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Texas schools announce plans to drop student photo vendor over links to Epstein files

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At least half a dozen Texas schools have pledged to either change or cancel plans to use a popular student photo vendor due to parental concerns after a former executive was mentioned in the Jeffrey Epstein files.

Officials overseeing several school districts, primarily located in East Texas, referenced reports about Leon Black, the former CEO of Apollo Global Management, a private equity firm that acquired Lifetouch Photography in 2019. Black was mentioned as part of a recent Epstein files dump in which a woman accused him of initiating sexual contact during a massage as recently as 2012, according to The Associated Press.

An attorney for Black told the AP he was a client of Epstein’s who paid the disgraced billionaire investor for estate planning and tax services. The attorney denied Black was engaged in any misconduct and had “no awareness of Epstein’s activities,” according to the report.

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