Dalai Lama’s office says he never met Jeffrey Epstein

“Press Statement: Some recent media reports and social media posts regarding the ‘Epstein Files’ attempt to link His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Jeffrey Epstein. We state unequivocally that His Holiness has never met with Jeffrey Epstein or authorized anyone on His Holiness’s behalf to have any meeting or interaction with him,” the release said.

The Dalai Lama’s name is indeed mentioned more than 150 times in various contexts in the Epstein files. However, publications about possible contacts between the Dalai Lama and Epstein were not based on documented evidence.