Epstein Arrest Leaves Top Technology Figures Racing to Distance Themselves
The financier accused of child sex-trafficking had strong ties to Wall Street and friends in politics. He also tried to cultivate Silicon Valley.
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Jeffrey Epstein, the financier facing charges of sex-trafficking underage girls, had cultivated a public image over the decades as a benefactor of philanthropic and academic causes. His social circle famously included titans of Wall Street and power brokers in Washington, but his web of contacts also extended to the elite investors and entrepreneurs of Silicon Valley.
Now, the fallout from his July 6 arrest has sent many prominent figures in the technology industry scrambling to distance themselves from even the briefest of encounters with Epstein, many years ago.