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Conrad Duncan
Aug 13, 2019
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Jeffrey R. Epstein is a publicist at Disney who just happens to share his name with the convicted sex offender who died in jail over the weekend.
After Epstein’s death became a lightning rod for conspiracy theorists and political cranks, the living Epstein received a deluge of abuse on Twitter.
This is how Jeffrey R. Epstein spent his weekend:
Friends: So Jeffrey, how was your weekend? Me: https://t.co/u5sVKYVftk— Jeffrey R Epstein (@Jeffrey R Epstein) 1565550585
It’s hard to say what’s dumber - attacking a random guy who happens to be called Jeffrey Epstein or tweeting at someone who is in the news for literally being dead.
R. Epstein’s friend, Community actress Yvette Nicole Brown, tried to get people to lay off him on Saturday.
As we all process what the “suicide” of that monster means for his victims, I’d like to take another moment to remi… https://t.co/VeHn8TI4oW— yvette nicole brown (@yvette nicole brown) 1565467562
And some other unfortunate namesakes commented to show their support.
There was financial planner, and not former Trump advisor, George Papadopoulos.
@EpsteinJeffrey Jeff, you will be fine. He is dead. The other George is 20 years younger than me. He and his wife a… https://t.co/Sml4d0tqzl— George Papadopoulos (@George Papadopoulos) 1565563731
Kayla Moore – who is definitely NOT the wife of Republican politician Roy Moore.
@EpsteinJeffrey This is way worse than the era of people thinking I was Roy Moore’s wife— Kayla Moore VanHoose (@Kayla Moore VanHoose) 1565576656
And Karen, who… thinks other Karens have given the name a bad reputation recently…
@EpsteinJeffrey Ooof, that sucks. Not at ALL the same thing, but it's been tough having the name "Karen" lately. Us… https://t.co/Bt6NOTvNs2— Karen Hallion (@Karen Hallion) 1565559886
While we’re on the subject, let’s remember the hard life of computer scientist John Lewis, who has to remind the internet every Christmas that he is not the UK retail store.
You've been asking about the John Lewis advert, well here it is... @TwitterUK gave me a starring role in my very o… https://t.co/yEbJE2dfxX— John Lewis (@John Lewis) 1542632801
According to HowManyOfMe.com, there were 48 people in the US with the name "Jeffrey Epstein" at the time of the last census.
HT: The Daily Dot
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