Steve Tisch, siblings passing down New York Giants ownership stake

Steve Tisch, who exchanged hundreds of emails with Jeffrey Epstein, and his siblings are passing down their stakes in the New York Giants.

The NFL and the New York Giants have avoided discussing Giants co-owner Steve Tisch’s correspondence over the years with Jeffrey Epstein.

In the near future, Tisch and his two siblings will no longer technically be “owners” of the franchise. According to a NFL memo circulated to club presidents and chief executives on March 11, and obtained by USA TODAY Sports, the Giants are requesting of the Finance Committee to approve an intra-family stake transfer from Steve, Laurie Tisch and Jonathan Tisch into the separate trusts of their children. The trio currently own 23.1% of the club.

ESPN first reported on the transaction, which requires approval of the finance committee and is part of normal estate planning within league circles.

Steve Tisch’s emails with Epstein, the sex offender and alleged trafficker at the center of an explosive United States Department of Justice investigation, were mostly sent in 2013; the two repeatedly discussed women. Tisch, who has not been accused of a crime, invited Epstein to the owner’s box to watch a game.

"We had a brief association where we exchanged emails about adult women, and in addition, we discussed movies, philanthropy and investments," Tisch said of Epstein in a statement in January after one batch of files were released. "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."