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Thursday, February 19, 2026

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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"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 | Reply

PEDO DONNIE for PRISON

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

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 | Reply

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