Fortnite developer Epic Video games says the account some individuals believed to be linked to Jeffrey Epstein is a “ruse.” In a reply on X, the developer writes, “an present Fortnite account proprietor modified their username” to “littlestjeff1,” an alias noticed in several emailed receipts from YouTube within the Epstein information.
The e-mail means that “littlestjeff1” might have been linked to Epstein’s YouTube account, prompting on-line sleuths to seek for the username on different platforms. Customers later uncovered a “littlestjeff1” account on Fortnite, together with a 2019 email that mentions buying VBucks in Fortnite — although the sender and recipient are redacted. On-line participant databases confirmed that the “littlestjeff1” account has been energetic on Fortnite, fueling conspiracy theories that Epstein remains to be alive.
However Epic Video games has since debunked these claims, saying {that a} Fortnite participant modified their identify “following the revelation of littlestjeff1 as a reputation on YouTube.” The corporate provides that the Fortnite trackers, the place individuals uncovered the alias, “solely show your present identify, not any prior modifications to it,” and that it has “no file” of Epstein’s electronic mail addresses talked about within the information.
“Somebody’s been having enjoyable renaming their Fortnite account, however it’s latest and never linked to the e-mail addresses within the archive,” Epic Video games CEO Tim Sweeney says on X.
