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Jan 9, 2020; East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA; New York Giants co-owner Steve Tisch talks to reporters after the press conference introducing new head coach Joe Judge (not pictured) at MetLife Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Danielle Parhizkaran-Imagn Images

Reports: Tisch family seeking to transfer Giants ownership to children

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New York Giants co-owners Steve, Jonathan and Laurie Tisch have requested to transfer their ownership stakes in the franchise to their children’s trust, according to multiple reports on Wednesday.

The move by the siblings comes less than two months since Steve Tisch’s name appeared approximately 440 times in the Epstein Files. The trio owns 23.1% of the team but would no longer have any interest if the transfer is approved, according to a memo dated March 11 that was obtained by both ESPN and The Athletic.

“Prior transfers to these Trusts were completed pursuant to 2023 and 2024 Finance Committee approvals,” the memo states. “The Sellers now propose to transfer their entire remaining interests, totaling 23.1% of the Club, to the Trusts. … Following the transactions, the Sellers will no longer own any interest in the Club.”

The Giants told ESPN on Wednesday that they had “nothing to add” in response to the proposal.

Steve Tisch came under heavy scrutiny when documents released by the U.S. Department of Justice displayed numerous emails between Tisch and Jeffrey Epstein, who was arrested in 2019 on federal sex trafficking charges. Epstein was found dead in his jail cell in August of that year and his death was ruled a suicide.’

Epstein was charged with soliciting a minor for prostitution in Florida in 2008 and became a register sex offender. A heavy amount of Tisch’s interactions with Epstein came in 2013, according to documents.

Tisch and Epstein often conversed about different women with Tisch expressing interest in meeting some of them.

Tisch released a statement in January admitting he corresponded with Epstein but said he never went to the “Epstein Island” location in the Caribbean.

“We had a brief association where we exchanged emails about adult women, and in addition, we discussed movies, philanthropy and investments,” Tisch said. “I did not take him up on any of his invitations and never went to his island. As we all know now, he was a terrible person and someone I deeply regret associating with.”

The late Preston Robert Tisch purchased 50% of the franchise in 1991 to co-own the team with the Mara family.

–Field Level Media

Feb 24, 2026; Indianapolis, IN, USA; New York Giants coach John Harbaugh speaks at the NFL Scouting Combine at the Indiana Convention Center. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images

John Harbaugh, Joe Schoen stick to football amid Giants-Epstein questions

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Speaking with the media at the NFL Scouting Combine on Tuesday in Indianapolis, New York Giants general manager Joe Schoen and new head coach Jim Harbaugh declined to discuss team co-owner Steve Tisch’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein.

“Steve released a statement a few weeks ago about the regret, so I’m just going to leave it at that, I’m not going to comment any more on that,” Schoen said.

Part of a trove of emails released by the Department of Justice last month were several correspondences between Epstein and Tisch, a film producer whose family has owned a stake in the Giants since 1991. Epstein appeared to have scouted women for Tisch and connected him with some of them.

In one email, Tisch referred to a woman as a “present.” In another, Epstein coaches Tisch about talking to a woman he’d arranged to meet him.

“(R)eport just in, you did very well,” Epstein wrote. “(S)he wants to go to the play, she is a little freaked by the age difference but go slow … (I) will try to convince her not to return to Ukraine. having her crying worked.”

Tisch replied, “Nice report … Funny comment on crying!!!”

“We had a brief association where we exchanged emails about adult women, and in addition, we discussed movies, philanthropy and investments,” Tisch said in response to the release of the files. “I did not take him up on any of his invitations and never went to his island. As we all know now, he was a terrible person and someone I deeply regret associating with.”

Weeks before, the Giants hired longtime Baltimore Ravens head coach Harbaugh to try to turn around a moribund stretch for the franchise (44-104-1, one playoff appearance in last nine seasons).

“I have great respect for the ownership and all the people I’ve gotten to meet,” Harbaugh said Tuesday. “John (Mara) and Steve and Chris Mara and John Tisch and Carolyn Tisch and the Koch family. Have had nothing but great conversations, great interactions. And we’ve been talking about the business of football, the business of building our team, the business of putting staffs together. … That’s what our conversations have been about.”

–Field Level Media

New York Giants co-owner Steve Tisch, right, on the field before the Giants face the Dallas Cowboys at MetLife Stadium on Monday, Sept. 26, 2022. Nfl Ny Giants Vs Dallas Cowboys Cowboys At Giants

NFL to ‘get facts’ before investigating Giants’ co-owner over Epstein allegations

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SAN JOSE, Calif. — New York Giants co-owner Steve Tisch’s alleged connection with Jeffrey Epstein is not yet the subject of an NFL investigation, but commissioner Roger Goodell said the league is “looking into” the facts around the files released by the U.S. Justice Department regarding Epstein in which Tisch’s name is mentioned more than 400 times.

Goodell, speaking at the State of the League address on Monday afternoon, said he was aware of Tisch being named in the documents as part of the Epstein Files Transparency Act.

“Absolutely we will look at all the facts. We’ll look at the context of those and try to understand that,” Goodell said. “We’ll look at how that falls under the (league personal conduct) policy. I think we’ll take one step at a time. Let’s get the facts first.”

Tisch said last week he never went to the disgraced “Epstein Island” location in the Caribbean but admitted he exchanged messages with and knew Epstein.

“We had a brief association where we exchanged emails about adult women, and in addition, we discussed movies, philanthropy and investments,” Tisch said Friday in response to the release of the files. “I did not take him up on any of his invitations and never went to his island. As we all know now, he was a terrible person and someone I deeply regret associating with.”

The NFL issued a statement earlier Monday but did not reveal any knowledge of Tisch or other franchise owners who might have been affiliated with Epstein, who died in a jail cell of an apparent suicide one month after he was charged in July 2019 with sex trafficking and conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of minors.

“The league is aware of the reports and Steve’s response. Our office will look into the matter to understand the facts,” the NFL said earlier Monday in a statement.

–Field Level Media

Report: Emails show Epstein scouted women for Giants co-owner Steve Tisch

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New York Giants chairman and co-owner Steve Tisch appeared throughout a newly released trove of emails related to Jeffrey Epstein, including communications in which Epstein arranged for Tisch to meet specific women.

The emails, which were sent in 2013, were released Friday by the Department of Justice among 3.5 million documents related to Epstein’s sex trafficking case and were first reported on by The Athletic.

Tisch had yet to respond to The Athletic’s multiple attempts to reach him for comment.

One communication from May 2013 showed Epstein offering to connect Tisch with a Russian woman. Tisch replied a minute later to ask, “Is she fun?”

The next month, Tisch asked Epstein multiple questions about a different woman from Tahiti, including if she was a “working girl.” To that, Epstein replied, “Never.”

Also in June of that year, Tisch emailed Epstein and appeared to ask about a different woman they’d previously discussed, writing, “Is my present in NYC?” Epstein replied, “Yes.” The next morning, Tisch asked Epstein, “Can I get my surprise to take me to lunch tomorrow?”

Tisch, 76, had a successful career as a film producer, most notably producing “Forrest Gump.” Some of the emails reviewed Friday showed women speaking with Epstein about meeting Tisch for dinner to discuss work in upcoming movie projects.

But the correspondences made clear Tisch sought sexual relationships. In one email, Epstein followed up with Tisch about a woman he’d arranged to be with him.

“(R)eport just in, you did very well,” Epstein wrote. “(S)he wants to go to the play, she is a little freaked by the age difference but go slow … (I) will try to convince her not to return to Ukraine. having her crying worked.”

Tisch replied, “Nice report … Funny comment on crying!!!”

The Tisch family bought a 50% stake in the Giants in 1991. They have co-owned the franchise with the Mara family ever since.

–Field Level Media