Lawrence Summers to retire as Harvard professor, resign from Kennedy School post following Epstein revelations
His departure adds to a number of high-profile men, from academics to NFL owners to a prince and a prominent ambassador, whose reputations have been tarnished and legacies dashed over their ties to Epstein.
Women’s rights advocates say it’s about time. “I hope this does lead to some real change and serious treatment of sexual harassment and assault like what we saw soon after the MeToo hashtag went viral,” said Shiwali Patel, senior director of education justice at the National Women’s Law Center. “This feels like another moment of reckoning.”