‘Tasteless and indefensible’: CBS News ‘expert’ quits after disturbing emails to Jeffrey Epstein go public
PALM BEACH, Florida – Dr. Peter Attia, the longevity expert recently hired by CBS News, is quitting the network after his disturbing, chummy emails to Palm Beach pedophile Jeffrey Epstein were revealed by the U.S. Department of Justice.
The Hollywood Reporter broke the story, indicating: “CBS News staff were informed of the decision Monday in a note from the network’s booking department, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. Attia told CBS that he would be resigning effective immediately.”
BREAKING: CBS News Contributor Peter Attia has just RESIGNED after disturbing emails between he and Jeffrey Epstein were discovered in the newly-released files
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One email with a subject line of “Got a fresh shipment” shows Attia writing Epstein: ” … the biggest problem with becoming friends with you? The life you lead is so outrageous, and yet I can’t tell a soul.”
Another email included a joke that female genitals were “low carb. Still awaiting results on gluten content, though.”
On Feb. 2, Attia posted on X a lengthy note he had written to his team and his patients in which he addressed the “fresh shipment” email: “In June 2015, I sent Epstein an email with the subject line ‘Got a fresh shipment.’ The email contained a photograph of bottles of metformin, a medication I had just received from the pharmacy for my own use. The subject line referred to the picture of the bottles of medication.
“He replied with the words ‘me too’ and attached a photograph of an adult woman. I responded with crude, tasteless banter. Reading that exchange now is very embarrassing, and I will not defend it. I’m ashamed of myself for everything about this. At the time, I understood this exchange as juvenile, not a reference to anything dark or harmful.”
Attia added: “I apologize and regret putting myself in a position where emails, some of them embarrassing, tasteless, and indefensible, are now public, and that is on me. I accept that reality and the humiliation that comes with it.”
“To be clear: 1. I was not involved in any criminal activity. 2. My interactions with Epstein had nothing to do with his sexual abuse or exploitation of anyone. 3. I was never on his plane, never on his island, and never present at any sex parties.”
Although Attia exchanged hundreds of emails with Epstein, the anti-aging physician has not been charged with any crime.
NBC News reports a spokesman for Attia said his “contributor role was newly established and had not yet meaningfully begun.”
“As such, he stepped back to ensure his involvement didn’t become a distraction from the important work being done at CBS. He wishes the network and its leadership well and has no further comment at this time.”
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