Medical influencer Attia resigns post at CBS News after name included in
multiple Epstein files
[February 24, 2026]
NEW YORK (AP) — Dr. Peter Attia, a medical influencer whose
emails with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were revealed in the
latest U.S. Justice Department release of files, has resigned a post
with CBS News.
Attia, podcast host and author of “Outlive: The Science & Art of
Longevity,” was one of a group of people named last month by CBS News
editor-in-chief Bari Weiss as a contributor to network programming. He
was the subject of a “60 Minutes” profile that ran on the network last
October.
But shortly after the appointment, Attia's name surfaced in hundreds of
Epstein documents. While Attia said he was guilty of no wrongdoing and
did not attend any of Epstein's sex parties, he admitted in an apology
earlier this month that some of his emails were “embarrassing, tasteless
and indefensible.”
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 Despite some public pressure, CBS
News did not cut ties with Attia after the documents surfaced.
Instead, Attia resigned from the network on his own, according to
published reports confirmed by CBS News on Monday.
Attia is one of several public figures, including some in the
corporate and public sectors, whose relationships with Epstein have
surfaced in recent weeks, causing resignations.
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