Tisch Family Seeks to Transfer Giants Stake to Trusts

New York Giants co-owners Steve Tisch, Laurie Tisch, and Jonathan Tisch have requested to transfer their entire 23.1 percent stake in the franchise to trusts established for their children, according to an NFL memo dated March 11. The proposal, if approved by the league's finance committee, would end the siblings' direct ownership of the team, which they have held jointly with the Mara family since 1991.

The move follows heightened scrutiny of Steve Tisch's past associations with Jeffrey Epstein, the financier convicted of sex crimes who died in 2019. Court documents released by the Department of Justice in late January revealed email exchanges from 2013 in which Tisch asked Epstein to connect him with women, including a query about a "working girl." The files mention Tisch's name at least 440 times and show he invited Epstein to attend Giants games from the owner's box. Tisch has not been accused or convicted of any wrongdoing related to these communications.

In a statement, Tisch described the interactions as part of a brief association. "We exchanged emails about adult women, and in addition, we discussed movies, philanthropy, and investments," he said. "I did not take him up...