Michigan Arts School Alumni Allege Abuse by Jeffrey Epstein
Two alumni of the Interlochen Center for the Arts in Michigan have made previously unreported allegations of abuse by financier Jeffrey Epstein during the period when he was a benefactor of the school, Hyperallergic reported. The claims, which include sexual misconduct and assault, surfaced during a two-year external investigation into a broader history of sexual misconduct at the arts boarding school and summer camp. That investigation resulted in a 97-page report compiling allegations from dozens of alumni against 47 adults affiliated with Interlochen between the 1950s and the 2010s. The article notes that the report situates the Epstein allegations within a wider pattern of abuse claims spanning multiple decades.
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