Category: Video games
Jeffrey Epstein was BANNED from Xbox Live — for harassing other gamers
Whatever the scope of Bill Gates’ relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, Microsoft seemingly had at least a few reasons to ban the shadowy financier and sex abuser from its gaming platform.
Although Epstein was first convicted of sexual abuse crimes in 2008, it appears he had several more years of gaming left in him.
‘”Severe, repeated, and/or excessive” mistreatment of his peers.’
While most were likely gearing up for the Christmas season at the time, Epstein may have been hitting Microsoft’s online gaming platform Xbox Live hard around the holidays. It was Thursday, December 19, 2013, when Epstein got an email from the service that informed him he was getting permanently banned. The document has been made available by the Department of Justice.
The email to Epstein was labeled a “Notice of permanent enforcement action” for “Harassment, threats, and/or abuse” from xlcm@microsoft.com, which has been noted online as Xbox’s official policy and enforcement team.
The ban came as a result of “severe, repeated, and/or excessive” mistreatment of his peers, the email said. It also provided a list of Epstein’s possible conduct that could have initiated the ban:
- Threats of death, harm, property damage, or any other act of violence or vandalism
- Verbal abuse or profanity directed at other players
- Griefing
- Extortion or manipulation
- Libel, defamation, or slander
- Display or transmission of personally identifiable information, such as name, address, phone number, or IP address
- Stalking
But that wasn’t all.
RELATED: 25 years later, the gaming console that caused so much chaos is still No. 1
That same day, Epstein received another email to his connected account, jeevacation@gmail.com; the sender has been redacted.
This email informed him that he had been permanently suspended from Xbox Live due to the New York Attorney General’s partnership with Microsoft, which prohibits the service from having “New York registered sex offenders” on its platform.
This was done to “minimize the risk to others, particularly children,” the email stated.
While Epstein was already a registered sex offender years prior, it seems that he did not join the Xbox platform until 2012.
RELATED: OOF: Mark Zuckerberg’s losing metaverse bet cost Meta $77B
Photo by JOHN GURZINSKI/AFP via Getty Images
This is evidenced by a 2012 “Welcome to Xbox LIVE” email he received, which was also made available by the DOJ.
Other video game-related emails include Epstein asking his assistant Lesley Groff if he has “an Xbox 360 Kinect?” in 2014, and there is another email from 2016 that talks about setting up an Xbox One that was purchased as a gift.
Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!
Charlie Kirk murder online role play banned from Grand Theft Auto: ‘Tasteless, unacceptable’
The online world for Grand Theft Auto V is seeing a rare instance of censorship despite its usually anything-goes environment.
GTA Online is the game’s online platform, which has thrived for more than a dozen years since its original 2013 release.
‘Tasteless, unacceptable, and inappropriate.’
In December, publisher Rockstar Games launched a feature that allows players to design and publish their own missions online for other users to play. At this point in the game’s lifespan, this was about the only thing that users could not yet do.
It only took a few days for this feature to be immediately taken to its limits, though, as at least one user took it upon themselves to recreate the murder of Charlie Kirk, which happened on September 10, 2025.
A user named “Yaarpen98” created a mission titled “We are Charlie Kirk,” in which the gamer is meant to go on a rooftop and shoot a person standing in front of school under a fruit stand.
YouTuber ICER relayed fan reactions to the created mission, saying it had users split, with half of the fans saying it was simply dark humor and an example of player freedom. The other half of fans, he explained, described the mission as “tasteless, unacceptable, and inappropriate.”
He added some have argued that “players have crossed a line that even the developers should not tolerate.”
RELATED: Honor Charlie and put America first at the ballot box in 2026
As reported by Variety, Rockstar Games has banned missions of this nature and added “Charlie Kirk” to its list of prohibited terms through its “profanity filter.” Furthermore, the developers will change the name of this tool to something that reflects how it will be used to flag content violations, not just profanity.
Rockstar’s community guidelines already prohibit showcasing “violent extremism,” which includes “glorification or promotion of real-world terrorist, extremist, or criminal organizations and their ideologies.”
This rule has already been allegedly enforced in regard to rapper and producer Sean “Diddy” Combs, after missions that recreated a raid on his home were removed.
RELATED: Conor McGregor removed from Hitman video game after losing sexual assault case
Photo by Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune/Getty Images
A user named “Vexnyllith” said he created a mission that had authorities raiding the home of a “celebrity” known for “hosting parties and is wanted for serious crimes.”
The user said he also created a mission called “Diddy Disciples,” but both missions were removed. He then vowed to create a new series of missions and advised fans to follow him.
The mission creation feature is similar to that of Hitman Online, which also sparked controversy when UFC fighter Conor McGregor was removed from the game over real-life legal troubles.
Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!
