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.
”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
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