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Vicky Ward’s 2002 Vanity Fair assignment on Epstein reveals contacts with high‑profile financiers and entrepreneurs

The passage notes that journalist Vicky Ward received calls from notable figures such as Bear Stearns CEO Jimmy Cayne and billionaire Les Wexner while covering Epstein, suggesting possible networks of Ward’s story on Epstein generated interest from major finance and business leaders. Jimmy Cayne (then head of Bear Stearns) and Les Wexner were among those contacting Ward. Epstein personally offered

Date
November 11, 2025
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House Oversight
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House Oversight #022112
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The passage notes that journalist Vicky Ward received calls from notable figures such as Bear Stearns CEO Jimmy Cayne and billionaire Les Wexner while covering Epstein, suggesting possible networks of Ward’s story on Epstein generated interest from major finance and business leaders. Jimmy Cayne (then head of Bear Stearns) and Les Wexner were among those contacting Ward. Epstein personally offered

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ATTERSON __who was also a step-uncle of Ward to drop the story. But Ward came back with was dynamite. re salacious than anything Carter ting in the hours it would take to | ncovered, picking the ones they \ CHAPTER 37 1 all out in a narrative that would acts it contained. Vicky Ward: October 2002 pstein went out of his way to spin the Vanity Fair story to ; his own ends, and soon after she got the assignment, Vicky st : <4 Ward’s phone began to ring off the hook: calls from Ace | Greenberg and Jimmy Cayne, the current head of Bear Stearns; from Les Wexner; from academics, scientists, and movers and shakers who counted Epstein among their friends. Then there were the calls from Epstein himself. He wouldn't _ go on the record, but despite the rumors he'd spread behind : Ward’s back, he was happy to talk informally, even give her a 4 tour of his Manhattan mansion and trot out stories that he had dined out on for years. By most accounts, Epstein could be " extremely charming—even if it had taken Ghislaine to teach “him which forks to use when—and he did his best to charm Vicky Ward. But she was not easily seduced, and she turned out to have a keen eye for Epstein’s missteps. q 145

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