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Yale professor defends describing a student’s looks to Epstein: “This is how men behave”

Ellsworth Toohey
Feb 05, 2026
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In 2011, Yale computer science professor David Gelernter emailed Jeffrey Epstein about a job recommendation for an undergraduate, describing her as a “v small goodlooking blonde.” Asked this week if he regretted anything about his association with the convicted sex offender, Gelernter replied: “Nothing.”

Gelernter, 70, …

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