Tisch family looks to transfer Giants stake to children's trusts - ESPN

New York Giants co-owners Steve, Laurie and Jonathan Tisch are requesting to transfer their stakes in the team to their children's trusts, according to an NFL memo obtained by ESPN.

The move is subject to approval by the league's finance committee, the memo shows. If approved, Steve, Laurie and Jonathan Tisch would «no longer own any interest» in the Giants, the memo states.

«Prior transfers to these Trusts were completed pursuant to 2023 and 2024 Finance Committee approvals,» states the memo, which is dated March 11. «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.»

When reached Wednesday and asked about the ownership transfer, a spokesperson for the Giants said he had «nothing to add.» A league spokesperson declined to comment.

In January, Steve Tisch, who is executive vice president and chairman of the board for the Giants, appeared in the latest round of documents released by the Justice Department related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The documents showed scores of emails between Epstein and Tisch, in which Epstein repeatedly connected the co-owner to numerous women. Tisch also invited Epstein to the owner's box for a Giants game.

Most of Tisch's correspondence with Epstein appears to be from about 2013, the documents show.

«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. «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