Reasoning

Darren Indyke, Epstein's attorney, forwarding information about a forthcoming book alleging child rapes and federal cover-up to unidentified recipients suggests reputation management and concealment signaling (baseline 0.3-0.5 for reputation-management activity). The upstream allegation of child sexual abuse elevates this above baseline. Confidence is moderate due to ambiguity about recipients and intent, though the timing (2 months pre-publication) suggests advance damage control.