He Dalai Lama “never met” Jeffrey Epsteinhis office indicated this Sunday after Chinese media reported that his name appears in the files published by the United States.
An investigation of the millions of documents from the Epstein file, released by the United States Department of Justice and consulted, recorded that The Dalai Lama’s name appears 154 times.
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However, there is no mention of a meeting between the two.
“Some recent media articles and social media posts about the ‘Epstein files’ try to establish a relationship between His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Jeffrey Epstein“declared the office of the spiritual leader.
“We can confirm without mistake that His Holiness never met Jeffrey Epstein nor did he authorize anyone to view or interact with him on his behalf“adds the statement.
Epstein case
The state chain China Global Television Network (CGTN) reported Thursday that the Dalai Lama appears at least 169 times in the Epstein case documents.
According to CGTN, a 2012 email from a censored sender suggested a person attend an event on an island where “The Dalai Lama would come.”
The mere mention of a person’s name in the Epstein documents It does not imply that that person committed a reprehensible act.
Epstein was convicted in 2008 of soliciting the services of a minor for prostitution and committed suicide in 2019 while he was in prison.
Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and 90 years old, the Dalai Lama was only 23 years old when he fled the Tibetan capital Lhasa, fearing for his life after Chinese troops suppressed an uprising in 1959.
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He never returned from his exile in northern India. It has millions of followers throughout the world, among them many famous people.
(With information from AFP)
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