Botstein

Leon Botstein ha annunciato il suo pensionamento il giorno in cui sono stati pubblicati i risultati dell'inchiesta sui suoi legami con Epstein • Il consiglio di amministrazione del Bard College ha "votato per porre fine" al mandato di 51 anni di Leon Botstein, presidente della scuola, lo scorso mese, dopo che i membri del consiglio hanno ricevuto i risultati di una revisione indipendente sulla sua relazione con Jeffrey Epstein, secondo email visionate dal Guardian. • Botstein ha presentato la sua partenza come un pensionamento pianificato da tempo in una dichiarazione del 1° maggio. • La mossa sembra aver creato una spaccatura all'interno del consiglio di amministrazione del college di arti liberali. Continua a leggere...

Investigation found Botstein – who had claimed he wasn’t friends with Epstein – made 25 visits to his townhouseLeon Botstein has announced he is stepping down from the helm of Bard College, after an independent review of his contacts with Jeffrey Epstein found the college president’s frequent interactions with the convicted sex offender “could have alerted” him to the possibility that he and Bard would be facilitating Epstein’s abuse of women.An investigation by the WilmerHale law firm, which had been commissioned by Bard’s board of trustees earlier this year to review Botstein’s interactions with Epstein, found the Bard president – who had previously claimed he was not friends with Epstein – made about 25 visits to Epstein’s townhouse, a two-day visit to Epstein’s Little St James Island, and that there were two visits by Epstein to Bard. These visits, WilmerHale reported, included “multiple women” who have since been identified as victims of Epstein. Continue reading...