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The bureau of the Dalai Lama said connected Sunday (February 8, 2026) that helium had ne'er met convicted enactment offender Jeffrey Epstein, aft Chinese media reported the Tibetan Buddhist leader's sanction was mentioned successful a cache of files released by the U.S. Government.
The U.S. Justice Department published past period the latest tranche of the Epstein files — much than 3 cardinal documents, photos and videos related to its probe into the disgraced financier.
An AFP search of the files recovered the Dalai Lama's sanction was mentioned much than 150 times with nary notation of him gathering oregon interacting with Epstein. The specified notation of someone's sanction successful the Epstein files does not successful itself connote immoderate wrongdoing by that person.
"Some caller media reports and societal media posts concerning the "Epstein files" are attempting to nexus His Holiness the Dalai Lama with Jeffrey Epstein," the leader's bureau said successful a connection posted connected X.
"We tin unequivocally corroborate that His Holiness has ne'er met Jeffrey Epstein oregon authorised immoderate gathering oregon enactment with him by anyone connected His Holiness's behalf," it added.
On Thursday (February 5, 2026), State-run broadcaster the China Global Television Network (CGTN) reported that the Dalai Lama appeared astatine slightest 169 times successful the Epstein files and mentioned an email successful which an chartless sender told Epstein helium was considering going to an lawsuit the Dalai Lama was acceptable to attend.
The 90-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner fled the Tibetan superior Lhasa astatine the property of 23, successful fearfulness for his beingness aft Chinese troops crushed an uprising successful 1959 pursuing their annexation of Tibet successful 1951. He present lives successful exile successful the bluish Indian municipality of Dharamsala and leads a propulsion for greater autonomy for Tibetans that China has condemned, calling the spiritual person a rebel and a separatist.
A hunt into the Epstein files, released by the U.S. DOJ and accessed by AFP produced 154 results astir the Dalai Lama. AFP did not place immoderate notation oregon proposition of a gathering betwixt the Dalai Lama and Epstein.
The email mentioned by CGTN and seen by AFP was sent by a idiosyncratic whose sanction is redacted, successful which they constitute to Epstein: "About the lawsuit I told u astir a period agone connected the land that the Dalai Lama is coming and I privation to spell determination to spot him. But I tin skip this lawsuit if u request my assistance today."
The idiosyncratic writes successful a aboriginal email: "going present to the lawsuit with the Dalai Lama". There is nary notation successful the emails that the idiosyncratic really met oregon saw the Dalai Lama, who implicit the years has made galore nationalist appearances crossed the world.
Epstein was convicted successful 2008 for soliciting a insignificant for prostitution. He died by termination successful 2019 portion successful situation facing enactment trafficking charges. Several high-profile nationalist figures person been caught up successful the latest U.S. merchandise of the documents linked to the financier, with immoderate resigning from their jobs, facing authoritative inquiries and nationalist questioning.
