Valeria Chomsky says she and her husband Noam Chomsky made serious errors in judgment in their relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.
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City council greenlights plans to establish community benefits agreement board, distribute $40M to EastsideOcala woman, 4-year-old daughter killed, estranged husband dies by suicide during Georgia traffic stop: policeFILE - Noam Chomsky attends a conference at the Islamic University, Oct. 20, 2012, in Gaza City. A document that was included in the U.S. Department of Justice release of the Jeffrey Epstein files, photographed Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026, shows a photo of Epstein on a inmate report from the Federal Bureau of Prisons . FILE - Noam Chomsky attends a conference at the Islamic University, Oct. 20, 2012, in Gaza City. is acknowledging “serious errors in judgment” in the wake of new revelations about the couple's ties to the disgraced financier“Noam and I recognize the gravity of Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes and the profound suffering of his victims,” Valeria Chomsky wrote in a statement she shared this week with The Associated Press. “Nothing in this statement is intended to minimize that suffering, and we express our unrestricted solidarity with the victims.”The friendship between Epstein and Noam Chomsky, the influential activist and pioneering linguist, has been known for several years. But theby the Justice Department show a more extensive relationship than previously reported on and includes a memo suggesting that Chomsky was advising Epstein on how to rehabilitate his public image. Admirers of Chomsky, a longtime critic of the U.S. political and media establishment, have expressed revulsion. Vijay Prashad, who has written books on Cuba and the Middle East with Chomsky, released a letter last week saying he was “disgusted by Epstein’s pedophilia, and so by Noam’s friendship with him.” In her public statement, Valeria Chomsky notes that she was speaking for herself and for her husband, who is 97 and “confronting significant health challenges” since he suffered a stroke in 2023. She writes that they were naive and uninformed, and cites Noam Chomsky's “overly trusting nature” as a reason for their “serious errors in judgment.” According to Valeria Chomsky, the two first met Epstein in 2015, and were unaware at the time of his 2008 jail term for soliciting prostitution from an underage girl. By 2015, thehad been the subject of hundreds of news articles, many of which detailed allegations that he had paid dozens of underage girls for sex. “When we were introduced to Epstein, he presented himself as a philanthropist supporting science and a financial expert,” she wrote. “By presenting himself this way, Epstein gained Noam’s attention, and they began corresponding. Unknowingly, we opened a door to a Trojan horse." Valeria Chomsky goes on to recall that “Epstein began to encircle Noam, sending gifts and creating opportunities for interesting discussions in areas Noam has been working on extensively. We regret that we did not perceive this as a strategy to ensnare us and to try to undermine the causes Noam stands for.” She writes that they visited Epstein once at his ranch in New Mexico, attended dinners at his Manhattan townhouse and stayed at his apartment a few times. The relationship was friendly, but entirely professional, with no “children or underage individuals present.”in his jail cell, Epstein laments his “putrid” reputation. In response, Chomsky comments on the “horrible way” Epstein has been treated by the media and advises him to ignore it. Valeria Chomsky says her husband's remarks should be “read in context.” “Epstein had claimed to Noam that he was being unfairly persecuted, and Noam spoke from his own experience in political controversies with the media,” her statement reads in part. “Epstein created a manipulative narrative about his case, which Noam, in good faith, believed in. It is now clear that it was all orchestrated, with at least one of Epstein’s intentions being to have someone like Noam help repair his reputation by association.” Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.Some much-needed rain finally in the forecastJacksonville mother sues man, apartment complex, landscaping company over sexual assault of daughterViral video shows woman’s racist rant. A Jacksonville woman with the same name is getting threatsNeighbors turn frustration toward city councilwoman after recent shooting at Westside parking lotBishop Kenny girls basketball team uses motivation from last year to fuel playoff driveDrought and fire risk on the rise with little chance for rain in sightCity Council to vote on Downtown Entertainment District that could extend last callJFRD crews working to put out fire at cardboard recycling plant near RiversidePush-to-start vehicle source of carbon monoxide poisoning that claimed lives of Neptune Beach coupleFlorida AG sends criminal subpoena to Deegan administration over employee's ICE videoClay County bus driver shortages cause student delays, frustration for families
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