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Ohio State's Epstein problems just got worse

The world's most infamous pedophile kept an Ohio State OBY-GYN chairman on a $75K annual retainer for unclear reasons.

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Feb 09, 2026
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From left to right: Brutus Buckeye, Dr. Mike Landon, Leslie Wexner, and Jeffrey Epstein

Two weeks ago, the Ohio State University decided it would not be removing the name of Central Ohio thong salesman Leslie Wexner from the Woody Hayes Athletic Center, let alone the other multiple campus buildings that adorn his name.

It was hardly a surprising decision given that Ohio State’s Board of Trustees chairman John Zeiger has also served as Wexner’s longtime personal lawyer.

Zeiger’s tenure included when Wexner navigated the fallout of his decades-long association with international sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

As The Rooster revealed days after Ohio State’s decision, Zeiger and his junior law partner, Marion Little, also appear in the Epstein files for their efforts to ensure Wexner suffered zero consequences for enabling the world’s most diabolical pedophile.

Wexner’s problems only got worse over the weekend, when America’s last real newspaper left standing, The New York Times, uncovered a draft of a passive-aggressive letter from Epstein to Wexner.

From The New York Times:

“You and I had ‘gang stuff’ for over 15 years,” Mr. Epstein wrote in a draft of the letter, which was included in the millions of pages of Epstein-related documents that the Justice Department released last week. He noted that “I owe a great debt to you, as frankly you owe to me.” He added that he had “no intention of divulging any confidence of ours.”

[…]

He then reminded Mr. Wexner of what he said was their mutual indebtedness and his past protection of Mr. Wexner’s interests. As evidence, he recounted a meeting with Ms. Wexner, where she confronted Mr. Epstein and “made many unfair, aggressive and false accusations. None of which could have been fully answered without violating a confidence with you.”

It’s unclear if he ever sent this letter to Wexner, which at the very least, does speak to Epstein understanding a fall from grace from within the billionaire’s orbit.

But given that Epstein was routinely emailing about trafficking girls or torture films, there’s probably nothing good within the universe that he would describe as “gang stuff” to his former business partner.

It reminds me of convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell stating matter-of-factly that Epstein “ran” New Albany.

Epstein’s web of influence included billionaires like Wexner, but his power trickled down to everyday people, like Ohio State OBY-GYN chairman, Dr. Mark Landon, whom Epstein kept on a $75K annual retainer.

Originally spotted by Columbus Redditor usernamekyle:

https://jmail.world/eml/86abcf94591808e7ced1f96d62d3ec8e

Memo discussing quarterly payments to Mark Landon

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2010/EFTA01720138.pdf

Fedex receipts of quarterly packages sent to Mark Landon

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00219749.pdf

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2010/EFTA01315167.pdf

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00219684.pdf

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00217288.pdf

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2010/EFTA01312981.pdf

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00219679.pdf

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00218559.pdf

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2010/EFTA01315120.pdf

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2010/EFTA01312802.pdf

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2010/EFTA01316875.pdf

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00218826.pdf

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2010/EFTA01314463.pdf

One of my least woke opinions is that I’ve carried a lifelong suspicion against men working as gynecologists. That out of the entire human medical field, these guys chose the one where they get to look at vulnerable women in state’s of undress.

But it’s hard to think of any noble reason for why an international sex trafficker would need to keep a gynecologist on a $75K retainer and send him quarterly FedEX packages.

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