Dr. Peter Attia out at CBS News
Peter Attia arrives on the red carpet for the premiere of the movie ‘Limitless with Chris Hemsworth’ held at Jazz at Lincoln Center on November 15, 2022 in New York, New York.
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Longevity guru Dr. Peter Attia resigned as a CBS News contributor after his past email correspondence with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein became public.
“Dr. Attia’s contributing role was newly established and had not yet begun in a meaningful way,” a spokesperson for Attia told CNBC on Monday.
“So he stepped back to ensure his involvement did not distract from the important work being done at CBS,” the spokesperson said. “He wishes the network and its leadership well and has no further comment at this time.”
Hollywood Reporter It was first reported that Attia was leaving CBS.
CBS did not immediately respond to CNBC’s requests for comment.
Attia has not been accused of wrongdoing in connection with Epstein.
But at the beginning of February CBS withdrew Days after Attia’s Justice Department release of emails between her and Epstein, a “60 Minutes” segment from a rerun of the same newscast and millions of other documents Relating to criminal investigations into Epstein and his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell.
Attia’s departure comes amid allegations that London police arrested Peter Mandelson, the former British ambassador to the United States, on suspicion of abuse of public office. Like former British prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, who was also arrested last week on the same charge, Mandelson is under investigation for confidential information he shared with Epstein.
Several other prominent figures also left their jobs after their correspondence with Epstein was published by the Justice Department. Being named in the DOJ files is not evidence of wrongdoing, and no one in the files has been criminally charged since the files became public.
Attia was among a group of new CBS News contributors hired by editor-in-chief Bari Weiss; He was hired in October, two months after the network’s founding. Paramount SkydanceIt completed the merger between its two previous constituents, Paramount Global and Skydance Media.
FILE PHOTO: Bari Weiss speaks at the 2022 Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, USA on May 3, 2022.
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One Publish on X Attia said he told his staff and patients on February 3, “I was not involved in any criminal activity”; “My interactions with Epstein had nothing to do with his sexual misconduct or exploitation of anyone.” and “I never got on his plane, I never went to his island, and I never attended any orgies.”
“With that said,” Attia added, “I apologize and regret putting myself in a situation where emails, some of which were embarrassing, distasteful and indefensible, are now public, and that is my responsibility. I accept that fact and the humiliation that comes with it.”
In his tweet, Attia sent an email to Epstein in June 2015 with the subject line “I received a new shipment,” and the doctor also included a photo of bottles of metformin medication in the email.
Attia wrote that Epstein “responded by saying ‘me too’ and attached a photo of an adult woman.” “I responded with rude and unpleasant banter.”
“It’s so embarrassing to read this post right now and I won’t defend it. I’m ashamed of myself for everything about it. I realized at the time that this post wasn’t a reference to anything dark or harmful, it was childish,” he added.
Attia also wrote that she met Epstein in 2014 “through a prominent female health leader while raising funds for scientific research.”
Epstein was released from Florida state prison nearly five years ago after serving 13 months for soliciting sex from a minor.
Attia wrote to
“When I was at his home, I was either meeting with him directly, meeting with small groups of scientists, doctors or business leaders, and once in 2015, I was at a dinner with a number of guests, including prominent heads of state.”
“Shortly after we met, I asked him directly about his 2008 conviction. He described it as charges related to prostitution,” Attia wrote. “I learned in 2018 that this had been greatly minimized… I was incredibly naive in believing him. I mistook his social acceptance for acceptability in the eyes of trusted people I saw him with, and this was a serious error in my judgment. “To be clear, I never witnessed illegal behavior and never saw a minor in his presence.
Epstein killed himself in prison in New York in August 2019, weeks after he was arrested on federal child sex trafficking charges.
