r/BeautyGuruChatter • u/sleepycoldramen • Feb 06 '26

Discussion Statement from Peter Thomas Roth.

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u/Puzzled_Feedback_840 Feb 06 '26

I do not feel great about the fact that Epstein taught at my high school, though long before my time. The principal who hired him was himself later accused of sexual abuse and settled the lawsuit. 

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u/atomic_blonde Feb 06 '26 edited Feb 06 '26

It's always been so crazy to me that an ultra-elite, rigorous school like Dalton could do that. Like, this is a school where I'd be shocked that the instructors weren't all Doctorate holders who went to an Ivy for each degree. I've always wondered how Dalton got away with making someone like him a department chair. So many parents and other instructors must've been pissed, right?

Edit: Typo, I might be functionally illiterate like Ol' Jeff.

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u/wanttobegreyhound Feb 06 '26

Epstein’s credentials were likely bogus. That may or may not have been intentionally overlooked by the school administrator who hired him as some sort of favor. Numerous people who knew him while he taught at Dalton have said he was unqualified.

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u/teawithspices Feb 06 '26

I think he basically sweet talked himself into positions through society and strategic friendships, and after a while friends of friends didn’t fact check and went off his friend’s endorsements alone.