"Hotel magnate Thomas Pritzker will step down as the executive chairman of Hyatt Hotels after details of his affiliation with Jeffrey Epstein were revealed in documents related to the burgeoning investigation of ties between the notorious sex trafficker and the elite and powerful. Pritzker, in a prepared statement, said he deeply regrets his association with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, a long time associate of Epstein who is serving a 20-year sentence for sex trafficking."
""I exercised terrible judgment in maintaining contact with them, and there is no excuse for failing to distance myself sooner," Pritzker said in a statement. "I condemn the actions and the harm caused by Epstein and Maxwell and I feel deep sorrow for the pain they inflicted on their victims." There are numerous emails between Pritzker and Epstein included in a cache of Epstein-related documents recently released by the U.S. Department of Justice,"
Thomas Pritzker will step down as executive chairman of Hyatt Hotels after documents revealed his affiliation with Jeffrey Epstein. He expressed deep regret for maintaining contact with Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, saying he exercised terrible judgment and condemning their actions while expressing sorrow for their victims. Numerous emails between Pritzker and Epstein were included in recently released Department of Justice documents, detailing dinner meetups and invitations. Interactions persisted after Epstein’s 2008 guilty plea for soliciting prostitution from an underage girl. Epstein died by suicide in custody in 2019. Pritzker, 75 and cousin to Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, retires immediately; CEO Mark Hoplamazian will succeed him as chairman.
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