Earl Anthony Wayne

INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY

Earl Anthony Wayne, a former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico (2011-2015) and current professor at American University, has been named in declassified Epstein files based on unverified allegations by Kenneth Darrell Turner, an FBI informant. Turner claimed in a 2019 email that Wayne sexually abused an 11-year-old girl in Mexico and was sentenced to life imprisonment, allegedly with another person serving his sentence. However, the American Academy of Diplomacy formally rejected these allegations as false and malicious on February 5, 2026. The Academy noted that the allegations reference a 2014 party and 2017 trial, yet Wayne retired from the Foreign Service in 2015, before the alleged trial. The Academy confirmed with relevant State Department officials that no such allegations were ever reported through proper channels. The FBI's own October 2019 internal document stated that Turner provided no evidence to support his claims. Multiple fact-checks have identified false elements in Turner's narrative, including his claim of a 2014 U.S. Embassy raid. Wayne has categorically denied the allegations as factually baseless and contradicting the public record.