1. United States
2. Ohio
3. Letter

Convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein paid Ohio State University’s head of gynecology quarterly payments of thousands of dollars, Department of Justice files show. Mark Landon, a physician and professor at OSU and the chair of the obstetrics and gynecology department, received quarterly payments of thousands of dollars from Epstein in the early 2000s, records show. According to released files, Landon received as much as $25,000 every few months. Landon told NBC4 the payments were for consulting work, and he had no knowledge of Epstein’s crimes. Along with quarterly payments, Landon also received at least 10 packages from Epstein or his associates between June 28, 2001, and April 12, 2005. In all, Epstein spent more than $200 mailing items to Landon’s Columbus home. The files do not detail what was mailed. On April 11, 2005, a man named Eric messaged Epstein and said, “Dr. Landon’s $25k quarterly payment is due, please approve.” A few hours later, Eric wrote that Epstein’s company had billed Les and Abigail Wexner in advance “as we have in prior years” for the Landon payment. At the time, Les Wexner was Epstein’s only public client, with Epstein helping Wexner manage the billions he made running The Limited and Victoria’s Secret. Wexner is also the namesake for Ohio State’s Wexner Medical Center, where Landon has worked since 1987. The files include emails from Epstein discussing sending victims to gynecologists and arranging gynecological appointments. Most gynecologists Epstein discussed were not named in the released files, and Landon was not tied to any references to victims. ”I did not provide any clinical care for Jeffrey Epstein or any of his victims,” Landon said. “I was a paid consultant for the New York Strategy Group regarding potential biotech investments from 2001 to 2005. I had no knowledge of any criminal activities; I find them reprehensible and I feel terrible for Epstein’s victims.” Landon is still employed at Ohio State, and the university recently named a hospital visitor lounge after him. The Mark B. Landon, MD, and Jane Landon Visitor Lounge is on the 23rd floor of the Wexner Medical Center. Epstein and Wexner were business partners and friends until September 2007, when Wexner discovered Epstein had misappropriated vast sums of money from him as sexual assault allegations against Epstein emerged in Florida. Wexner has long maintained that he had no involvement or knowledge of Epstein’s criminal activities. “I am embarrassed that, like so many others, I was deceived by Mr. Epstein,” Wexner wrote in 2019. “I know now that my trust in him was grossly misplaced and I deeply regret having ever crossed his path.” The House issued a subpoena for Wexner to testify before Congress in the Epstein investigation last month. Wexner’s attorneys said the 88-year-old will cooperate with any inquiry “just as he did regarding the U.S. Attorney’s investigation into Epstein in which Mr. Wexner was told that he was neither a co-conspirator nor target in any respect.” ---- So the man who funds the hospital was paying a gynecologist on the hospital staff a retainer of $100k/year so Jeffrey Epstein could send girls to him? Do I have this right? And this doctor is still chair of OSU’s obstetrics/gynecology department?! Half the buildings at OSU have Wexner’s name on them, and there’s no talk about perhaps removing his name? He’s named as a co-conspirator and everyone in the state is just pretending it’s not happening. This is unacceptable!