“Five Nights at Epstein”, a fan-made horror video game, has sparked concern among parents and teachers after it spread rapidly among schoolchildren.
A dark parody of the popular “Five Nights at Freddy’s” series, the browser-based game places players on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s private Caribbean island of Little St. James.
Players must survive five nights by monitoring security cameras and avoiding threats based on Epstein.
Videos on social media show students playing games on laptops.
Parents say it trivializes sexual exploitation and trafficking of minors, while some districts have moved to block access.
Epstein was arrested again in 2019 on federal charges of sex trafficking of minors. His death in 2019 in a Manhattan jail cell was ruled a suicide.
The release of millions of internal documents related to Jeffrey Epstein by the US Justice Department has revealed the late financier and sex offender’s ties to several prominent figures in politics, finance, academia and business, both before and after his 2008 conviction on prostitution charges, including soliciting an underage girl.
The Justice Department has said that the content may include fake images or false allegations, as well as obscene material.
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