The Lerner Shops | Leslie Wexner | Meshulam Riklis | Timeline

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The Lerner Shops | Leslie Wexner | Meshulam Riklis | Timeline

The Lerner Shops owned by Meshulam Riklis and purchased by Leslie Wexner (formerly The Limited, now L Brands) in 1985. A timeline of The Lerner Shops. Wexner’s association with child rapist and trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, has us looking into the details. When Wexner purchased Lerner Shops from Riklis (known as the first ‘Junk-Bond-King | infamous for the leveraged buyout and said to have taught Michael Milken “the ropes”) in 1985 was Epstein involved or was it something else entirely?

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Excerpt: The pedophiles in our lives, by Kirby Sommers

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Excerpt: The pedophiles in our lives, by Kirby Sommers

At 22 I was far too old for him to be interested in me. When 16-year-old Julie told me, as we girls sat on the beach in front of his house, that her parents had sent her to spend the summer here on this tropical island for the summer, in his care because after all they were friends and they trusted him.

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My Rant on the Shootings + the Millionaire's March of October 11, 2011, by Kirby Sommers

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My Rant on the Shootings + the Millionaire's March of October 11, 2011, by Kirby Sommers

With all the horrible shootings by angry young white men and a President who incites racial violence - I wanted to remember when this was about the inequality of wealth. I was part of the 'Millionaire's March' on October 12, 2011 with Occupy Wall Street.

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Meshulam Riklis: The Mo-Ghoul and the Latest Bankruptcy of Rapid American Corp

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Meshulam Riklis: The Mo-Ghoul and the Latest Bankruptcy of Rapid American Corp

Rapid-American Corporation, the conglomerate created by Meshulam Riklis, and the vehicle which made him and his family multi-billionaires, filed for bankrupty…

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This is not my secret, it's yours

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This is not my secret, it's yours

Yesterday, when I told my story on Twitter, the responses were heartwarming and heartbreaking. Other victims of sexual abuse shared their stories. Other people who had been trying to unravel the mystery of Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump and Alan Dershowitz applauded my “bravery” they called it …

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Operation Bootstrap How the United States Coerced Surgical Sterilization on Women in Puerto Rico

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Operation Bootstrap How the United States Coerced Surgical Sterilization on Women in Puerto Rico

President Donald Trump’s recent attacks on four minority members of Congress: Reps. Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez...

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The connection between Meshulam Riklis, Bernard Cornfeld, my landlord Arthur Cornfeld, and Jeffrey Epstein

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The connection between Meshulam Riklis, Bernard Cornfeld, my landlord Arthur Cornfeld, and Jeffrey Epstein

The similarities between the way I have been attached by Ira Riklis who was my abuser and who turned me into his sex slave in 1987 and my landlord, Arthur Cornfeld are too similar for them not to be connected.

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Combat wear.

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Combat wear.

It struck me just now at 4am (since I cannot sleep in this god-forsaken hotel with clanking pipes) that I am and have been in a gritty war with my merciless Harvard trained landlord and his army of accomplices for years.

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Stop searching for an apartment on your own: You've just found a rapist landlord!

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Stop searching for an apartment on your own: You've just found a rapist landlord!

A married couple contacted me because they wanted to move back into Manhattan after exiling themselves off into an apartment in Queens. Their request was for a 2-bedroom apartment price max at $4800/mo in…

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Love in the Time of Sickness: December 4, 2012

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Love in the Time of Sickness: December 4, 2012

“If you want to see David before he dies then you have to fly to Florida today.” My estranged sister, Marie, of almost my whole life rattles off like an item on a to-do list as my hand clutches the phone tighter against my ear in disbelief. The muscles around my mouth tighten up…

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Love in the Time of Sickness: September 12, 2016

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Love in the Time of Sickness: September 12, 2016

The paramedics arrived two hours after David began choking on his own vomit. His body was stretched out on the wheelchair and it looked as if he was going to slide off any second. His head hung back like a dead flower. His eyes were closed.

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Love Letters, excerpt: September 22, 2015

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Love Letters, excerpt: September 22, 2015

I love this song — because I think of you. And I do. Everything I see and everything I do reminds me of you. Kirby I am just looking for a way to be together and I know I will figure it out. Sometimes in the day today — I had to stop myself from thinking about you because I thought I would get too sad.

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Love Letters, excerpt: July 22, 2015

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Love Letters, excerpt: July 22, 2015

I know what is happening. It dawned on me while I was in the park this morning. The words you give me, the feeling I have with you, what you have done to me, what I have done to you. Everything. Things I’ve never felt before. Things I never knew existed. Love I never dreamed I’d have.

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Love Letters, excerpt: October 7 2015

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Love Letters, excerpt: October 7 2015

From my desk I can see how neat and clean the apartment is. The dining table is shiny, the laundry is folded, the carpet is vacuumed, the floors are clean, the refrigerator contains things you like, and four cases of 6 pack small bottles of Pellegrino have made their way into their respective waiting areas

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