The Physicists And Mr. Epstein

Not my usual fare, but it belongs here, from Matt Strassler's blog:

The Physicists and Mr. Epstein

Mr. Epstein was not only a world-class child abuser, he was a big fan of theoretical high-energy physics and of theoretical physicists. Some of my colleagues, unfortunately, got to know him. A number who were famous and/or had John Brockman as a book agent were even invited to a physics conference on Epstein's private island, well before he was first arrested....