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Jeffrey Epstein made regular payments to Ohio State head of gynecology, records show
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) Convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein paid Ohio State Universitys 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 Epsteins crimes.
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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 Epsteins victims.
https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/ohio-state-university/jeffrey-epstein-made-regular-payments-to-ohio-state-head-of-gynecology-records-show/
Hmmm
dalton99a
(92,885 posts)haele
(15,212 posts)Or gynecological "treatments" dealing with controlling fertility or STD treatments.
BlueWaveNeverEnd
(13,476 posts)3catwoman3
(28,932 posts)Seeing as OB -Gyns typically do not provide clinical care to males, this statement seems unnecessary.
AZJonnie
(3,273 posts)This is a logical wording to deny that he ever used any of Epstein's money for ANY clinical care, for anyone.
The doctor was being paid for advice in investing money in biotech.
Apparently Epstein was big into that whole "investing" scene, when not enticing minors into sex acts for money.
vanessa_ca
(686 posts)Epstein was hobnobbing with the likes of Stephen Hawkins and Bill Gates, Nobel prize winners, scientists from MIT and Harvard and the best biotech expert he could find was a gynecologist from OSU where co-conspirator Wexner's name is all over that campus, including the medical center?
You could be right, but I don't buy it. Note that the retainer he maintains was biotech investment advice ended in 2005. These emails for 75K payments are for 2006. Frosting on the cake is that it was undisclosed to OSU. This is still on their website:
At The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, we support a faculty members research and consulting in collaboration with medical device, research and/or drug companies because a faculty members expertise can guide important advancements in the practice of medicine and improve patient care. In order to provide effective management of these relationships, the University requires annual disclosures from all faculty members with external interests related to their University responsibilities.
As of 11/3/2025, Dr. Landon has reported no relationships with companies or entities.
https://wexnermedical.osu.edu/find-a-doctor/mark-landon-100000013
Change Petition to Remove Dr. Mark Landon from OSU's Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
The Ohio State University Medical Center was recently renamed in honor of one of the universitys most committed leaders and benefactors, Leslie H. Wexner]
For more than 30 years, Mr. Wexner and his affiliates have donated more than $200 million to the university, as well as hundreds of millions more that Mr. Wexner has directly helped to raise. Last year, Mr. Wexner, his wife Abigail, and the Limited Brands Foundations $100 million gift to the medical center, the James Cancer Hospital and the Wexner Center for the Arts was the largest single donation in Ohio States history.
Mr. Wexner has led Ohio State during significant times of progress. He has served 16 years on the Board of Trustees. As the current board chair, Mr. Wexner helped to guide the $1 billion expansion of the medical center, the largest undertaking in the universitys history and one that will revolutionize the way cancer prevention and care is provided.
AZJonnie
(3,273 posts)Catwoman's snipped version cut off the end of the sentence, the part that makes it make sense in context
As an aside I'd conditionally say "I buy it" for now because I don't get enough information from this article to proclaim it's bullshit.
The information you've included about relationship reporting may be pertinent, but I don't know enough how things work to conclude that "in collaboration with medical device, research and/or drug companies" means the guy is required to disclose he's privately giving investment advice to another individual. Epstein was not TTBOMK, running "a medical device, research and/or drug company", so I just don't know whether or not this doctor was running afoul of that regulation by not reporting that working relationship with Epstein. If you're saying you do have expertise on the subject, that would illuminating of you to share
Also, I don't quite understand what nefarious purpose you are speculating that this money "was really for"? Seems pretty unlikely it was used for clinical care unless you're saying this doctor worked for Ohio State, but the office he was at every day was within a few miles of Epstein's estate? Again, if you're aware of a fact of that nature, please do share.
Or if you would elucidate what you think the money was really for, but it's NOT clinical care, then what is your supposition, and why do you suppose that?
Given the Wexner connection, I'd probably be amenable to the idea that this could've been some kind of money-laundering operation, that could make some sense, though again, I'm much too unfamiliar with money-laundering schemes in general, and in academia especially, so I'd probably need some kind of explanation of how this scheme would've worked
vanessa_ca
(686 posts)"I practice in obstetrics and gynecology, specializing in high-risk pregnancy."
I could be jumping the gun, but I can see why two pedophiles running a sex trafficking op with underage girls would have a high-risk pregnancy OB-GYN on standby.
Ohio State had one of the biggest cover ups involving Wexner and Jordan over the sexual abuse of around 300 athletes and students that was allowed to continue for two decades. I think this will blow up. We'll see.
vanessa_ca
(686 posts)See this thread if you want the full context, but the part about Ohio is no coincidence
"Same sleaze: Harvey Weinstein, Brett Ratner, Epsteins whole gray-haired pack. They preyed on girls who just wanted a shotthen shipped so many back to Ohio like trash."
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221010723
vanessa_ca
(686 posts)https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00518319.pdf
Dr Shifrin per those DOJ files
A couple more
There's a lot to wade through.
AZJonnie
(3,273 posts)I just read the whole exchange at https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2010/EFTA01618251.pdf.
I'm not seeing there anything that suggests "they had a gyno in Mexico", nothing there sounds like Epstein sent this girl to see this doctor, and he doesn't even seem to know what city she is in.
Though he does imply he knows at least 3 gynos. So I totally get the suspicion. I'd postulate that maybe Epstein called this dude for advice because he was supporting him otherwise. That would actually make the "no clinical care" be true, if all it ever was was phone calls for advice about his "female friends". And if Epstein never gave the guy specifics like "so I have this 16 year old sex slave with weird spots" then the doctor would have a CYA of "I never treated his victims".
That theory makes some sense to me, he has the doc on the hook generally through his donations, and leverages his expertise w/o ever actually implicating him, or having him see the girls.
Blue Full Moon
(3,295 posts)Back in the 90s, Dutch supermodel Karen Mulder blew the whistle on Epsteins networklong before anyone listened. They locked her in an asylum, wrecked her career, tried to bury her.
23 years later? Shes vindicated.
I didnt know till now. And it hits hardbecause I know this story too.
Assaulted by acting teachers and VPs at 16-24, told to shut up by agents who protected Les Moonves instead. Hell ruin you, they said. We rep his wife.
Same sleaze: Harvey Weinstein, Brett Ratner, Epsteins whole gray-haired pack. They preyed on girls who just wanted a shotthen shipped so many back to Ohio like trash.
Volaris
(11,513 posts)I figured I missed something
Blue Full Moon
(3,295 posts)Ross, Scioto Counties have a lot of missing women.
