Borge Brende, the president and CEO of the World Economic Forum, resigned on Thursday, Feb. 26, amid the forum’s investigation into the his ties to the late disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
While European authorities are opening probes into their leaders and glitterati whose ties to Epstein were revealed in the millions of pages in the now-public files, the U.S. Department of Justice is slower to investigate allegations of abuse by some high-profile Americans.
Multiple high-profile Americans have resigned from their posts this month after they were found to have relationships with the accused pedophile after his 2008 conviction for soliciting a minor for prostitution. Hear from some who have taken public accountability for their association with Epstein.