Peter Attia steps aside from CBS News role after fallout from Epstein files

On February 2, he also stepped down as chief science officer of protein-bar company David Protein

Peter Attia's name appears more than 1,700 times in the trove of three million documents released as part of the Epstein files by the US Department of Justice on January 30. File picture: Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images

Longevity expert Dr Peter Attia has stepped aside as a contributor to CBS News, three weeks after his emails with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein became public.

Attia's name appears more than 1,700 times in the trove of three million documents released as part of the Epstein files by the US Department of Justice on January 30.