Jurassic Park palaeontologist parts ways with university after Epstein emails

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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g2r3rjj1lo

A palaeontologist who worked as an adviser on several Jurassic Park films has left his role at Chapman University, weeks after emails linking him to Jeffrey Epstein were released.

The 2012 emails show Jack Horner visited the convicted sex offender's New Mexico ranch and sought research funding. Horner worked as a lecturer at Montana State University at the time.

The exchanges appeared in the most recent tranche of files about Epstein released by the US justice department. Appearing in the files does not imply wrongdoing.

In a statement, Horner said he regrets not investigating Epstein's background, but did not see anything "weird or suspicious" during his visit.