Peter Attia Steps Down From CBS Information After Showing in Epstein Information

Peter Attia, a preferred longevity physician with ties to Jeffrey Epstein, has stepped apart from his new function as a CBS Information contributor, an individual accustomed to his choice confirmed to Enterprise Insider.

The Hollywood Reporter first reported the information.

The 52-year-old influencer, recognized for his podcasts and movies about residing longer and his guide “Outlive: The Science and Artwork of Longevity,” was introduced on by CBS Information’ high editor, Bari Weiss, in late January, together with greater than a dozen different new contributors.

Days later, the newest spherical of the Epstein recordsdata was launched. Attia seems over 1,700 occasions within the recordsdata, which embody crude emails he despatched about girls’s genitalia that he later known as “embarrassing, tasteless, and indefensible.”

“The person I’m at present, roughly ten years later, wouldn’t write them and wouldn’t affiliate with Epstein in any respect,” Attia mentioned of his emails with the disgraced financier and convicted intercourse legal.

Attia has additionally stepped down from his function as chief science officer on the protein bar model David Protein and is now not listed as an advisor at Eight Sleep.

Different well-known and highly effective folks, together with former Prince Andrew, have additionally confronted penalties after showing within the Epstein recordsdata.