Getty Russell Wilson ’s name has surfaced in the “Epstein files” conversation after a 2019 email tied to Jeffrey Epstein mentioned the former Seattle Seahawks quarterback as a potential buyer for a private jet. To be clear: the document does not show Wilson emailing Epstein, and it does not accuse Wilson of any crime. What it does show is Wilson being discussed in a money-and-logistics thread about buying an aircraft, at a time when, according to the email, he was worried about how a plane