The Machinations of Blackmail
How Leslie Wexner used Conrad Black to silence Jeffrey Epstein's accusers
Vicky Ward, who wrote the 2003 Vanity Fair exposé The Talented Mr. Epstein, claims Conrad Black interfered with the story. In a tweet dated May 16, 2019, she explains, “Conrad Black is my ex-husband’s [Matthew Doull] former boss. He interfered in the VF [Vanity Fair] 2003 story I was reporting on Jeffrey Epstein, a Conrad buddy.”