Sequel Med Tech, a Manchester-based company that builds technologies for people with diabetes, also announced this week that Kamen was cleared of any wrongdoing, and would return to its board of directors.
In a statement issued Wednesday, Laurie Leshin, FIRST’s board chair, said Kamen was voluntarily withdrawing from all FIRST activities.
I wasn’t around in the ’80s, but lucky for me it was such an iconic era that there were lasting echoes which managed to reach even us kids from the late nineties and early 2000s. One of those echoes was the satanic panic. It’s a fascinating yet devastating situation that started as a mistake and snowballed into a conspiracy that affected thousands, resulting in decades of trauma, jail time, and, more relevant than ever, the modern interpretation of the Epstein files.
FIRST, the Manchester-based youth science organization founded by New Hampshire inventor Dean Kamen, says it has placed him on leave from “all activities” related to its work, while it reviews recent revelations of Kamen’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.