Dr. Peter Attia apologizes for "indefensible" emails to Jeffrey Epstein

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Peter Attia, a doc and writer good known for his probe connected longevity, is apologizing for what helium calls "embarrassing, tasteless, and indefensible" emails helium exchanged with Jeffrey Epstein, aft the messages came to airy successful the Justice Department's latest merchandise of files related to the Epstein case.

He has not been accused of transgression wrongdoing. But Attia's sanction appears successful the records released by the Justice Department hundreds of times and his communications with Epstein are much extended than previously known.

Attia was precocious named arsenic a contributor to CBS News. CBS' genitor company, Paramount Skydance, had nary comment.

Among the messages, successful 2016, Attia wrote to Epstein, "P***y is, indeed, debased carb. Still awaiting results connected gluten content, though."

After quality reports astir the emails, Attia posted connected X a agelong apology and relationship of his narration with Epstein. He denied immoderate engagement successful transgression activity, said helium ne'er flew connected Epstein's plane, ne'er visited his land and ne'er attended "any enactment parties."

The past correspondence betwixt Attia and Epstein appears to person occurred successful the outpouring of 2019, soon earlier Epstein's apprehension successful July and decease connected Aug. 10.

He said helium regretted "putting myself successful a presumption wherever emails, immoderate of them embarrassing, tasteless, and indefensible, are present public," and went connected to say, "I judge that world and the humiliation that comes with it."

Attia said successful his station that betwixt 2014 and 2019, helium met with Epstein "on astir 7 oregon 8 occasions astatine his New York City home." He said they met "regarding probe studies and to conscionable others."

Included successful the documents released Friday was an exchange from 2015 successful which Attia had written a enactment — redacted by the Justice Department — that bore the taxable line, "Got a caller shipment." Epstein responded, "me too," with a photograph that was besides redacted. Attia responded, "Please archer (me) you recovered that representation connected enactment … bastard."

"fraid not," Epstein said.

Attia wrote backmost that "the biggest occupation with becoming friends with you" is that "[t]he beingness you pb is truthful outrageous, and yet I can't archer a soul."

Attia claimed successful his societal media station that the "fresh shipment" referred to a redacted photograph of metformin, "a medicine I had conscionable received from the pharmacy for my ain use." (Attia utilized to instrumentality the cause for anti-aging reasons but said he stopped successful 2018 due to the fact that it had antagonistic effects astir exercise.)

Epstein's "me too" effect included "a photograph of an big woman," Attia said.

"I responded with crude, tasteless banter. Reading that speech present is precise embarrassing, and I volition not support it. I'm ashamed of myself for everything astir this," Attia said. "At the time, I understood this speech arsenic juvenile, not a notation to thing acheronian oregon harmful."

Epstein astatine that constituent had a grounds arsenic a enactment offender from a lawsuit successful Florida wherever he'd accepted a 2008 plea woody to debar national charges. In 2019, helium was arrested connected national enactment trafficking charges. His death successful his jailhouse cell successful August 2019 was ruled a suicide.

Attia said helium asked Epstein astir his 2008 condemnation successful Florida and said Epstein "characterized it arsenic prostitution-related charges."

"In 2018, I came to larn this was grossly minimized," Attia said. But helium besides maintained, "I ne'er witnessed amerciable behaviour and ne'er saw anyone who appeared underage successful his presence."

Attia is the laminitis of Outlive, an app that translates longevity subject into personalized regular practice, and Early Medical, a aesculapian signifier that aims to assistance patients lengthen their steadfast lifespan. He is the big of the podcast "The Peter Attia Drive" and writer of "Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity."

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