Newly released documents reveal that Jeffrey Epstein was permanently suspended from Xbox Live in December 2013 as part of a broader Microsoft initiative to remove registered sex offenders from its online gaming platform.
The suspension, confirmed by an email from Microsoft, was tied to a partnership between the New York Attorney General and several gaming companies, including Sony, EA, Warner Bros., Disney, Blizzard, and Apple, to purge accounts of over 3,500 registered sex offenders in New York state.
Epstein, who died in 2019 while awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charges, became a registered sex offender in 2008 after pleading guilty to solicitation of prostitution and procuring a child for prostitution. He served 13 months of an 18-month sentence under a controversial plea deal.
Emails suggest Epstein joined Xbox Live in October 2012, months after the crackdown was announced in April 2012. Other correspondence shows he inquired about an Xbox 360 Kinect in 2014 and discussed buying an Xbox One S in 2016.
Former Xbox Live senior director Larry Hryb, known as Major Nelson, commented on the revelation, stating, 'Our team was thorough, I’ll give them that.'
