Friday, February 20, 2026

Epstein, Maxwell Used Elite Arts School to Prey on Girls

Years before they were convicted sex offenders, Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell used his wealth to gain access to a prestigious boarding school for young artists in Michigan, using a rental lodge Epstein donated to the school as a base from which to recruit some of their earliest victims, according to Department of Justice records and former campus administrators.

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Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell lavished money on the Interlochen Center for the Arts to gain access, documents show -- even funding an on-campus lodge they stayed in. In the process, two teenagers were pulled into their orbit. n.pr/3MyKsok

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-- NPR (@npr.org) Feb 19, 2026 at 5:43 AM

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"A woman, who testified at Maxwell's 2021 criminal trial, said in a lawsuit that she was 13 years old when she met Epstein and Maxwell at the school's annual summer Interlochen Arts Camp in 1994. She says they began a relationship that started with grooming and led to sexual abuse. NPR does not name victims of sexual abuse.

A few summers later, Epstein and Maxwell met a 14-year-old student who said her first contact with them at the school was the start of a manipulative and controlling relationship that lasted years."

more at the thread link about Trump's best friend

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2026-02-19 11:17 AM

PEDO DONNIE for PRISON

#2 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-02-19 11:36 AM

Liberals are just jealous that they can't groom and rape 13 and 14 year old girls.
--Boaz

#3 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-02-19 11:40 AM

1994. So, at least since Bill Clinton was President. Probably was occuring during Bush.

#4 | Posted by Petrous at 2026-02-19 01:42 PM

Hey Nazi --- - KILL YOURSELF.

#5 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-02-20 11:03 PM

@#4 ... 1994. So, at least since Bill Clinton was President. Probably was occuring during Bush. ...

What's your point?

That we should no longer seek Justice for the victims of Mr Epstein because prior administrations did not do so?


imo, the victims of Mr Epstein, et al, deserve Justice.

I do not care if those who are involved are Republicans or Democrats, my concern is focused upon attaining Justice for the victims.

Across the pond, England seems to be taking these Epstein horrific crimes quite seriously.

Why is Pres Trump trying to tamp it down?

#6 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-02-20 11:30 PM

American justice compared to UK justice. Here, in the US, the guy with the most to divulge gets dead. His female partner gets 20 years, though apparently she is near to getting a pardon from her good friend, the Trump part of the Trump/Epstein files collection of rich people porn.
In the UK, justice follows the law...One wonders if they in the UK will demand all the unreacted files as well.

#7 | Posted by Hughmass at 2026-02-21 06:51 AM

"President Donald Trump, saying he's the one preventing the release of the Epstein files."

- Sporkfoot Greene.

I hate him so much for making me agree with her.

#8 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-02-21 07:46 AM

@#4 ... 1994. So, at least since Bill Clinton was President. Probably was occuring during Bush. ...
What's your point?

He'd probably point out that FDR was President when Hitler was killing Jews in an extremely desperate lame attempt to associate the two.

Predictable and pathetic.

#9 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-02-21 07:48 AM

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