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To: Chris Van Hollen, Angela Alsobrooks, Johnny Olszewski, Sarah Elfreth, Glenn Ivey, Steny Hoyer, April McClain, Jamie Raskin, Kweisi Mfume, Governor Wes Moore, Aruna Miller (D) Lieutenant Governor,
Maryland- End Lifetouch Contracts With USA Public Schools Immediately and Demand Our Kids' Data
I am writing to demand a full, formal, public, and transparent investigation into how students' photographs and personal data may have been accessed, used, or otherwise exploited by Leon Black, Jeffrey Epstein, and their associates. This investigation must begin immediately, and all institutional contacts with entities connected to these individuals must cease.
A) A full, formal, public, and transparent investigation into how students' photos and other personal data was handled by Lifetouch and their affiliates.
B) A full, formal, public, and transparent investigation into how students' photos and other personal data may have been used, accessed, or otherwise utilized by Leon Black, Jeffrey Epstein, and/or their associates, specifically if or how these materials may have been accessed by AI technology and for what purposes.
C) A full, formal, public, and transparent report of all findings, discovery, evidence, interviews, etc. unredacted, uncensored, and made easily accessible to the public.
D) Encourage public school districts, state, and federal leadership to suspend contracts with Lifetouch pending investigation, and Lifetouch or its associates shall have no further access to public schools pending investigation.
I am requesting that you initiate legislation requiring a comprehensive investigation into these connections, mandate immediate severance of any remaining institutional ties to Black-affiliated entities, and establish protections to prevent similar exploitation of student data in the future. Our children's safety cannot wait.
A) A full, formal, public, and transparent investigation into how students' photos and other personal data was handled by Lifetouch and their affiliates.
B) A full, formal, public, and transparent investigation into how students' photos and other personal data may have been used, accessed, or otherwise utilized by Leon Black, Jeffrey Epstein, and/or their associates, specifically if or how these materials may have been accessed by AI technology and for what purposes.
C) A full, formal, public, and transparent report of all findings, discovery, evidence, interviews, etc. unredacted, uncensored, and made easily accessible to the public.
D) Encourage public school districts, state, and federal leadership to suspend contracts with Lifetouch pending investigation, and Lifetouch or its associates shall have no further access to public schools pending investigation.
I am requesting that you initiate legislation requiring a comprehensive investigation into these connections, mandate immediate severance of any remaining institutional ties to Black-affiliated entities, and establish protections to prevent similar exploitation of student data in the future. Our children's safety cannot wait.
Why is this important?
On July 25, 2023, a federal lawsuit was filed in New York alleging that Leon Black violently raped a 16-year-old girl with autism and Down syndrome in 2002 at Jeffrey Epstein's Manhattan townhouse. The plaintiff, now in her 30s, was born with mosaic Down syndrome and had a mental age of 12 at the time of the alleged assault. According to the complaint, she was groomed through cheerleading classes before being trafficked to Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, who then introduced her to Black as Epstein's "special friend." The lawsuit describes a brutal assault that left the victim with internal injuries and lasting psychological trauma, including panic attacks she still experiences today.
Black retired from Apollo in July, 2021, after a review revealed he paid Epstein $158 million for purported financial advice between 2012 and 2017, years after Epstein's 2008 criminal conviction for sex offenses. This financial relationship, combined with the new allegations of child sexual assault, raises urgent questions about whether Black or his associates had access to student information through educational institutions, youth programs, or philanthropic channels.
Given Black's extensive financial ties to Epstein and the new allegations of child rape, any institution that received funding from Black or maintained relationships with entities he controlled must immediately audit what student data, photographs, or access may have been provided.
Black retired from Apollo in July, 2021, after a review revealed he paid Epstein $158 million for purported financial advice between 2012 and 2017, years after Epstein's 2008 criminal conviction for sex offenses. This financial relationship, combined with the new allegations of child sexual assault, raises urgent questions about whether Black or his associates had access to student information through educational institutions, youth programs, or philanthropic channels.
Given Black's extensive financial ties to Epstein and the new allegations of child rape, any institution that received funding from Black or maintained relationships with entities he controlled must immediately audit what student data, photographs, or access may have been provided.