Overview
- On Nov. 12, Megyn Kelly said on her SiriusXM show that Jeffrey Epstein was "into the barely legal type," citing "15-year-old girls" and asserting a difference between a 15-year-old and a 5-year-old.
- Gilbert posted Nov. 15 that she felt "nauseated" after finding images of herself at 15 kissing costar Dean Butler on Little House on the Prairie, emphasizing, "I WAS A CHILD."
- Butler was 23 when Gilbert was 15 during the storyline, an eight-year age gap he has previously said he wished had been smaller for their scenes.
- Gilbert credited Michael Landon and her mother with helping keep her safe and told Kelly to "be careful with your words," as fellow former child stars Christina Ricci and Valerie Bertinelli also criticized Kelly and shared 15-year-old photos.
- Reporting reiterates Epstein’s 2008 conviction and 2019 federal charges alleging victims as young as 14, his 2019 jail death, and notes that recent House Oversight email releases have renewed attention to his network.