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Hermès CEO Calls Epstein a 'Financial Predator'

2/12/2026

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  • Axel Dumas, Hermès CEO, described Jeffrey Epstein as a 'financial predator' who targeted him in rivalry with Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy (LVMH).
  • Emails released by the U.S. Department of Justice show Epstein sought meetings with Dumas in 2013–2014.
  • Dumas says he met Epstein only once, in March 2013, at an event Epstein wasn't invited to.
  • Epstein was arrested again in 2019 for sex trafficking before his death in jail.