Epstein reporter erupts at media over Pablo Torre slight after his Clippers vindication
After the NBA handed the Clippers a historic punishment, one of the country’s most decorated investigative journalists believes Pablo Torre still isn’t getting enough credit.Miami Herald reporter Julie K.Brown, whose “Perversion of Justice” investigation helped expose Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse and the system that protected him, ripped The New York Times and The Athletic for what she viewed as minimizing Torre’s role in uncovering the Clippers scandal.“It is shameful that @nytimes @TheAthletic buried the fact that the biggest punishment in NBA history was the result of an investigation by journalist @PabloTorre,” Brown wrote on X.
“And to call it the result of a ‘podcast episode’ is a further slap in the face.”Brown received a 2026 Pulitzer special citation for her groundbreaking Epstein reporting.The Pulitzer board honored her work for exposing Epstein’s abuse, the justice system that protected him and the powerful network surrounding him.Torre and the staff of “Pablo Torre Finds Out,” meanwhile, won the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Audio Reporting specifically for their investigation into how the Clippers seemingly circumvented NBA salary cap rules.The New York Post first detailed Torre’s bombshell reporting on Kawhi Leonard’s $28 million “no-show” endorsement deal in September 2025.Torre continued uncovering pieces of the financial relationship in the weeks that followed, including a $21 million Aspiration paper trail involving the Clippers.A year later, the NBA concluded that the Clippers committed a “pattern of misconduct and multiple significant rules violations” by facilitating outside income opportunities for Leonard with companies doing business with the franchise.
Los Angeles was fined $30 million and stripped of five first-round picks, while owner Steve Ballmer received a one-year suspension.The league also suspended Clippers executives Gillian Zucker and Lawrence Frank, fined Leonard $700,000 and banned Leonard’s for...