Newly named CBS News star contributor Peter Attia made plans to hang out with convicted pedophile Jeffery Epstein as his wife pleaded with him to come see their infant son in the hospital after the tiny boy stopped breathing, according to the anti-aging influencer’s own words.
In his book, “Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity,” Attia, 52, recounted the harrowing moment he received a call from his wife, Jill, telling him that his son, Ayrton, had suddenly stopped breathing on the evening of July 11, 2017.
“I stayed in New York, busy with my ‘important’ work,” he admitted in the book. “Ayrton’s cardiac arrest happened on a Tuesday, but I did not come home to San Diego until Friday of the following week. Ten days later.”
What Attia failed to mention, however, was that during this harrowing time, he was making plans to meet up with Epstein, the disgraced New York financier who was already embroiled at the time with allegations of trafficking minors, according to newly released emails between the two.
Attia confessed to feeling guilty about his decision, describing himself as a “blind, selfish, checked-out husband and father” who would likely never forgive himself for ignoring his family.
“Even today, just thinking about what happened, I feel nauseous about my behavior,” he wrote. “I can’t believe I did that to my family.”
Just a day after speaking with his wife about their ailing son, Attia made plans to meet with Epstein on July 13 — even offering to change his own schedule to make the convicted sex offender’s day easier.
“Can you do before 10 am? tomrow,” Epstein wrote.
“Sure,” Attia responded. “I can come earlier, also, if you have a hard stop at 10. Let me know.”
It remains unclear if Attia and Epstein actually met on July 13, 2017, or what they did together if so.
Along with his July 13 emails, the latest trove of Epstein documents unveiled Attia’s chummy correspondences with the convicted sex trafficker including an email in which he told the pervert that “p—y is, indeed, low carb.”
Attia is mentioned in the files 1,741 times in the 3 million documents released on Friday, many of which featured his questions on Epstein’s wellbeing and alluded to the convicted sex offender’s “outrageous” lifestyle.
On Monday, Attia issued a groveling apology where he said he was “ashamed” of conversations with Epstein.
“I apologize and regret putting myself in a position where emails, some of them embarrassing, tasteless, and indefensible, are now public, and that is on me. I accept that reality and the humiliation that comes with it,” the celebrity doctor said in a lengthy statement on X.
Attia maintains that his interactions with Epstein had nothing to do with the pervert’s “sexual abuse or exploitation of anyone” and that he “was not involved in any criminal activity.”
CBS News is reporting weighing whether to cut ties with Attia, but new chief Bari Weiss is waffling on whether she wants give in to the “mob” calling for his ouster, according to sources.