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Nepal: Super 8 Qualification Scenarios
Scenario A: 6 points
Nepal secures a spot by winning all three remaining fixtures against Italy, the West Indies, and Scotland.
A healthy Net Run Rate (NRR) to ensure safety if other teams also finish on the same number of points.
Scenario A: 6 points
Nepal secures a spot by winning all three remaining fixtures against Italy, the West Indies, and Scotland.
A healthy Net Run Rate (NRR) to ensure safety if other teams also finish on the same number of points.
Scenario B: 4 points
Scotland must defeat England.
Nepal must beat both Italy and Scotland.
A loss against the West Indies is permissible, but it must be by a minimal margin to protect Nepal's NRR from a significant hit.
Scotland must defeat England.
Nepal must beat both Italy and Scotland.
A loss against the West Indies is permissible, but it must be by a minimal margin to protect Nepal's NRR from a significant hit.
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BREAKING: AI can now do McKinsey-level market research—for free.
Here are 12 killer Claude Opus 4.6 prompts that can replace a $5,000 consultant. (Save this for later)
Here are 12 killer Claude Opus 4.6 prompts that can replace a $5,000 consultant. (Save this for later)
1/ Market Sizing & TAM Analysis
You are a McKinsey-level market analyst. I need a Total Addressable Market (TAM) analysis for [YOUR INDUSTRY/PRODUCT].
Please provide:
• Top-down approach: Start from global market → narrow to my segment
• Bottom-up approach: Calculate from unit economics × potential customers
• TAM, SAM, SOM breakdown with dollar figures
• Growth rate projections for the next 5 years (CAGR)
• Key assumptions behind each estimate
• Comparison to 3 analyst reports or market research firms
Format as an investor-ready market sizing slide with clear methodology.
Context: My product is [DESCRIBE PRODUCT], targeting [TARGET CUSTOMER] in [GEOGRAPHY].
You are a McKinsey-level market analyst. I need a Total Addressable Market (TAM) analysis for [YOUR INDUSTRY/PRODUCT].
Please provide:
• Top-down approach: Start from global market → narrow to my segment
• Bottom-up approach: Calculate from unit economics × potential customers
• TAM, SAM, SOM breakdown with dollar figures
• Growth rate projections for the next 5 years (CAGR)
• Key assumptions behind each estimate
• Comparison to 3 analyst reports or market research firms
Format as an investor-ready market sizing slide with clear methodology.
Context: My product is [DESCRIBE PRODUCT], targeting [TARGET CUSTOMER] in [GEOGRAPHY].
2/ Competitive Landscape Deep Dive
You are a senior strategy consultant at Bain & Company. I need a complete competitive landscape analysis for [YOUR INDUSTRY].
Please provide:
• Direct competitors: Top 10 players ranked by market share, revenue, and funding
• Indirect competitors: 5 adjacent companies that could enter this market
• For each competitor, analyze: pricing model, key features, target audience, strengths, weaknesses, and recent strategic moves
• Market positioning map (price vs. value matrix)
• Competitive moats: What makes each player defensible
• White space analysis: Gaps no competitor is filling
• Threat assessment: Rate each competitor (low/medium/high threat)
Format as a structured competitive intelligence report with comparison tables.
My company: [DESCRIBE YOUR BUSINESS AND POSITIONING]
You are a senior strategy consultant at Bain & Company. I need a complete competitive landscape analysis for [YOUR INDUSTRY].
Please provide:
• Direct competitors: Top 10 players ranked by market share, revenue, and funding
• Indirect competitors: 5 adjacent companies that could enter this market
• For each competitor, analyze: pricing model, key features, target audience, strengths, weaknesses, and recent strategic moves
• Market positioning map (price vs. value matrix)
• Competitive moats: What makes each player defensible
• White space analysis: Gaps no competitor is filling
• Threat assessment: Rate each competitor (low/medium/high threat)
Format as a structured competitive intelligence report with comparison tables.
My company: [DESCRIBE YOUR BUSINESS AND POSITIONING]
Code is dying.... but not because AI writes it- because LLMs simply won't need it!
I'm a Carnegie Mellon CS grad w/ a focus on programming language theory, and have exited several 100s of millions of useful software startups.
Living software is coming, here's how I think about it:
I'm a Carnegie Mellon CS grad w/ a focus on programming language theory, and have exited several 100s of millions of useful software startups.
Living software is coming, here's how I think about it:
When the only tool you have is a hammer (boolean logic) every problem (useful software) becomes a nail (code) - and for 80+ years, this is how we've written software.
But...
But...
Most useful software isn't a precise algorithm. It's a person saying "here's what I do thats valuable, I want to automate it, and others might want that too."
For example,
For example,
It’s May 1996. New Albany, Ohio.
Maria Farmer is 26 years old. An artist. She’s been working at a billionaire’s estate for three weeks. Today she needs to leave the guesthouse to buy art supplies.
She calls the billionaire’s wife. Asks permission.
The wife says she’ll think about it.
Maria is a grown woman. But armed guards patrol this property. She can’t leave without approval. She’s starting to understand: this isn’t an artist residency.
It’s a prison.
That night, Jeffrey Epstein walks into her room. By morning, she’s been assaulted. She escapes the estate. She reports him to the FBI.
Nothing happens.
Thirty years later—February 10, 2026—Congressman Ro Khanna stands on the House floor. He’s holding FBI documents. Documents the Department of Justice tried to keep secret.
He reads a list of six names. Men the FBI suspected of helping Jeffrey Epstein traffic children.
The first name: Leslie Wexner.
Owner of Victoria’s Secret. One of the richest men in America. The man who gave Epstein power of attorney over billions of dollars. The man who transferred a $56 million Manhattan mansion to Epstein with no record of payment.
The FBI called him a suspected co-conspirator.
This is the story of how it happened.
The Genius Who Built an Empire
Columbus, Ohio.
Les Wexner is 26 years old. His parents own a small clothing store in Dayton. Les has an idea: what if you only sold one thing? Women’s sportswear. Young professionals. Simple, focused, fast.
He borrows $5,000 from his aunt. Opens one store. Calls it The Limited.
Within a year, he opens a second store. Then a third. Then ten.
By 1969, The Limited is a chain. By 1980, Wexner has 187 stores across America. He’s a retail genius. He understands what women want before they know it themselves.
In 1982, he’s in San Francisco. He walks into a struggling lingerie store called Victoria’s Secret. Six locations. Losing money. Victorian-themed, frilly, old-fashioned.
Wexner sees potential.
He buys the company for $1 million. Then he transforms it. Out go the Victorians. In come supermodels. Fashion shows. Fantasy. Glamour.
By 1990, Victoria’s Secret isn’t just a store. It’s a cultural phenomenon. The fashion show becomes appointment television. Angels become celebrities. Sales exceed $1 billion.
Les Wexner becomes one of the richest men in America.
He builds a private town in Ohio called New Albany. He designs every building himself. He donates hundreds of millions to charity. Ohio State University. Medical research. Jewish causes.
But by the mid-1980s, Wexner wants more. Retail is good. But he wants sophisticated wealth management. Offshore investments. Tax strategies. Complex financial structures.
He needs someone brilliant with money.
In 1986, a friend offers to introduce him to just such a person.
That introduction will destroy everything.
The Warning: “I Smell a Rat”
Robert Meister is sitting on a plane. Mid-1980s. Flying to Palm Beach.
The man next to him is charming. Well-dressed. Says his name is Jeffrey Epstein. Says he works in finance. High-net-worth clients. Offshore accounts. Complex tax structures.
They talk. Meister mentions he’s an insurance executive. His firm handles policies for The Limited. He knows Les Wexner personally.
Epstein becomes very interested.
Later, Epstein calls Meister. He has a story. He says he’s discovered that Wexner’s current money manager—Harold Levin—is stealing from him. Epstein describes himself as a financial “bounty hunter.” He can recover the stolen money.
It sounds convincing.
Meister arranges a meeting. Wexner’s house in Aspen. Epstein makes his pitch.
But Meister has a colleague who wants to meet Epstein first. Harold Levin himself. The man Epstein is accusing.
They meet. One meeting.
Levin walks out. Finds Meister. Says: “I smell a rat. I don’t trust him”.
He tells Wexner the same thing. Stay away from this man.
Wexner ignores him.
By 1987, Jeffrey Epstein is Wexner’s financial adviser. Soon, he’s the only adviser. Levin is pushed aside. Eventually, Levin quits rather than work under Epstein.
Before he leaves, Levin learns something disturbing: Epstein had told Wexner that Levin was stealing. It was a lie. But Wexner believed Epstein, not Levin.
The man who warned “I smell a rat” is gone.
Epstein is in.
Friends of Wexner are confused. Who is this Jeffrey Epstein? Where did he come from? What are his credentials?
No one can find answers. Epstein has no other clients. No verifiable track record. He’d worked at Bear Stearns in the late 1970s, but left in 1981 under unclear circumstances.
Some people ask questions. Wexner doesn’t answer them.
By the early 1990s, Epstein isn’t just Wexner’s financial adviser. He’s part of the family. He attends dinners. Vacations. Celebrations.
But Robert Meister—the man who introduced them—is worried.
September 1997. Wexner’s 60th birthday party. His estate in New Albany. Hundreds of guests. Senator Joe Lieberman. Prominent developers. Ohio’s elite.
Meister is there with his wife.
During the party, Meister pulls Wexner aside. In front of other guests, he begs Wexner to cut ties with Epstein. “My wife and I told him and Abigail hundreds of times to stay away from Epstein,” Meister says later.
Wexner won’t listen.
It’s the last time Meister visits Wexner’s house.
What Meister doesn’t know—what no one knows—is that by 1997, it’s already too late.
Six years earlier, Wexner had signed something. Three pages. A document that gave Jeffrey Epstein total control.
And by 1997, Epstein is already using that control to build an empire of abuse.
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Maria Farmer is 26 years old. An artist. She’s been working at a billionaire’s estate for three weeks. Today she needs to leave the guesthouse to buy art supplies.
She calls the billionaire’s wife. Asks permission.
The wife says she’ll think about it.
Maria is a grown woman. But armed guards patrol this property. She can’t leave without approval. She’s starting to understand: this isn’t an artist residency.
It’s a prison.
That night, Jeffrey Epstein walks into her room. By morning, she’s been assaulted. She escapes the estate. She reports him to the FBI.
Nothing happens.
Thirty years later—February 10, 2026—Congressman Ro Khanna stands on the House floor. He’s holding FBI documents. Documents the Department of Justice tried to keep secret.
He reads a list of six names. Men the FBI suspected of helping Jeffrey Epstein traffic children.
The first name: Leslie Wexner.
Owner of Victoria’s Secret. One of the richest men in America. The man who gave Epstein power of attorney over billions of dollars. The man who transferred a $56 million Manhattan mansion to Epstein with no record of payment.
The FBI called him a suspected co-conspirator.
This is the story of how it happened.
The Genius Who Built an Empire
Columbus, Ohio.
Les Wexner is 26 years old. His parents own a small clothing store in Dayton. Les has an idea: what if you only sold one thing? Women’s sportswear. Young professionals. Simple, focused, fast.
He borrows $5,000 from his aunt. Opens one store. Calls it The Limited.
Within a year, he opens a second store. Then a third. Then ten.
By 1969, The Limited is a chain. By 1980, Wexner has 187 stores across America. He’s a retail genius. He understands what women want before they know it themselves.
In 1982, he’s in San Francisco. He walks into a struggling lingerie store called Victoria’s Secret. Six locations. Losing money. Victorian-themed, frilly, old-fashioned.
Wexner sees potential.
He buys the company for $1 million. Then he transforms it. Out go the Victorians. In come supermodels. Fashion shows. Fantasy. Glamour.
By 1990, Victoria’s Secret isn’t just a store. It’s a cultural phenomenon. The fashion show becomes appointment television. Angels become celebrities. Sales exceed $1 billion.
Les Wexner becomes one of the richest men in America.
He builds a private town in Ohio called New Albany. He designs every building himself. He donates hundreds of millions to charity. Ohio State University. Medical research. Jewish causes.
But by the mid-1980s, Wexner wants more. Retail is good. But he wants sophisticated wealth management. Offshore investments. Tax strategies. Complex financial structures.
He needs someone brilliant with money.
In 1986, a friend offers to introduce him to just such a person.
That introduction will destroy everything.
The Warning: “I Smell a Rat”
Robert Meister is sitting on a plane. Mid-1980s. Flying to Palm Beach.
The man next to him is charming. Well-dressed. Says his name is Jeffrey Epstein. Says he works in finance. High-net-worth clients. Offshore accounts. Complex tax structures.
They talk. Meister mentions he’s an insurance executive. His firm handles policies for The Limited. He knows Les Wexner personally.
Epstein becomes very interested.
Later, Epstein calls Meister. He has a story. He says he’s discovered that Wexner’s current money manager—Harold Levin—is stealing from him. Epstein describes himself as a financial “bounty hunter.” He can recover the stolen money.
It sounds convincing.
Meister arranges a meeting. Wexner’s house in Aspen. Epstein makes his pitch.
But Meister has a colleague who wants to meet Epstein first. Harold Levin himself. The man Epstein is accusing.
They meet. One meeting.
Levin walks out. Finds Meister. Says: “I smell a rat. I don’t trust him”.
He tells Wexner the same thing. Stay away from this man.
Wexner ignores him.
By 1987, Jeffrey Epstein is Wexner’s financial adviser. Soon, he’s the only adviser. Levin is pushed aside. Eventually, Levin quits rather than work under Epstein.
Before he leaves, Levin learns something disturbing: Epstein had told Wexner that Levin was stealing. It was a lie. But Wexner believed Epstein, not Levin.
The man who warned “I smell a rat” is gone.
Epstein is in.
Friends of Wexner are confused. Who is this Jeffrey Epstein? Where did he come from? What are his credentials?
No one can find answers. Epstein has no other clients. No verifiable track record. He’d worked at Bear Stearns in the late 1970s, but left in 1981 under unclear circumstances.
Some people ask questions. Wexner doesn’t answer them.
By the early 1990s, Epstein isn’t just Wexner’s financial adviser. He’s part of the family. He attends dinners. Vacations. Celebrations.
But Robert Meister—the man who introduced them—is worried.
September 1997. Wexner’s 60th birthday party. His estate in New Albany. Hundreds of guests. Senator Joe Lieberman. Prominent developers. Ohio’s elite.
Meister is there with his wife.
During the party, Meister pulls Wexner aside. In front of other guests, he begs Wexner to cut ties with Epstein. “My wife and I told him and Abigail hundreds of times to stay away from Epstein,” Meister says later.
Wexner won’t listen.
It’s the last time Meister visits Wexner’s house.
What Meister doesn’t know—what no one knows—is that by 1997, it’s already too late.
Six years earlier, Wexner had signed something. Three pages. A document that gave Jeffrey Epstein total control.
And by 1997, Epstein is already using that control to build an empire of abuse.
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July 1991: Signing Away Everything
Three pages. That’s all it takes.
Power of attorney. Signed July 1991.
Les Wexner grants Jeffrey Epstein the legal right to sign Wexner’s name. On anything. Any document. Any contract. Any check.
Epstein can buy properties. Sell them. Borrow money. Access accounts. Hire employees. Fire them. Make investments. All in Wexner’s name.
It’s not limited. It’s not temporary. It’s total authority.
Lawyers who later review the document are stunned. One tells New York Magazine: “I’ve never seen anyone give power of attorney that broad to someone who wasn’t a family member”.
Most people don’t even give their spouses this kind of power.
Why would a billionaire give it to a man he’d known for five years? A man with no verifiable credentials? A man his best advisers called “a rat”?
In 2019, Wexner offers an explanation. He says Epstein came “highly recommended” by friends. He says he trusted those recommendations.
But the warnings were explicit. Multiple advisers had urged caution. Harold Levin didn’t trust him. Robert Meister begged him to walk away.
Wexner gave Epstein everything anyway.
For 16 years—1991 to 2007—Epstein operates with complete legal authority. He manages billions. He moves assets across borders. He represents Wexner in business deals.
Friends are mystified. One tells Vanity Fair: “We couldn’t understand it. Les is a brilliant businessman. How could he be so blind?”.
The assets under Epstein’s control aren’t small. By the mid-1990s, Wexner’s net worth exceeds $5 billion. Properties include estates in Ohio, New Albany, vacation homes, private jets.
And one particular property.
A seven-story mansion at 9 East 71st Street in Manhattan. The largest private residence in New York City.
In 1989, Wexner bought it for $13.2 million.
By 1996, Jeffrey Epstein is living there.
By 1998, it’s transferred to Epstein’s name.
Public records show no payment.
That mansion becomes the center of Jeffrey Epstein’s criminal empire.
But before it became his headquarters, it became his trap.
And Maria Farmer walked right into it.
May 1996: The Guesthouse
Maria Farmer is packing her rental truck. Art supplies. Canvases. Brushes. Paint.
She’s 26 years old. She studied at the New York Academy of Art. She’s talented. She has a future.
A professor introduced her to Jeffrey Epstein. Said he was an art collector. A patron. Someone who helped young artists.
Epstein seemed legitimate. He attended gallery shows. He bought pieces. He introduced Maria to Ghislaine Maxwell. Maxwell seemed cultured. Connected. She talked about art, travel, high society.
Then Epstein made an offer.
He’d arranged for Maria to work as artist-in-residence on a property in Ohio. She’d paint backdrops for a Hollywood movie—”As Good As It Gets.” She’d have space. Time. Materials. It was the opportunity she’d been dreaming of.
Maria says yes.
She packs everything. Drives from New York to New Albany, Ohio.
The property belongs to Les Wexner.
Maria arrives. The estate is massive. Sprawling. Isolated. But she’s not staying in the main house. She’s in a guesthouse.
The first day, she tries to leave. To buy supplies in town.
A guard stops her.
He says she needs permission.
Maria calls the main house. Speaks to Abigail Wexner—Les Wexner’s wife. Asks if she can go into town.
Abigail says she’ll think about it.
Maria is 26 years old. An adult. But she can’t leave without asking permission.
She realizes something is very wrong.
Days pass. Maria works on the paintings. But the guards are always watching. She can’t leave the property. Every trip into town requires a phone call. Approval. Supervision.
Then Epstein and Maxwell visit.
One night, they assault her.
Maria is terrified. She finishes the work as quickly as possible. She leaves the estate. She drives back to New York.
And she does something almost no one had done before.
She reports Jeffrey Epstein to the police.
She files a criminal complaint with the FBI. Then the NYPD. She gives details. The assault. The Ohio estate. Ghislaine Maxwell’s involvement. Les Wexner’s property.
The FBI takes her statement.
Nothing happens.
No investigation. No charges. No follow-up.
Maria doesn’t understand. She reported a crime. She gave names, locations, dates. Why isn’t anyone doing anything?
Years later, she’ll learn the truth. Epstein has connections. Powerful connections. Complaints against him have a way of disappearing.
In 1996, Maria is one of the first to report him.
She won’t be the last.
One year later. May 1997. Santa Monica, California. Another woman gets a phone call. The man on the line says he’s a Victoria’s Secret talent scout.
His name is Jeffrey Epstein.
May 1997: “Let Me Manhandle You”
Alicia Arden is 27. An actress. A model. She’d appeared on “Baywatch” a few years ago. Now she’s trying to break into high fashion.
The phone rings.
A man. Says his name is Jeffrey Epstein. Says he’s a talent scout for Victoria’s Secret. Says he’s in Los Angeles looking for models for the catalog.
Alicia can’t believe it. Victoria’s Secret. The dream. Every model wants that job.
They arrange to meet. Shutters on the Beach. A luxury hotel in Santa Monica. Epstein books a room. Says it’s easier to review her portfolio there, away from distractions.
Alicia arrives. Professional photos. Comp cards. Measurements. She’s nervous. Excited.
Epstein opens the door. Invites her in. At first, everything seems normal. He looks through her photos. Asks about her experience. Seems professional.
Then he asks her to sit closer.
She does. She wants this job.
He starts touching her. Shoulder. Back. Thigh.
Alicia tenses. This doesn’t feel right.
Epstein says: “Let me manhandle you”.
He grabs her. Pulls her shirt over her head. Yanks her skirt down. Gropes her.
Alicia realizes what’s happening. This isn’t an audition. This is assault.
She fights. Pushes him away. Grabs her clothes. Runs.
Outside the hotel, she’s shaking. Crying. She calls the police.
Santa Monica Police Department. She files a sexual battery report. Gives them everything. Epstein’s name. The hotel room number. What he did.
A detective takes her statement. He seems to believe her.
But nothing happens.
No arrest. No charges. No investigation.
Alicia doesn’t understand. She reported it immediately. She had evidence. She gave them his name.
Why isn’t anyone doing anything?
She’ll learn later: Epstein used the Victoria’s Secret connection repeatedly. He approached models. Aspiring actresses. Young women desperate for a break. Promised them catalog work. Runway shows. Exposure.
Then he assaulted them.
And he got away with it.
Because the Victoria’s Secret connection wasn’t fake. It was real. He had Les Wexner.
In fact, two executives at Victoria’s Secret eventually warned Wexner. They told him Epstein was using the company’s name to approach women. They said it was damaging the brand. Creating liability.
Wexner told them: “I’ll take care of it”.
He didn’t.
The relationship between Wexner and Epstein continued.
And Epstein’s abuse escalated.
But here’s what’s strange. Epstein wasn’t just using Wexner’s company name. He was using Wexner’s money. In 2004, he gave a man named Jean-Luc Brunel up to $1 million.
That money launched one of the most notorious modeling agencies in history.
An agency that, according to victims, supplied Epstein with dozens of underage girls
Three pages. That’s all it takes.
Power of attorney. Signed July 1991.
Les Wexner grants Jeffrey Epstein the legal right to sign Wexner’s name. On anything. Any document. Any contract. Any check.
Epstein can buy properties. Sell them. Borrow money. Access accounts. Hire employees. Fire them. Make investments. All in Wexner’s name.
It’s not limited. It’s not temporary. It’s total authority.
Lawyers who later review the document are stunned. One tells New York Magazine: “I’ve never seen anyone give power of attorney that broad to someone who wasn’t a family member”.
Most people don’t even give their spouses this kind of power.
Why would a billionaire give it to a man he’d known for five years? A man with no verifiable credentials? A man his best advisers called “a rat”?
In 2019, Wexner offers an explanation. He says Epstein came “highly recommended” by friends. He says he trusted those recommendations.
But the warnings were explicit. Multiple advisers had urged caution. Harold Levin didn’t trust him. Robert Meister begged him to walk away.
Wexner gave Epstein everything anyway.
For 16 years—1991 to 2007—Epstein operates with complete legal authority. He manages billions. He moves assets across borders. He represents Wexner in business deals.
Friends are mystified. One tells Vanity Fair: “We couldn’t understand it. Les is a brilliant businessman. How could he be so blind?”.
The assets under Epstein’s control aren’t small. By the mid-1990s, Wexner’s net worth exceeds $5 billion. Properties include estates in Ohio, New Albany, vacation homes, private jets.
And one particular property.
A seven-story mansion at 9 East 71st Street in Manhattan. The largest private residence in New York City.
In 1989, Wexner bought it for $13.2 million.
By 1996, Jeffrey Epstein is living there.
By 1998, it’s transferred to Epstein’s name.
Public records show no payment.
That mansion becomes the center of Jeffrey Epstein’s criminal empire.
But before it became his headquarters, it became his trap.
And Maria Farmer walked right into it.
May 1996: The Guesthouse
Maria Farmer is packing her rental truck. Art supplies. Canvases. Brushes. Paint.
She’s 26 years old. She studied at the New York Academy of Art. She’s talented. She has a future.
A professor introduced her to Jeffrey Epstein. Said he was an art collector. A patron. Someone who helped young artists.
Epstein seemed legitimate. He attended gallery shows. He bought pieces. He introduced Maria to Ghislaine Maxwell. Maxwell seemed cultured. Connected. She talked about art, travel, high society.
Then Epstein made an offer.
He’d arranged for Maria to work as artist-in-residence on a property in Ohio. She’d paint backdrops for a Hollywood movie—”As Good As It Gets.” She’d have space. Time. Materials. It was the opportunity she’d been dreaming of.
Maria says yes.
She packs everything. Drives from New York to New Albany, Ohio.
The property belongs to Les Wexner.
Maria arrives. The estate is massive. Sprawling. Isolated. But she’s not staying in the main house. She’s in a guesthouse.
The first day, she tries to leave. To buy supplies in town.
A guard stops her.
He says she needs permission.
Maria calls the main house. Speaks to Abigail Wexner—Les Wexner’s wife. Asks if she can go into town.
Abigail says she’ll think about it.
Maria is 26 years old. An adult. But she can’t leave without asking permission.
She realizes something is very wrong.
Days pass. Maria works on the paintings. But the guards are always watching. She can’t leave the property. Every trip into town requires a phone call. Approval. Supervision.
Then Epstein and Maxwell visit.
One night, they assault her.
Maria is terrified. She finishes the work as quickly as possible. She leaves the estate. She drives back to New York.
And she does something almost no one had done before.
She reports Jeffrey Epstein to the police.
She files a criminal complaint with the FBI. Then the NYPD. She gives details. The assault. The Ohio estate. Ghislaine Maxwell’s involvement. Les Wexner’s property.
The FBI takes her statement.
Nothing happens.
No investigation. No charges. No follow-up.
Maria doesn’t understand. She reported a crime. She gave names, locations, dates. Why isn’t anyone doing anything?
Years later, she’ll learn the truth. Epstein has connections. Powerful connections. Complaints against him have a way of disappearing.
In 1996, Maria is one of the first to report him.
She won’t be the last.
One year later. May 1997. Santa Monica, California. Another woman gets a phone call. The man on the line says he’s a Victoria’s Secret talent scout.
His name is Jeffrey Epstein.
May 1997: “Let Me Manhandle You”
Alicia Arden is 27. An actress. A model. She’d appeared on “Baywatch” a few years ago. Now she’s trying to break into high fashion.
The phone rings.
A man. Says his name is Jeffrey Epstein. Says he’s a talent scout for Victoria’s Secret. Says he’s in Los Angeles looking for models for the catalog.
Alicia can’t believe it. Victoria’s Secret. The dream. Every model wants that job.
They arrange to meet. Shutters on the Beach. A luxury hotel in Santa Monica. Epstein books a room. Says it’s easier to review her portfolio there, away from distractions.
Alicia arrives. Professional photos. Comp cards. Measurements. She’s nervous. Excited.
Epstein opens the door. Invites her in. At first, everything seems normal. He looks through her photos. Asks about her experience. Seems professional.
Then he asks her to sit closer.
She does. She wants this job.
He starts touching her. Shoulder. Back. Thigh.
Alicia tenses. This doesn’t feel right.
Epstein says: “Let me manhandle you”.
He grabs her. Pulls her shirt over her head. Yanks her skirt down. Gropes her.
Alicia realizes what’s happening. This isn’t an audition. This is assault.
She fights. Pushes him away. Grabs her clothes. Runs.
Outside the hotel, she’s shaking. Crying. She calls the police.
Santa Monica Police Department. She files a sexual battery report. Gives them everything. Epstein’s name. The hotel room number. What he did.
A detective takes her statement. He seems to believe her.
But nothing happens.
No arrest. No charges. No investigation.
Alicia doesn’t understand. She reported it immediately. She had evidence. She gave them his name.
Why isn’t anyone doing anything?
She’ll learn later: Epstein used the Victoria’s Secret connection repeatedly. He approached models. Aspiring actresses. Young women desperate for a break. Promised them catalog work. Runway shows. Exposure.
Then he assaulted them.
And he got away with it.
Because the Victoria’s Secret connection wasn’t fake. It was real. He had Les Wexner.
In fact, two executives at Victoria’s Secret eventually warned Wexner. They told him Epstein was using the company’s name to approach women. They said it was damaging the brand. Creating liability.
Wexner told them: “I’ll take care of it”.
He didn’t.
The relationship between Wexner and Epstein continued.
And Epstein’s abuse escalated.
But here’s what’s strange. Epstein wasn’t just using Wexner’s company name. He was using Wexner’s money. In 2004, he gave a man named Jean-Luc Brunel up to $1 million.
That money launched one of the most notorious modeling agencies in history.
An agency that, according to victims, supplied Epstein with dozens of underage girls
2004: The Model Pipeline
Jean-Luc Brunel is a French modeling scout. In the 1980s, models accused him of drugging and sexually assaulting them. In 1988, a “60 Minutes” segment featured models describing his predatory behavior.
But Brunel is connected. He works with major agencies. He scouts across Eastern Europe.
And he knows Jeffrey Epstein.
In 2004, Epstein gives Brunel up to $1 million. The purpose: launch a modeling agency called MC2 Model Management.
Brunel opens offices in New York. Miami. He recruits young women from Eastern Europe. Poor countries. Promises them modeling careers in America. Visas. Housing. Work.
But according to court testimony, MC2 wasn’t just a modeling agency.
Virginia Roberts Giuffre—one of Epstein’s most vocal accusers—states in a 2015 deposition that Brunel “supplied Epstein with dozens of underage girls”. She says Brunel recruited girls as young as 12. Brought them to America. Delivered them to Epstein’s mansions.
In 2020, French authorities arrest Brunel. Charges: rape and sex trafficking of minors.
In February 2022, he’s found dead in his Paris jail cell. Apparent suicide.
But here’s the disturbing part.
Victoria’s Secret continued working with MC2 Model Management even after Wexner claimed to have cut ties with Epstein in 2007.
Models represented by MC2 walked in Victoria’s Secret fashion shows. Appeared in catalogs. Were part of brand campaigns.
Victoria’s Secret finally ended the relationship in 2015. The same year Virginia Giuffre publicly accused Brunel of trafficking.
For eight years after Wexner supposedly severed ties with Epstein, the company Wexner built kept working with an agency Epstein had funded.
An agency accused of supplying Epstein with victims.
When reporters asked Victoria’s Secret about this, a spokesperson said the company “took allegations seriously”.
No explanation for the eight-year relationship.
And just this month—February 2026—new evidence emerged.
Videos. The FBI obtained them during their investigation. They show Epstein conducting fake “catwalk auditions” with young girls.
The girls walk back and forth. Epstein films them. Former models who saw the videos said it looked exactly like legitimate talent scouts audition models.
Except these weren’t legitimate auditions.
They were grooming.
And they were happening while Epstein still had access to Les Wexner’s fortune. Still had power of attorney. Still lived in the Manhattan mansion Wexner had given him.
That mansion—9 East 71st Street—is worth examining closely.
Because the way it transferred from Wexner to Epstein raises a question no one has been able to answer.
How do you give away $56 million and leave no trace?
The $56 Million Mystery: A Mansion for $0
Les Wexner buys a mansion at 9 East 71st Street in Manhattan. Purchase price: $13.2 million.
It’s one of the largest private homes in New York City. Seven stories. 21,000 square feet. Built in 1930 for Herbert Straus, founder of Macy’s department store.
Wexner says he’ll use it for business trips to New York.
But he rarely stays there. In 1996, Epstein tells The New York Times: “Les never spent more than two months there”.
Instead, Epstein moves in.
He decorates it. A life-size female doll hanging from a chandelier. Taxidermied animals. A painting of Bill Clinton in a dress. Security cameras in every room.
Visitors notice the cameras. Some say they felt watched. Uncomfortable.
Epstein dismisses concerns. Says he needs security.
Then, in 1998, something happens.
The mansion transfers from Les Wexner’s name to a corporation: Nine East 71st Street Corporation.
Public records don’t show how much Epstein paid.
One source claims $20 million. But no documents confirm this.
Then, in 2011, another transfer. From Nine East 71st Street Corporation—which Epstein controls—to another Epstein company: Maple Inc., registered in the Virgin Islands.
The deed is dated December 25, 2011. Christmas Day.
It’s signed by Jeffrey E. Epstein, President.
The consideration—the amount paid—is listed on the official document.
$10.
Ten dollars.
A mansion worth tens of millions. Transferred for the price of lunch.
By 2019, the property is valued at $77 million.
Real estate lawyers say such transfers can be legal. They happen in family trusts. Corporate restructuring. But they’re unusual.
And they raise questions.
How did Jeffrey Epstein—a man with no money in 1987—acquire a $13.2 million mansion from Les Wexner?
Why are there no public records showing payment?
Why would Wexner, a brilliant businessman, give away one of Manhattan’s most valuable properties?
Wexner has never fully explained it. In his 2019 letter, he acknowledged that Epstein had “misappropriated vast sums of money” from him.
He said he was “deeply embarrassed” by his relationship with Epstein.
But he didn’t explain the mansion.
And he never sued to get it back.
In fact, when Wexner discovered in 2007 that Epstein had stolen $46 million, he did something that baffled legal experts.
He did nothing.
The $46 Million Question: Why No Lawsuit?
Les Wexner makes a discovery.
Jeffrey Epstein—his trusted financial adviser for 16 years—has “misappropriated vast sums of money” from him.
The amount: over $46 million.
This isn’t a minor accounting error. This is massive theft.
Most people, when they discover someone has stolen $46 million, do two things. They call the police. They file a lawsuit.
Les Wexner does neither.
Jean-Luc Brunel is a French modeling scout. In the 1980s, models accused him of drugging and sexually assaulting them. In 1988, a “60 Minutes” segment featured models describing his predatory behavior.
But Brunel is connected. He works with major agencies. He scouts across Eastern Europe.
And he knows Jeffrey Epstein.
In 2004, Epstein gives Brunel up to $1 million. The purpose: launch a modeling agency called MC2 Model Management.
Brunel opens offices in New York. Miami. He recruits young women from Eastern Europe. Poor countries. Promises them modeling careers in America. Visas. Housing. Work.
But according to court testimony, MC2 wasn’t just a modeling agency.
Virginia Roberts Giuffre—one of Epstein’s most vocal accusers—states in a 2015 deposition that Brunel “supplied Epstein with dozens of underage girls”. She says Brunel recruited girls as young as 12. Brought them to America. Delivered them to Epstein’s mansions.
In 2020, French authorities arrest Brunel. Charges: rape and sex trafficking of minors.
In February 2022, he’s found dead in his Paris jail cell. Apparent suicide.
But here’s the disturbing part.
Victoria’s Secret continued working with MC2 Model Management even after Wexner claimed to have cut ties with Epstein in 2007.
Models represented by MC2 walked in Victoria’s Secret fashion shows. Appeared in catalogs. Were part of brand campaigns.
Victoria’s Secret finally ended the relationship in 2015. The same year Virginia Giuffre publicly accused Brunel of trafficking.
For eight years after Wexner supposedly severed ties with Epstein, the company Wexner built kept working with an agency Epstein had funded.
An agency accused of supplying Epstein with victims.
When reporters asked Victoria’s Secret about this, a spokesperson said the company “took allegations seriously”.
No explanation for the eight-year relationship.
And just this month—February 2026—new evidence emerged.
Videos. The FBI obtained them during their investigation. They show Epstein conducting fake “catwalk auditions” with young girls.
The girls walk back and forth. Epstein films them. Former models who saw the videos said it looked exactly like legitimate talent scouts audition models.
Except these weren’t legitimate auditions.
They were grooming.
And they were happening while Epstein still had access to Les Wexner’s fortune. Still had power of attorney. Still lived in the Manhattan mansion Wexner had given him.
That mansion—9 East 71st Street—is worth examining closely.
Because the way it transferred from Wexner to Epstein raises a question no one has been able to answer.
How do you give away $56 million and leave no trace?
The $56 Million Mystery: A Mansion for $0
Les Wexner buys a mansion at 9 East 71st Street in Manhattan. Purchase price: $13.2 million.
It’s one of the largest private homes in New York City. Seven stories. 21,000 square feet. Built in 1930 for Herbert Straus, founder of Macy’s department store.
Wexner says he’ll use it for business trips to New York.
But he rarely stays there. In 1996, Epstein tells The New York Times: “Les never spent more than two months there”.
Instead, Epstein moves in.
He decorates it. A life-size female doll hanging from a chandelier. Taxidermied animals. A painting of Bill Clinton in a dress. Security cameras in every room.
Visitors notice the cameras. Some say they felt watched. Uncomfortable.
Epstein dismisses concerns. Says he needs security.
Then, in 1998, something happens.
The mansion transfers from Les Wexner’s name to a corporation: Nine East 71st Street Corporation.
Public records don’t show how much Epstein paid.
One source claims $20 million. But no documents confirm this.
Then, in 2011, another transfer. From Nine East 71st Street Corporation—which Epstein controls—to another Epstein company: Maple Inc., registered in the Virgin Islands.
The deed is dated December 25, 2011. Christmas Day.
It’s signed by Jeffrey E. Epstein, President.
The consideration—the amount paid—is listed on the official document.
$10.
Ten dollars.
A mansion worth tens of millions. Transferred for the price of lunch.
By 2019, the property is valued at $77 million.
Real estate lawyers say such transfers can be legal. They happen in family trusts. Corporate restructuring. But they’re unusual.
And they raise questions.
How did Jeffrey Epstein—a man with no money in 1987—acquire a $13.2 million mansion from Les Wexner?
Why are there no public records showing payment?
Why would Wexner, a brilliant businessman, give away one of Manhattan’s most valuable properties?
Wexner has never fully explained it. In his 2019 letter, he acknowledged that Epstein had “misappropriated vast sums of money” from him.
He said he was “deeply embarrassed” by his relationship with Epstein.
But he didn’t explain the mansion.
And he never sued to get it back.
In fact, when Wexner discovered in 2007 that Epstein had stolen $46 million, he did something that baffled legal experts.
He did nothing.
The $46 Million Question: Why No Lawsuit?
Les Wexner makes a discovery.
Jeffrey Epstein—his trusted financial adviser for 16 years—has “misappropriated vast sums of money” from him.
The amount: over $46 million.
This isn’t a minor accounting error. This is massive theft.
Most people, when they discover someone has stolen $46 million, do two things. They call the police. They file a lawsuit.
Les Wexner does neither.
Epic OPSEC fail by Paragon exposing Graphite spyware capabilities.
Annotated pic from what we know.
Please help me figure out the other apps in in this pic that the spyware can access:
#WhatsApp
#Telegram
#Signal
?
#Line?
?
#Snapchat?
#TikTok?
Annotated pic from what we know.
Please help me figure out the other apps in in this pic that the spyware can access:
#Telegram
#Signal
?
#Line?
?
#Snapchat?
#TikTok?
2/ Companies like Paragon (founded in Israel, former Israeli intelligence ppl, recently sold to a US owner) make hacking American technology companies their business model.
And then selling these capabilities to foreign governments.
How can this be?
And then selling these capabilities to foreign governments.
How can this be?
3/ Honestly it is astonishing that a company that works tirelessly to hack & undermine the security of American products is now US-owned.
The missing factor: building contracts with the US government & lobbying.
The goal of these contracts, I believe, isn't just profit. It's getting protection & building government dependency on their technology.
We all wind up paying the price.
The missing factor: building contracts with the US government & lobbying.
The goal of these contracts, I believe, isn't just profit. It's getting protection & building government dependency on their technology.
We all wind up paying the price.
1/ Yesterday, we were extremely excited to share that ARK Invest is partnering with @LayerZero_Core on their upcoming Layer 1 blockchain, Zero, and that @CathieDWood will be joining Zero’s advisory board.
A Big thread to understand what happened 🧵
A Big thread to understand what happened 🧵
2/ Crypto is in an existential infrastructure malaise right now, many feel L1s have stopped evolving and that each new chain is only marginally better than the last.
We believe Zero is a true 0-to-1 innovation and one of the most meaningful breakthroughs we’ve seen in years.
We believe Zero is a true 0-to-1 innovation and one of the most meaningful breakthroughs we’ve seen in years.
3/ We think Layer 1s are destined to continue evolving just like any other tech innovation platform we have seen over the past 50 years:
Personal Computers, Cell Phones, Chips, LLMs, none of these technologies plateaued after 5-10 years.
Personal Computers, Cell Phones, Chips, LLMs, none of these technologies plateaued after 5-10 years.
@ElizabethFStone @_ChristIsLord @MattWalshBlog I have noticed for years transgenders have an elaborate love-hate relationship with anime and complain about the exact same things you do. You don't notice this because you're a neurotic, paranoid spastic who thinks the entire medium is inherently pornographic.
@ElizabethFStone @_ChristIsLord @MattWalshBlog Oh and just how much rarer transgenderism is to this very day in Japan, with any increases being purely due to western influence. I'm guessing you also haven't noticed how popular anime is among RWers now?
@ElizabethFStone @_ChristIsLord @MattWalshBlog @threadreaderapp unroll
The Blood on the Media’s Hands: The Cover-Up of Trans Violence (THREAD)
1/24 We are witnessing a synchronized media blackout. When a shooter fits the "white male" narrative, it’s front-page news for weeks. When the shooter identifies as transgender, the story vanishes, the manifestos are buried, and the motives are scrubbed. It is a calculated deception.
1/24 We are witnessing a synchronized media blackout. When a shooter fits the "white male" narrative, it’s front-page news for weeks. When the shooter identifies as transgender, the story vanishes, the manifestos are buried, and the motives are scrubbed. It is a calculated deception.
2/24 The Nashville Massacre (Audrey Hale)
In March 2023, Audrey "Aiden" Hale stormed a Christian school and murdered six people, including three children. The media immediately pivoted to Hale’s "victimhood," claiming the shooter was "marginalized." They mourned the killer more than the kids.
In March 2023, Audrey "Aiden" Hale stormed a Christian school and murdered six people, including three children. The media immediately pivoted to Hale’s "victimhood," claiming the shooter was "marginalized." They mourned the killer more than the kids.
3/24 The Buried Manifesto
Why did the FBI and local police fight to keep Hale's manifesto secret for months? Leaked pages revealed Hale wanted to "kill all you little crackers" and "white privileges." It was an anti-white, anti-Christian hate crime. The media called it "motive unclear."
Why did the FBI and local police fight to keep Hale's manifesto secret for months? Leaked pages revealed Hale wanted to "kill all you little crackers" and "white privileges." It was an anti-white, anti-Christian hate crime. The media called it "motive unclear."
Sir Jim Ratcliffe, one of Britain's most important business figures says "The UK has been colonised by immigrants."
Note: he's wrong about the 2020 population. It was 67mill in 2020.
The UK population was 58 mill in 2000, before the mass immigration experiment began under Blair
@jordanbpeterson @GadSaad @BretWeinstein @joerogan @ShopFloorNam
@elonmusk
@KremlinRussia_E
@BlackRock
@ADL @AIPAC
Maybe there is a true duality within religious practices, those who worship Baal in disguise and those who worship the True God, the Creator, and not a local and satanic demiurge, i.e. Baal ? Rhetorical question.
@elonmusk
@KremlinRussia_E
@BlackRock
@ADL @AIPAC
Maybe there is a true duality within religious practices, those who worship Baal in disguise and those who worship the True God, the Creator, and not a local and satanic demiurge, i.e. Baal ? Rhetorical question.
@ResisttheMS @jordanbpeterson @GadSaad @BretWeinstein @joerogan @ShopFloorNAM @elonmusk @KremlinRussia_E @BlackRock @ADL @AIPAC Abraham style sentence :
"God Bless the Good Faith, the Good Faith is a Blessing to Us",
Jesus style value :
"The consequences of their plots are their misdeeds."
"I helped vulnerable humans defend themselves, I did the right thing."
"God Bless the Good Faith, the Good Faith is a Blessing to Us",
Jesus style value :
"The consequences of their plots are their misdeeds."
"I helped vulnerable humans defend themselves, I did the right thing."
Indeed, thanks to Abraham's Good Faith, Abraham and Isaac are blessed, instead of being cursed and dead.
The link between Abraham and Jesus can be seen in this Good Faith, this Faith full of humility. Science is also full of humility, of submission to what is True.
Our modern difficulty is that we have failed to understand the bad faith of the West's adversaries.
The link between Abraham and Jesus can be seen in this Good Faith, this Faith full of humility. Science is also full of humility, of submission to what is True.
Our modern difficulty is that we have failed to understand the bad faith of the West's adversaries.
🚨 Eyewitness POV
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Carrie Prejean Boller has been removed from President Trump’s Commission on Religious Liberty by Commission Chair Lt. Gov. @DanPatrick
I was sitting directly in front of her during the hearing. The aggressive questioning of witnesses was obvious to everyone in the room, including engagements with @sethdillon and @ShabbosK
—A clear example was her exchange in this video with @ShabbosK. He handled himself with professionalism, clarity, and strength. 🔗(1 of 4)
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Carrie Prejean Boller has been removed from President Trump’s Commission on Religious Liberty by Commission Chair Lt. Gov. @DanPatrick
I was sitting directly in front of her during the hearing. The aggressive questioning of witnesses was obvious to everyone in the room, including engagements with @sethdillon and @ShabbosK
—A clear example was her exchange in this video with @ShabbosK. He handled himself with professionalism, clarity, and strength. 🔗(1 of 4)
It felt like an off-topic interrogation of distinguished individuals who came to share how their religious liberties had been violated—not a focused discussion on protecting those freedoms.
🧵 3/4
Watching personal agendas take over—including pointed engagements with Jewish witnesses while she wore a lapel pin and a combo Palestinian/USA flag pin was visible—was deeply troubling.
In my view, this was a clear departure from the vital work President Trump assigned to the Commission.
Watching personal agendas take over—including pointed engagements with Jewish witnesses while she wore a lapel pin and a combo Palestinian/USA flag pin was visible—was deeply troubling.
In my view, this was a clear departure from the vital work President Trump assigned to the Commission.
