Overview
- Districts in Texas and Arizona, including Malakoff ISD and Prescott Valley Charter School, halted or moved picture days and opened reviews after parent complaints spread on social media.
- Lifetouch says it is not named in the DOJ documents and states it has never shared student photos with third parties or granted Apollo-affiliated personnel access to images.
- The ownership link runs through Shutterfly, which bought Lifetouch in 2018 and was acquired by funds managed by Apollo Global Management in 2019, a month after Epstein’s death.
- Wake County Public Schools in North Carolina reported school-level reconsiderations of Lifetouch contracts as petitions and community pressure push districts to vet vendors or seek local photographers.
- Associated Press and other outlets report no evidence that Lifetouch photos were accessed or used in Epstein-related crimes, even as the DOJ trove shows Leon Black’s name thousands of times.