Fayette County Public Schools has joined several school districts in Kentucky that have temporarily stopped using a prominent company for school photos after widespread online claims linked the vendor to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Lifetouch, a well-known photo company that takes school pictures for millions of children every year, has been wrapped up in widespread online claims linking the company to Leon Black, a billionaire investor who regularly met with Epstein and was named more than 8,000 times in a bevy of new Epstein-related documents released this month by the U.S. Department of Justice.
“Fayette County Public Schools has paused any current or future use of Lifetouch services until a thorough review of the matter has been completed,” district spokeswoman Miranda Scully told the Herald-Leader Friday afternoon…