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[–] Azrael@reddthat.com 22 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Maybe in his earlier life. He was married more than once and had three children.

His name does appear in the Epstein files, but he was never actually accused of anything related to Epstein. To say that Hawking was a pedophile is speculation at best.

[–] LuigiMaoFrance@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

So about the same situation as Chomsky then?

[–] Azrael@reddthat.com 1 points 1 week ago

Pretty much, yeah. Chomsky was friends with Epstein, but friendship doesn't automatically equate to criminality. As far as i'm aware, there is currently no evidence against him.

It might seem unfair, but that's how the law works.