'Never Met Jeffrey': Dalai Lama Rejects Links With Epstein Files

New Delhi:  The Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama on Sunday denied the media reports and social media posts attempting to link the Tibetan Buddhist leader with deceased sex convict Jeffrey Epstein.

What did Dalai Lama say?

The Dalai Lama’s office in an official statement, said, "Some recent media reports and social media posts concerning the ‘Epstein files’ are attempting to link His Holiness the Dalai Lama with Jeffrey Epstein."

He further said that, "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 clarification statement comes after several media outlets, citing documents from the United States Department of Justice (DoJ).

The documents reported that the Dalai Lama’s name appeared 169 times in the widely discussed Epstein files.

The Buddhist leader's name allegedly appeared in multiple personal emails and in the index of a book titled ‘Massage for Dummies’, which was included as a scanned document in files released earlier as part of the Epstein case records, according to some reports.

The 90-year-old Buddhist leader was announced as a Grammy winner earlier this month for his audiobook Meditations: The Reflections of His Holiness The Dalai Lama.

Which files did US release?

Last month, the United States Department of Justice released a large new collection of files publicly that was linked to Jeffrey Epstein. 

The documents reportedly include more than three million files, with names of US President Donald Trump, Microsoft co‑founder Bill Gates and billionaire Elon Musk, and with more than three million files, with over 2,000 videos and around 180,000 photographs.

The files also mentions the name of the Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama.