How many people have accused Jeffrey Epstein of eating humans
Executive summary
At least two identifiable sources have made or are associated with allegations that Jeffrey Epstein or his social circle ate humans: a viral 2009 video by Mexican model Gabriela Rico Jiménez in which she claimed attendees at a wealthy gathering “ate a person” (widely revisited after the 2026 DOJ release) and an anonymous man interviewed by the FBI whose notes in the newly released files reference “ritualistic sacrifice” and other grisly conduct though not explicitly cannibalism in his recorded account (and who did not provide corroborating evidence) [1] [2].
1. The Jiménez clip and its revival in 2026
Gabriela Rico Jiménez’s 2009 on-camera assertions that she attended a private party where “they ate a person” resurfaced after the Department of Justice’s January 2026 tranche of Epstein-related documents prompted renewed attention to grisly allegations in those files; multiple outlets report the clip and say there is no direct evidence linking her claims to Epstein, only that some documents reference extreme abuse at a yacht party that reignited interest in her video [1] [3] [4].
2. The anonymous FBI interview and what it actually says
Reporting and fact-checking of the DOJ dump identify an FBI interview with an unidentified man whose written statements allege “ritualistic sacrifice” and graphic abuse, including dismemberment and ingestion of feces, but Snopes and other reporters note the man did not provide corroborating evidence and, according to the documents, did not use the word “cannibalism” in the interview itself [2] [5].
3. Social media amplification versus documented accusers
Since the files were released, numerous unverified social posts, conspiracy threads, and recycled QAnon-style narratives have multiplied claims that Epstein “ate babies” or that others at his parties practiced cannibalism; mainstream outlets and fact-checkers emphasize these are amplifications and interpretations of ambiguous, uncorroborated passages in the files rather than new, separately documented accusers in the DOJ material [3] [6] [7].
4. What the released documents actually show and what they do not
The DOJ’s 2026 release runs to millions of pages and includes references to extreme allegations, correspondence, party lists, witness notes and redacted material — and reporters caution that the trove contains allegations, not proven facts; the New York Times and NPR stress the files include many unverified claims and that investigators withheld material depicting explicit abuse or death, while victims’ lawyers complain about careless redactions and exposed survivor information [5] [8] [9].
5. Counting accusers: the evidence-based conclusion
Based on available, sourced reporting of the DOJ release and follow-up fact-checks, only a very small number of named or identifiable persons are directly associated with claims implying consumption of human remains: Gabriela Rico Jiménez (her 2009 video) and an unnamed male source recorded by the FBI in 2019 whose account contains ritualistic allegations but no corroborated claim of cannibalism and no evidentiary support in the files; beyond these two, the surge in accusations is primarily online amplification of sensational passages rather than documented, additional accusers in the released records [1] [2] [10].
6. Caveats, alternative views and what remains unknown
Journalistic coverage and fact-checking converge on the point that the DOJ material contains disturbing allegations that merit investigation, and some survivors and advocates demand deeper scrutiny of third parties named in the files [11] [12], yet authoritative sources warn against treating every allegation in the dump as verified fact; importantly, the public record as represented in the cited reporting does not produce a larger, enumerated list of people who have credibly accused Epstein of eating humans, so the answer remains that only a couple of discrete sources have made such claims in the materials and media coverage to date [5] [2].