American University School of International Service students and survivor advocacy group NoMore-AU staged a protest Wednesday afternoon in response to the university’s response to Professor Earl Anthony Wayne鈥檚 name appearing in the Epstein Files, a recently-released trove of more than 3 million documents related to the Justice Department investigation into billionaire human trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

The files include an email exchange between someone identified as 鈥楰en Turner鈥� and an NYPD Detective, Walter Harkins. In the 2019 messages, Turner suggests Wayne should be questioned in relation to his involvement with an underage girl. The documents do not indicate Wayne was accused of any crime by law enforcement.

Wayne, the Hurst Senior Professorial Lecturer and former US Ambassador to Mexico from 2011-15, who teaches two spring classes in U.S. diplomacy and foreign policy, told 最新蜜桃影像 he had reviewed the documents and described the claim as 鈥渂aseless鈥� and 鈥渇abricated鈥�.

Said Wayne: 鈥淚t appears to originate from a disjointed email chain that makes outlandish claims regarding international conspiracies and events that demonstrably never occurred as they would have been matters of public record or reported in the media at the time they occurred, and they were not.鈥�

We don’t know what’s going on, and that makes us feel unsafe.

Students unsatisfied with the university鈥檚 response to the unverified allegations protested Wednesday, calling for a transparent investigation. The AU chapter of NoMore, a national organization that advocates for ending sexual and domestic violence and empowering survivors, organized the walk-out after news of the professor’s name in the files spread on YikYak, an anonymous campus-based message board.

鈥淲e don’t know what’s going on, and that makes us feel unsafe,鈥� said Adah Nordin, one of the student protestors who helped organize the walk-out. 鈥淎s someone going to class and getting a diploma from SIS, we deserve to know.鈥�

The documents are being released as part of the Epstein Files Transparency Act, passed late last year, which requires the government to release all its investigatory files concerning the late sex offender and financier.

Students have developed a list of demands for the university in response to the allegations.

鈥淲e want the university to push for a criminal investigation, for him to be suspended without pay while it goes on, transparency on the process, and a statement from SIS administration and AU addressing these allegations,鈥� said Tanishka Khanna, a senior who also helped organize the walk-out. 鈥淪urvivors need to feel safe on campus.鈥�

As of Thursday morning, there had been no official statement from the university addressing the allegation.

鈥淜nowing someone with these allegations is teaching here鈥his can’t be a safe place for survivors without transparency,鈥� said Emily Kershner, Vice President of NoMore-AU. 鈥淲hether the allegations prove true or false, we need transparency.鈥�

In the email exchange, Turner writes: 鈥淵ou may want to question the Ex US Ambassador to Mexico; Mr. Earl Anthony Wayne about his involvement with an underage girl when he attended and was arrested by the Federal Police.鈥�

He goes on to allege Wayne fathered a child with an 11-year-old child in Mexico and that another man is incarcerated there for Wayne鈥檚 crime.

Wayne said he sent a statement to each of his classes describing the allegations in the file as 鈥渙nline misinformation.鈥�

鈥淚 stated unequivocally that the allegations about me are false,鈥� he wrote.

Wayne also said that he never heard from law enforcement about the matter, and that he does not know who Ken Turner is.

Update: Following news of the allegations, the American Academy of Diplomacy released a statement. It reads, in part;

Upon reviewing the available facts, the Academy believes allegations in recently released Epstein files concerning Ambassador (ret.) Earl Anthony Wayne are false and malicious.

The allegations of sexual misconduct with a minor reference a party in 2014 and a supposed trial in Mexico in 2017. Any allegations as serious as those described against a United States Ambassador would at least have been reported to the Assistant Secretary for Diplomatic Security. We have checked with the relevant incumbent at the time and there was no such report.

You can read the full statement here: .

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