CBS News is expected to fire its new ‘wellness expert’ Peter Attia after he appeared 1,741 times in the Epstein files.
Attia called the notorious child sex trafficker his ‘friend’ in hundreds of emails they exchanged, many after Epstein was convicted of sex crimes.
The disgraced billionaire was jailed in 2008 for procuring a child for prostitution and soliciting a prostitute, crimes that were well documented at the time.
Epstein and Attia appeared very chummy in their frequent exchanges that appeared to go well beyond the influencer merely flattering him for benefit.
Many of the emails were crude or overtly sexual – some to a stomach-churning degree – though don’t appear to have referenced criminal acts.
‘[Female genitalia] is, indeed, low carb. Still awaiting results on gluten, though,’ one of the emails he sent to Epstein read.
Another email made it clear Attia knew his friendship with Epstein was at best ill-advised and would harm his reputation if it came out.
‘You [know] the biggest problem with becoming friends with you? The life you lead is so outrageous, and yet I can’t tell a soul,’ he wrote in 2015.
CBS News is expected to fire it’s new ‘wellness expert’ Peter Attia after he appeared more than 1,700 times in the Epstein files
Attia called notorious child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein his ‘friend’ in hundreds of email they exchanged, many after the billionaire’s first sex crimes conviction
The subject line for that email was ‘Got a fresh shipment’, though it was unclear what the shipment was as a photo of it in the email was redacted.
Attia was hired only last week as a contributor to CBS news, along with 18 others handpicked by editor-in-chief Bari Weiss.
The gaggle of new faces were hired as part of Weiss’ ongoing controversial overhaul of CBS News since she was installed four months ago.
Attia is the founder of Outlive and a popular influencer and podcaster with 1.7 million Instagram followers and a million more on YouTube.
He shares his controversial views on a range of health and wellness topics – longevity in particular, which is the focus of his company.
Attia also exchanged emails with Epstein’s staff and associates, including his assistant Lesley Groff, to whom he complained he would ‘go into JE withdrawal’ if he didn’t see his child rapist pal soon.
‘See you next time, hopefully JE in town when I’m back in 2 weeks. I go into JE withdrawal when I don’t see him,’ he wrote.
The email exchange appeared to be related to Attia crashing at one of Epstein’s properties.
‘What can I do before I leave to ease the clean up? Strip sheets? Take the trash out?’ he wrote.
Attia is the founder of Outlive and a popular influencer and podcaster with 1.7 million Instagram followers and a million more on YouTube
Epstein hung himself in his jail cell in August 2019 while awaiting trial for sex trafficking charges that could have imprisoned him for life.
The Justice Department was last year ordered by Congress in the Epstein Files Transparency Act to release all documents related to billionaire.
The latest batch, including three million emails and photos of the then-prince Andrew straddling a woman, were released on Friday.
Numerous other stars were included or mentioned in the emails of shown in photographs with Epstein or at events he put on.
There is no evidence of criminal wrongdoing by anyone named or pictured in the files so far.
Epstein moved in many illustrious circles and tried to forge relationships with other rich, powerful, and famous people for his own gain.
Celebrities also curried his favor to gain funding for their projects or support for charities and foundations, but the vast majority cut ties after his sex crimes came to light.
