Dalai Lama’s Office Refutes ‘Baseless’ Claims Linking Him to Jeffrey Epstein

The Dalai Lama’s office has strongly denied reports attempting to link the Tibetan spiritual leader with late US financier Jeffrey Epstein, calling the claims false, baseless and unsupported by facts.

The office of the 14th Dalai Lama on Sunday firmly rejected media and social media reports attempting to link the Tibetan spiritual leader with late US financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, describing the claims as “baseless, false and completely without facts.”

In an official statement issued here, the Dalai Lama’s office categorically denied any association between the two.

“We can unequivocally confirm that the Dalai Lama has never met Jeffrey Epstein, nor did he ever authorise any meeting or interaction with him by anyone acting on his behalf,” the statement said.

The clarification comes amid renewed speculation following the recent release of investigative material related to Epstein by the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). Some media reports and online posts cited the appearance of the Dalai Lama’s name in the documents and attempted to draw speculative links between Epstein and several prominent public figures.

Addressing the issue on social media platform X, the Dalai Lama’s office reiterated that the claims were entirely unfounded.
“Some recent media reports and social media posts concerning the ‘Epstein files’ are attempting to link the Dalai Lama with Jeffrey Epstein. These claims are false,” the post stated.

The controversy emerged more than a week after the DOJ, on January 31, released a vast collection of materials connected to federal investigations into Epstein. The disclosure includes over three million pages of records, more than 2,000 videos and around 180,000 images.

The release was carried out under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, legislation aimed at ensuring public access to all federal records related to Epstein, following long-standing public demands for greater transparency.

Epstein, who had extensive links with influential figures across political, business and social circles, died by suicide in a New York jail in 2019 while awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charges.

Since his death, periodic disclosures of investigative records have repeatedly triggered speculation and controversy, often prompting clarifications and denials from individuals whose names appear or are referenced in the documents, even when no wrongdoing is alleged.

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