New Delhi, Feb. 19 -- Billionaire retail tycoon Leslie Wexner on Wednesday told a US House panel that he had visited convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's private Caribbean island, but claimed to have had no knowledge about the disgraced financier's sex trafficking operation at the time.

According to Wexner's deposition to congressional investigators, which was viewed by Bloomberg, the billionaire claimed to have visited Epstein's island once with his wife and children for a "few hours".

However, Wexner, in his statement, asserted that he "never witnessed nor had any knowledge of Epstein's criminal activity" and "never saw or heard about Epstein being in the company of a minor girl".

The billionaire also stated before the pane...