Scathing report shows decades of sexual abuse at Interlochen arts school, Epstein among those named

A sweeping external investigation into sexual abuse at the prestigious Interlochen Center for the Arts in northern Michigan revealed that more than 70 alumni reported experiencing sexual abuse and misconduct from adults in Interlochen's leadership.

There are two accounts in the report of alleged misconduct tied to notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who was a major donor to the center from 1990 to 2003, having attended the center's summer camp himself in 1967. Epstein had a building at the camp named after him, Epstein Lodge, which was renamed after Interlochen learned of his 2008 criminal conviction — at which point the center removed any recognition of Epstein as a donor from the campus and cut all ties with him. Then it was announced in May that the building itself would be razed...