Just being in a flight with Epstein doesn't mean you're a pedophile. Imagine you become a multimillionaire in the 2000s. You start going to networking parties. Someone introduces you to Epstein, who has a lot of money and is well connected. As you two hit it along, he offers you a flight on his plane from wherever you are back to your home city. You agree, because you're networking. Nothing strange happens in the flight. The air hostesses are young and cute, but you don't even suspect they're underage. Without you knowing, Epstein is gauging your reactions to them, to see if you're someone he can make certain future offers to. If you fall for lust, maybe next month you end up on his island, doing it on hidden camera with an underage teen and become a de-facto vassal. But back in the first flight you weren't necessarily guilty of anything. Your name being published as having flown with him could ruin your life unfairly. It would be guilt by association. There is a legitimate argument for handling this with delicacy.