Staff Reports
It was the talk of the town as numerous social media users claimed on Wednesday that ABC’s very own Jimmy Kimmel had been implicated in newly released documents related to the despicable Jeffrey Epstein. The documents named over 150 people connected to Epstein, including former President Bill Clinton, but shockingly, Kimmel’s name didn’t make the cut.
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The documents, which were unleashed by a judge in New York and are part of a lawsuit filed by Virginia Giuffre, who has accused Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell of trafficking her, had caused quite the stir. And to add fuel to the fire, NFL quarterback Aaron Rodgers had stirred the pot even more by hinting at Kimmel’s involvement prior to the release.
Kimmel hit back at Rodgers’ insinuations, denying any ties to the heinous Epstein. In fact, Kimmel was so furious that he took to X to express his outrage, lashing out at Rodgers for putting his family in danger with such baseless claims. Kimmel made it clear that he had no association with Epstein whatsoever, and he wasn’t going to let anybody tarnish his name.
However, when the Epstein documents finally came out, Kimmel’s name went viral on X as a fake snippet of the records started making the rounds. This bogus document falsely suggested that Kimmel had participated in unspeakable acts with a young woman or girl under Epstein’s sinister influence.
The fake document was quickly shut down by community notes on X labeling it as a phony, and rightfully so! But the icing on the cake? The snippet in question didn’t even make an appearance in the actual records released by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Sure, Kimmel might have a distant connection to Epstein through his longtime friend Adam Perry Lang, who was Epstein’s personal chef. But when it comes to the documents released on Wednesday, Kimmel’s name is nowhere to be found among Epstein’s accomplices.
