"They accepted that as a sort of rite of passage into the society of the well-connected and famous." That would explain the Thomas Middleditch/Silicon Valley character, but how does it explain Bill Clinton, Gates, etc.? They are already well-connected and famous.
But yeah, it helps to state the obvious, and you stated exactly what everyone is thinking but not saying: they knew. They had to know that this whole thing was a honeypot.
And to compound the insanity, every one of those guys could have afforded to buy an entire stable of jailbait and enjoyed himself in total privacy.
To me none of it makes sense unless... and I realize this sounds ridiculous -- even rich horny guys get lonely and want to be among...
"They accepted that as a sort of rite of passage into the society of the well-connected and famous." That would explain the Thomas Middleditch/Silicon Valley character, but how does it explain Bill Clinton, Gates, etc.? They are already well-connected and famous.
But yeah, it helps to state the obvious, and you stated exactly what everyone is thinking but not saying: they knew. They had to know that this whole thing was a honeypot.
And to compound the insanity, every one of those guys could have afforded to buy an entire stable of jailbait and enjoyed himself in total privacy.
To me none of it makes sense unless... and I realize this sounds ridiculous -- even rich horny guys get lonely and want to be among...
Friends.
(Cue the music.)
Yeah, guys like Bill Gates all had specific needs: he was convinced that Esptein would get him a Nobel Prize
I do not believe that.
No, really https://nypost.com/2024/08/06/us-news/bill-gates-is-desperate-for-what-he-cant-buy-a-nobel-prize/