Emails show Jeffrey Epstein was banned from Xbox Live in 2013

Early today the Department of Justice released more than three million pages tied to Jeffrey Epstein, and researchers digging through the documents found emails showing Epstein was banned from Xbox Live in 2013.

Xbox Era spotted a December 2013 email from Microsoft/Xbox Live sent to an email address used by Epstein that said his Xbox account had been banned permanently due to “harassment, threats, and/or abuse of other players.”

A follow-up email a few hours later made clear the ban was because Epstein was a registered sex offender, saying Xbox works with law enforcement to keep registered sex offenders off its gaming network.

Context in the dump shows Microsoft joined a New York-led legal initiative to remove registered sex offenders from online platforms in April 2012, and another email spotted by The Verge appears to indicate Epstein didn’t create an Xbox account until October 2012, so it took some time before Xbox identified and removed the account in December 2013.

It’s unclear if Epstein actually used the Xbox Live account. Other messages in the release include him asking about an Xbox 360 Kinect in 2014 and a 2019 message asking, “Why is there a $25.24 charge on Xbox?”

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