qwant news | Deepak Chopra, Jeffrey Epstein and those "cute girls" emails
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In July 2016 the best‑selling author and wellness guru Deepak Chopra began a prolific email correspondence with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, thanking him for hospitality, sharing inside jokes, discussing consciousness and “human‑made reality,” and repeatedly inviting Epstein and his “girls” to retreats, workshops and trips abroad; the Department of Justice’s released files show Chopra’s name over 3,300 times, reflecting an intimate, affectionate relationship that went beyond a purely business connection, though there is no evidence he knew about or participated in Epstein’s sexual crimes. The friendship, revealed through dozens of messages—including casual references to the young women who accompanied Epstein—has spurred criticism of Chopra’s credibility and prompted broader scrutiny of the New‑Age wellness industry’s celebrity‑guru model, leading UC San Diego to end his unpaid professorship, a Canadian New‑Age bookstore to stop carrying his titles, and numerous former supporters to publicly denounce his conduct as poor judgment and a symptom of an industry lacking accountability.
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