Epstein survivors say financier lured them with promise of college education

[Uncle Joe]

Multiple survivors claim Epstein dangled admission to top universities to ensnare them in his sexual abuse network

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“Mr Epstein repeatedly lured young women into his network by promising to help them gain admission into colleges and universities,” said the Maryland Democrat congressman Jamie Raskin in letters sent to Columbia University and New York University asking for more information on this aspect of the scandal.

Epstein, Raskin added, “not only lured young women who he and his co-conspirators would come to sexually abuse and rape, he also ensured his victims were indebted to him and less likely to come forward to report crimes to law enforcement”.

For Oh it sounds like her experience. “He was very much obsessed with infiltrating the minds of young people,” Oh says. “He didn’t just want to infiltrate for physical abuse, he wanted to infiltrate their brains because he was a cerebral beast.”

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Raskin’s reaching out to Columbia and NYU is probably part of an effort to better understand Epstein’s financial operation and – potentially – connections at the universities. The enrolments and tuition payments were directed by Epstein and managed by Epstein lawyer Darren Indyke and accountant Richard Kahn. Both men are co-executors of Epstein’s estate and have been subpoenaed to testify before the oversight committee.

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/18/jeffrey-epstein-lure-victims-college-education