CBS News’ newest “star” contributor issued a lengthy statement riddled with justifications—and contradictions—regarding his once-close relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.
Peter Attia, who joined the ranks of Bari Weiss’ MAGA-curious CBS News last week, had remained silent after being named nearly 2,000 times in the latest tranche of Epstein files released by the Department of Justice on Friday. But on Monday, the self-styled “longevity expert” said his decision to maintain ties with Epstein until he was arrested on federal sex-trafficking charges—and later died by suicide in 2019—was because he was starstruck.
That explanation, however, does not align with dozens of emails between the pair released by the DOJ, which portray two men joking playfully about women, exchanging compliments, and alluding to a close friendship. What’s more, time stamps revealed Attia opted to meet with Epstein in New York while he ignored his wife’s plea to come to the hospital where their infant son was being treated in 2017.
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