Overview
- Bard released an outside summary Friday, after which Leon Botstein said he will leave the presidency on June 30.
- Investigators documented about 25 visits to Jeffrey Epstein’s New York townhouse and a two-day stay on his private island, building on DOJ files that named Botstein more than 2,800 times.
- The report said Epstein was invited to campus events and even a guest cottage, a pattern that could have exposed Bard students to him.
- Records show Epstein sent Bard gifts through an entity called Enhanced Education in 2011 and 2012 and later paid Botstein $150,000 for undisclosed consulting.
- Trustees said his actions were legal but showed poor judgment and they plan to appoint an interim leader, launch a national search, and strengthen donor-vetting and conflict-disclosure rules.