July 29, 2026

A bombshell report has blown open decades of alleged sexual abuse at prestigious Interlochen Center for the Arts, with 70 former students accusing nearly 50 adults — including staff, visiting artists, board members and even Jeffrey Epstein — of grooming, touching and assault from the 1950s through the 2010s. The 97-page investigation calls the findings “simply devastating,” and Interlochen says it has turned names over to authorities as the scandal threatens to stain one of the Midwest’s most elite arts schools and camps.

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