On OutKick the Show, Fox News regular Clay Travis suggested that the actions of late sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein were legal in some states because he targeted “16, 17, 18-year old girls.” Epstein was a serial sexual abuser known for targeting and allegedly sex trafficking minors, including girls as young as 14, which is younger than the age of consent in any state.
Before dying in his cell in 2019, the Miami Herald found 80 women who said that Epstein had molested them from 2001 to 2006. In 2008, he pleaded guilty to soliciting prostitution from a minor after being accused of molesting a 14-year-old three years earlier. Prosecutors reportedly “knew” that Epstein had raped teenage girls, but cut a deal that allowed him to avoid more severe charges. Epstein died while awaiting trial for sex trafficking charges.