Former UT professor sought funding from Jeffrey Epstein for campus conference, records show

Newly released records show a former University of Texas professor sought financial support from convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein for a campus conference on sexual consent, according to documents made public this week.

The records reveal that Professor Thomas Hubbard requested up to $20,000 from Epstein’s foundation in 2015 to help fund the event while he was teaching at the University of Texas at Austin. The documents, which surfaced through recently released Epstein-related files, show the request was made on university letterhead as part of outreach for conference funding.

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According to the records, Epstein’s foundation ultimately did not provide any financial support for the conference…

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