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Jeffrey Epstein and Lawrence Krauss maintained a 15-year personal and professional relationship, during which Epstein provided funding for Krauss's academic initiatives, including the Origins Project and the 2006 'Confronting Gravity' conference, as detailed in [1], [2], [3], and [4].
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Epstein paid for a conference of top scientists in 2006. His motives ... npr.org 3 facts
accountLawrence Krauss reported that after Jeffrey Epstein was released from jail in 2009, Epstein contacted him and claimed that the experience had changed his worldview and that he no longer wished to make money, but rather wanted to support science.
claimLawrence Krauss stated that during his 15-year relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, he never witnessed Epstein interacting with young women or exhibiting the behavior for which he was later accused.
measurementJeffrey Epstein donated $250,000 to the Origins Project at Arizona State University, which was led by Lawrence Krauss.
The Updated Epstein List: Who Is Named in All of the Files? nymag.com 1 fact
quoteLawrence Krauss stated to the Daily Beast in 2011: “Jeffrey has surrounded himself with beautiful women and young women, but they’re not as young as the ones that were claimed. I always judge things on empirical evidence, and he always has women ages 19 to 23 around him but I’ve never seen anything else. So as a scientist, my presumption is that whatever the problems were I would believe him over other people. I don’t feel tarnished in any way by my relationship with Jeffrey. I feel raised by it.”