Staff Reporter:
The Dalai Lama has denied ever meeting paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein after he was named dozens of times in the latest release of the Epstein files. The office for the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism released a statement on Sunday in response to “social media posts… attempting to link His Holiness the Dalai Lama with Jeffrey Epstein”.
There are more than 150 references to the Dalai Lama in the full Epstein library, which includes more than 3 million new pages added by the US Justice Department at the end of January. In correspondence from 2015, Epstein told associates of his plans to meet with Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama. One email to Epstein asked if a dinner with the Buddhist leader was “fixed”, to which Epstein only replied: “Talk Tomorw”
“Some recent media reports and social media posts concerning the ‘Epstein files’ are attempting to link His Holiness the Dalai Lama with Jeffrey Epstein,” it read.
“We can unequivocally confirm that His Holiness has never met Jeffrey Epstein or authorised any meeting or interaction with him by anyone on His Holiness’s behalf.” The latest tranche of emails suggests that Epstein was trying to arrange a dinner with the Dalai Lama, famous linguist Noam Chomsky and Woody Allen in May 2015.
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