Nobel Prize-winning scientist Richard Axel in the soup over relationship with Jeffrey Epstein

 

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Headline:  New York Times,  2/25/2026

Sharon Otterman reports:

The resignation is the latest fallout in the world of academia from the release of millions of pages of files in late January that showed how Mr. Epstein’s relationships with billionaires, scientists and others in positions of power continued even after his 2008 felony convictions and his prison sentence for solicitation of prostitution by a minor. 

Dr. Axel is not accused of wrongdoing in connection with Mr. Epstein. But the files show that he was a frequent guest of Mr. Epstein’s at his Manhattan home and that he also served as an intermediary on Mr. Epstein’s behalf with Columbia officials involved in admissions and philanthropy. 

In a statement, Dr. Axel called his association with Mr. Epstein a “serious error in judgment” and apologized for “compromising the trust of my friends, students and colleagues.”

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