Overview
- A December 19, 2013 notice told an account linked to Jeffrey Epstein that Xbox Live privileges were permanently suspended for harassment, threats, or abuse deemed severe and repeated.
- A separate Microsoft message the same day said the action was taken under a New York Attorney General partnership to remove registered sex offenders from online gaming services.
- Records indicate the account appears to have been created around October 2012, months after Microsoft joined New York’s offender-removal initiative in April 2012.
- Journalists reviewing the files say the documents do not disclose a gamertag or specify what behavior, if any, triggered enforcement beyond the generic categories listed.
- The correspondence surfaced in a large Department of Justice document release, which reporters are still reviewing for additional context and corroboration.