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David Epstein Incest Charges: Columbia Professor Charged With Sleeping With Daughter
Huffington Post ^

Posted on 12/10/2010 8:51:15 AM PST by mimi from mi

A Columbia political science professor has been charged with having a sexual relationship with his 24-year-old daughter, the Columbia Daily Spectator reports.

David Epstein, 46, was charged Thursday with one count of third-degree incest. Police told the Spectator that the relationship appeared consensual.

Epstein is currently on administrative leave.

According to the New York Daily News, Epstein and the woman had a three-year sexual relationship and often exchanged "twisted text messages."

The Spectator reports that Epstein is married to another Columbia political science professor, Sharyn O'Halloran, though a recent update to his Facebook page says he is single. The couple was featured in a 2008 Spectator article about professors who "bring love to work."

"Our complementary skills lead to a great partnership," O'Halloran told the Spectator.

One student described Epstein, who was teaching a class on game theory this semester, as a "very nice guy." Outside of his professorial duties, Epstein also blogged for this website, on topics ranging from torture to Sarah Palin.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/10/david-epstein-incest-char_n_794864.html?ir=New%20York


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1 posted on 12/10/2010 8:51:17 AM PST by mimi from mi
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To: wagglebee
David Epstein, 46, was charged Thursday with one count of third-degree incest. Police told the Spectator that the relationship appeared consensual.

Where is the "between consenting adults" crowd on this one?

2 posted on 12/10/2010 8:53:46 AM PST by a fool in paradise (The establishment clause isn't just against my OWN government establishing state religion in America)
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To: mimi from mi

Double-dating with Woody Allen?


3 posted on 12/10/2010 8:58:59 AM PST by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: mimi from mi

This is how socialists and Islamists become inbred degenerates.


4 posted on 12/10/2010 8:59:43 AM PST by capt. norm (Never underestimate the power of very stupid people in large groups.)
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To: mimi from mi
According to the New York Daily News, Epstein and the woman had a three-year sexual relationship and often exchanged "twisted text messages."

ICK
5 posted on 12/10/2010 9:02:03 AM PST by TSgt (Colonel Allen West & Michele Bachman - 2012 POTUS Dream Team Ticket!)
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To: capt. norm
This is how socialists and Islamists become inbred degenerates.

Or the future King of England


6 posted on 12/10/2010 9:02:47 AM PST by dfwgator (Congratulations to Josh Hamilton - AL MVP)
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To: capt. norm

Worse than that ~ this guy is a major taxpayer ~ check out http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2010/10/memo_to_bruce_m.php


7 posted on 12/10/2010 9:06:35 AM PST by muawiyah
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To: mimi from mi
was charged Thursday with one count of third-degree incest

What would consitute a 2nd and 1st degree offense? Is third degree worse than 2nd degree? These degree things confuse me.

Oh and BTW - this is just maximum icky.

8 posted on 12/10/2010 9:06:58 AM PST by corkoman
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To: mimi from mi

The Marxists make another pitch to bring down civilization, I gather?
Wasn’t there another case recently...someone from the Mamas & the Papas?
Just another hill to take, like polygamy. After this, maybe a guy with a really cute spaniel or a chicken maybe.


9 posted on 12/10/2010 9:07:06 AM PST by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast (Grammar police off-duty. But I saw what you did.)
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To: corkoman

Well the daughter’s not a minor, so maybe first degree is reserved for youngsters.
In any case give her a few years she’ll sue him and the college too.


10 posted on 12/10/2010 9:09:18 AM PST by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast (Grammar police off-duty. But I saw what you did.)
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To: mimi from mi

11 posted on 12/10/2010 9:09:35 AM PST by MissTed ( Do women in burqas have fun tagging each other in Facebook photos?)
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To: mimi from mi

Married Profs Bring Love To Work
http://www.eye.columbiaspectator.com/2008/02/14/married-profs-bring-love-work
Other couples, like professor Sharyn O’Halloran and her husband professor David Epstein, work closely in the same field—in their case, political science. The two have co-authored many of their works. “Our complementary skills lead to a great partnership,” she said. This collaboration is present in their home as well, where, according to O’Halloran, an economist, they “split household chores along comparative advantage and our marginal rates of productivity are maximized at every turn.”


12 posted on 12/10/2010 9:09:42 AM PST by TSgt (Colonel Allen West & Michele Bachman - 2012 POTUS Dream Team Ticket!)
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To: 668 - Neighbor of the Beast
"Wasn’t there another case recently...someone from the Mamas & the Papas?"

You're thinking of Mackenzie Phillips, daughter of John Phillips.

13 posted on 12/10/2010 9:10:17 AM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: a fool in paradise

I’ll bite. Sure it’s “icky” - but if she’s over 21 - I figure that’s her problem, not society’s. Sure she could end up being pregnant etc. etc. - but this is NOT the same as abuse of a minor IMHO.


14 posted on 12/10/2010 9:14:16 AM PST by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
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To: muawiyah
See, Sargent Schutt, as a resident of Mississippi, sued under a state law that doesn't exist in many other places in the country. He sued you for "alienation of affection": In other words, he was holding you liable for screwing up his marriage.

You can't do that in New York, or in California, or in Florida. But in Mississippi? Well, they have a different set of ideas down there about stealing away a man's woman. (Just to make things interesting, you turned around and sued Linda and Schutt and Schutt's dad, claiming they were just trying to extort you.)

Time was that adultery was a crime.

15 posted on 12/10/2010 9:15:52 AM PST by a fool in paradise (The establishment clause isn't just against my OWN government establishing state religion in America)
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To: capt. norm
Well, excuse me ~ not exactly THAT guy but one just like him apparently, only he's into investments and the professor is into "gotta' buy" text books and that sort of thing ~ equally lucrative if you're a Columbia professor.

Bet these guys know each other.

16 posted on 12/10/2010 9:18:01 AM PST by muawiyah
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To: mimi from mi

Did the daughter turn him in on this, otherwise how would he get charged with something of this nature?

He blogged on torture and Sarah Palin. Let’s see his checklist.

Waterboard Terrorists - No

Sarah Palin Presidential - No

Bang Own Daughter - Yes

I’m glad he has his Ivy League priorities in order. When is he up for Emeritus?


17 posted on 12/10/2010 9:18:05 AM PST by Williams (It's the policies, stupid.)
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To: corkoman

Typically a “1st Degree” charge is more serious than a “3rd degree” charge. It gets confusing because a “3rd offense” indicates repetitions behavior and will often have enhanced sentencing.

A first degree offense would probably apply in the case of force, or of a minor’s involvement. I don;t know this state’s statutes and am too lazy to look them up.

Criminal law is inherently icky and demoralizing.


18 posted on 12/10/2010 9:18:56 AM PST by Psalm 144 (Voodoo Republicans - don't read their lips. Watch their hands.)
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To: mimi from mi

You should read the HuffPo comments - sick.


19 posted on 12/10/2010 9:18:59 AM PST by 30Moves
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To: 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten

These people tie up a tremendous amount of court resources thrashing out their problems ~ the rich ones do anyway. The poor ones just have another baby somewhere else, or lock the girl in the basement.


20 posted on 12/10/2010 9:19:54 AM PST by muawiyah
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