Institutions must reckon with the possibility that their prestige can be used to legitimize people whose conduct warrants serious investigations. For more than two decades, one question has followed me since I was abused by Jeffrey Epstein: “Why me?” In trying to understand what happened, I have come to recognize that the answer lies not.
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Institutions must reckon with the possibility that their prestige can be used to legitimize people whose conduct warrants serious investigations. For more than two decades, one question has followed me since I was abused by Jeffrey Epstein: “Why me?” In trying to understand what happened, I have come to recognize that the answer lies not.
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Does this prove wrongdoing?
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