Disgraced former Harvard University president Larry Summers reportedly spent part of his honeymoon on Jeffrey Epstein's notorious private island, according to recently revealed flight records and documents.
The Honeymoon Visit to 'Pedo Island'
Flight records indicate that Summers and his wife, Elisa F. New, traveled to Little Saint James island shortly after their December 11, 2005 wedding in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The couple flew on Epstein's private jet accompanied by Ghislaine Maxwell, who would later be convicted on sex trafficking charges.
The island getaway occurred despite Palm Beach police having already begun investigating Epstein for the rape of a 14-year-old girl six months earlier. Critics had dubbed the location "Pedo Island" due to Epstein's criminal activities.
A spokesperson for Summers confirmed the visit but attempted to minimize its significance. "Mr. Summers and Ms. New spent their honeymoon in St. John and Jamaica in December 2005, which was long before Mr. Epstein was arrested for the first time," the spokesperson stated. "As part of that trip, they made a brief visit of less than a day to Mr. Epstein's island."
Multiple Flights on the 'Lolita Express'
Flight logs reveal that Summers traveled on Epstein's private jet, often referred to as the "Lolita Express," on three additional occasions following the honeymoon trip. Three of the four documented flights occurred while Summers was serving as Harvard's president between 2001 and 2006.
The documents also show that Summers and Epstein exchanged thousands of emails between 2013 and 2019, with correspondence continuing until the day before Epstein's arrest in 2019. Epstein had been convicted of sex trafficking minors in 2008 and died by suicide in jail while awaiting trial in 2019.
Growing Fallout and Resignations
The revelation has triggered significant backlash against Summers' connections to the disgraced billionaire. Summers resigned from the board of OpenAI on Wednesday amid the growing controversy surrounding his Epstein ties.
Hours later, Summers also went on leave from his tenured economics teaching position and his role as head of the Harvard Kennedy School's Mossavar-Rahmani Center. Two other affiliated institutions, the Yale Budget Lab and the Center for American Progress, also announced that Summers was no longer associated with them.
The fallout follows the release of over 20,000 pages of documents from Epstein's estate by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. Summers, who previously served as Bill Clinton's Treasury secretary, now faces mounting pressure over his continued association with Epstein despite the financier's known criminal activities.
