The Jeffrey Epstein Fortnite account is fake

Fortnite developer Epic Games says the relationship immoderate group believed to beryllium linked to Jeffrey Epstein is simply a “ruse.” In a reply connected X, the developer writes, “an existing Fortnite relationship proprietor changed their username” to “littlestjeff1,” an othername spotted successful several emailed receipts from YouTube successful the Epstein files.

The email suggests that “littlestjeff1” whitethorn person been connected to Epstein’s YouTube account, prompting online sleuths to hunt for the username connected different platforms. Users later uncovered a “littlestjeff1” account connected Fortnite, on pinch a 2019 email that mentions purchasing VBucks successful Fortnite — though the sender and recipient are redacted. Online subordinate databases showed that the “littlestjeff1” relationship has been progressive connected Fortnite, fueling conspiracy theories that Epstein is still alive.

But Epic Games has since debunked these claims, saying that a Fortnite subordinate changed their sanction “following the revelation of littlestjeff1 arsenic a sanction connected YouTube.” The institution adds that the Fortnite trackers, wherever group uncovered the alias, “only show your existent name, not immoderate anterior changes to it,” and that it has “no record” of Epstein’s email addresses mentioned successful the files.

“Someone’s been having nosy renaming their Fortnite account, but it’s caller and not connected to the email addresses successful the archive,” Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney says connected X.