Fact Check: Did Disney Offer Cruises to Jeffrey Epstein's Island?
Kathy Griffin, Rosie O'Donnell and Chelsea Handler have spoken out in recent months to deny claims that they spent time on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's private Caribbean island, Little St.
James.Following Epstein's death by apparent suicide in jail in 2019, lists have been shared on social media purporting to show the high-profile people who had visited the island, which is east of Puerto Rico in the United States Virgin Islands.
Epstein purchased the island in 1998 and owned it until his death.Additionally, there are allegations that a host of stars flew on Epstein's private jet, which was used to transport guests to the island and derisively called the "Lolita Express" following allegations that it was used to fly underage girls to some of his properties.Several celebrities' names have been baselessly added to the mix of Epstein's guests by a faction of social media users who have targeted public figures as part of an apparent campaign to link them to the disgraced financier's crimes.A Daily Mail article published in February claimed that soon-to-be-unsealed court documents from Epstein's case are "expected to include information pertaining to at least one 'public figure.'"According to the outlet, court documents refer to "alleged perpetrators" or individuals accused of "serious wrongdoing." The people are not named in the filing.The report added fuel to conspiracy theories about a number of celebrities accused of flying to Epstein's island aboard his jet.
Then-Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who is now a New York Jet, suggested in February that there was an Epstein "client list."There is no evidence that those who visited Epstein's island or flew on his private jet were engaged in any illegal.
