Tech wives knew 'something terrible' was happening on Epstein's island: 'We need to leave'

Former wives of tech leaders have told a longtime journalist that they sensed something was off when they visited late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's island.

Technology journalist and podcast host Kara Swisher told a CNN panel on Wednesday that several people have come to her and shared their experiences about interactions with Epstein and concerns about what was happening at the time on Little Saint James, his private island in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

"And by the way, other - let me tell you, during that time, a lot of those tech people went, and the only people who ever said things to me were often the wives of those people — now the ex-wives," Swisher said.

"But I had someone say to me, a wife of a very prominent technologist, they had gone to the island. She landed, looked around and said, 'We need to leave here. Something terrible is going on here. Why are we here?' And the husband was like, 'Why? What's wrong?' Like that kind of thing," Swisher said.