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OSU investigating OB-GYN with ties to Jeffrey Epstein

By WOSU.org  
   February 18, 2026

Ohio State University is investigating OB-GYN and university professor Dr. Mark Landon, who had a working relationship with Jeffrey Epstein in the early 2000s. The university said in a statement on Friday afternoon that Landon's prior business relationship as a consultant to the New York Strategies Group, owned by Epstein, regarding potential biotech investments is under investigation. Multiple documents, including FedEx receipts, mention Landon, the chair of Ohio State's Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. In an email between Epstein and an attorney he worked with, Darren Indyke, Epstein wrote that they were paying Landon $75,000 a year. The email didn't mention what they were paying Landon for.

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