WASHINGTON — A newly released email in the unclassified Epstein Files contains graphic and allegations tied to the late financier Jeffrey Epstein, though the sender and recipient are redacted.
The email is dated December 29, 2020, and carries the subject line “Re: [EXTERNAL EMAIL] – Hello again.” It references screenshots uploaded to a shared cloud drive under a folder labeled “Canada” and includes a link to a People magazine article.
In the message, the writer recounts a story allegedly told by a friend involving “RT Rudolph” and “Rudi Tanzi, Harvard scientist for Epstein,” an apparent reference to Rudolph Tanzi of Harvard University. Tanzi has not been charged in connection with Epstein’s crimes.
The email describes an alleged encounter from when the writer was about 4 years old. The writer claims “RT actually hid behind the bush outside my home” and that a girl whispered “it was a set up.” The message states, “I was just shocked to see that it was him.”
The writer also claims noticing “red lines on the back of his jeans” and later being told the marks were blood. The email includes the statement: “I was then told that stuff in his pants was blood.”
The message repeats claims that people connected to Epstein were “harvesting Adrenochrome n organs” in what the writer calls an “underground temple on the island.” The writer insists, “It’s not a made up conspiracy. It’s real,” but also acknowledges, “I was just told these things… I was never at any of these locations. I believe it though.”
The email further claims, without evidence, that permits were requested to dig deep on Epstein’s property but that excavation occurred elsewhere. It also references “black buckets” allegedly ordered from China, stating, “Because white buckets stained.”
The document includes internal reference numbers EFTA00165018 through EFTA00165023 and appears to contain screenshots of a messaging conversation. The released material does not indicate whether the claims were investigated or substantiated.
Epstein died in federal custody in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.