Chapman College paleontologist with Jeffrey Epstein ties let go after DOJ e mail launch

A Chapman College paleontologist who served as an advisor on the primary 5 “Jurassic Park” motion pictures has been let go by the faculty after emails confirmed his affiliation with Jeffrey Epstein.

Within the most up-to-date DOJ dump of recordsdata, a collection of messages between John “Jack” Horner and the pedophile confirmed him searching for funding and referenced visits to the billionaire’s ranch.

“First off, many thanks for the invitation to your ranch. I had a good time, particularly spending time with you and the women, and seeing your Cretaceous sediments and the outdated railroad,” Horner wrote in a Sept. 1, 2012 e mail to Lesley Groff, Epstein’s assistant.

The e-mail was despatched after Horner attended an occasion at Epstein’s Zorro Ranch in New Mexico in 2012 whereas he was nonetheless a professor at Montana State College. He reportedly visited once more in 2016, in line with The Orange County Register.

In the identical 2012 alternate, Horner requested about funding for his “DinoChicken” venture, estimating the fee at roughly $15,000, later revising the quantity to $8,650. Epstein responded the identical day, writing, “nice, test made to ???”

In one other message, Epstein wrote to Horner: “dinosaur and fossil searching with jack horner on the ranch, discovered 90 million yr outdated clams and fossils. proper up your alley.”

Horner has not responded to the Put up’s request for remark however has beforehand denied understanding about Epstein’s broader prison conduct.

“My determination to pursue him as a donor was extraordinarily poor judgment,” Horner informed a Montana tv station, including that there was “nothing bizarre or suspicious” through the journey.

Regardless of emails, he has maintained that there was “nothing bizarre, inappropriate, or out of the abnormal.”

“I wish to make it completely clear that I knew nothing greater than that. No amount of cash on the earth would have lured me to satisfy with a recognized sexual predator,” Horner informed the native TV station in Montana.

“I perceive now that there was far more to his conviction, however that a lot of his different expenses had been sealed.

“These current moreover the ranch supervisor and his spouse included Epstein, a chef, Epstein’s secretary, and 4 girls who had been launched to me as faculty college students, two of whom claimed to be adept in genetics.”

Chapman College confirmed Horner is “now not with” the establishment. A spokesperson declined to supply particulars concerning the explanations for his dismissal.

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