mid-70s, he begins working as a teacher at the Dalton School, which is an elite private school in Manhattan.

In the 70s and 80s, Epstein transitions to work in finance.

He works briefly at Bear Stearns for establishing his own firm, which he liked to claim managed money exclusively for billionaires.

And the money...

surprise, surprise, is one piece of this story that has fed a lot of the conspiracy theories around Jeffrey Epstein and his connection to the spy world.

Yeah, he is very, very well networked and connected.

And I think

The most important of those connections in that period was a billionaire named Les Wexner, who Jeffrey Epstein met in the mid-1980s.

Now, at the time, Epstein is a relatively obscure financier.

Wexner is one of the wealthiest businessmen in the U.S.

He's the founder of L Brands, which is the retail conglomerate that includes

Victoria's Secret, Bath and Body Works, and a lot of other chains.

Now, Epstein quickly becomes deeply embedded in Wexner's kind of personal and financial affairs.

We should say that the accounts of this have been confirmed by Wexner himself.

So this is not about any of Epstein's criminality.

This is about his sort of financial relationship and personal relationship with Epstein.

Yeah, which included giving Epstein broad power of attorney, giving him control over large portions of Wexner's finances.

Things, when you look back on it, seem almost inexplicable.

In the early 1990s, Epstein meets another key character in the story, Ghislaine Maxwell.

Yes, and the relationship, you know, it blends personal intimacy, business, eventually criminal coordination.