Is there much direct evidence of sexual misconduct vs just influence peddling?

FWIW, I found:

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/opinion/ezra-klein-podcas...

An interesting listen on this world (which I assume goes way beyond Epstein (sans sex trafficking) in elite circles) of favors, status seeking and influence peddling between cultural, academic, political and financial elites.

A glance at Wikipedia shows that this is somewhere between misleading overstatement and gross hyperbole, and under contention besides.

Downvoting won’t hide the truth.

Y’all are welcome to offer a counterpoint, and yet…