Dr. Peter Attia Resigns from CBS News Over Epstein Emails

Dr. Peter Attia, a prominent physician and longevity expert, has resigned as a contributor to CBS News following the release of U.S. Justice Department files that revealed extensive email correspondence between him and the late financier Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted sex offender.

Attia, 52, was among 19 new contributors announced by CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss in late January as part of an overhaul of the network's coverage. His hiring came shortly before the Justice Department on January 30 made public millions of documents related to Epstein under the Epstein Files Transparency Act. A search of the files shows Attia's name appearing more than 1,700 times, with hundreds of messages exchanged primarily in the mid-2010s, after Epstein's 2008 guilty plea in Florida to state charges of soliciting prostitution from a minor.

The correspondence included exchanges that Attia later described as embarrassing and tasteless. In a June 2015 email with the subject line "fresh shipment," Attia wrote to Epstein, "You know the biggest problem with becoming friends with you? The life you lead is so outrageous, and yet I can't tell a soul." The message attached a redacted image, which...