Deepak Chopra

Deepak Chopra is an American author, public speaker, and alternative-medicine advocate, born October 22, 1946, in New Delhi. He earned his medical degree from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences and emigrated to the United States in 1970. He is a prominent figure in the New Age and wellness movements and is widely associated with the concept of “quantum healing,” an approach that medical and scientific commentators have criticized as pseudoscience. News outlets covering his connection to Jeffrey Epstein have consistently described him as a “New Age guru” and best-selling wellness author.

Chopra’s name appears in the federal Epstein records released in 2026, where he is referenced thousands of times. According to CBS News, Epstein’s calendar recorded about a dozen meetings with Chopra across 2016, 2017, and 2019 — including a one-on-one appointment in Paris in November 2016 — and the two maintained frequent contact by text and email over that period. CBS reported the documents show Chopra turning to Epstein for financial advice and using him as a social connector; in one instance Epstein invited Chopra to a dinner with filmmaker Woody Allen.

Multiple outlets reported on the content of the email exchanges, which were concentrated in 2017. According to CNN, The Daily Beast, Complex, and ThePrint, a February 2017 message inviting Epstein on a trip to Israel read: “Come to Israel with us. Relax and have fun with interesting people. If you want use a fake name. Bring your girls. It will be fun to have you.” A separate March 2017 message, reported by The Daily Beast, ThePrint, and others, read: “God is a construct. Cute girls are real.” These outlets present the material as released correspondence; none reports that Chopra has been accused of, charged with, or convicted of any crime.

In a public statement after the emails surfaced, Chopra said: “I want to be clear: I was never involved in, nor did I participate in, any criminal or exploitative conduct. Any contact I had was limited and unrelated to abusive activity.” Addressing the messages, he added: “Some past email exchanges have surfaced that reflect poor judgment in tone. I regret that and understand how they read today, given what was publicly known at the time.” He also said he was “deeply saddened by the suffering of the victims in this case” and condemned “abuse and exploitation in all forms.”

In an earlier statement to CBS News in October 2025, Chopra said Epstein had been introduced to him “by Barnaby Marsh, former CEO of the Templeton Foundation, as someone who could potentially fund research on the brain and consciousness.” He said that after they met, Epstein “shared he suffered from insomnia and expressed interest in learning meditation, which I taught him,” and that their meetings “focused solely on practicing meditation, lasted about 30 minutes each.” Chopra said Epstein visited a brain-research lab at the University of California, San Diego at his suggestion but that “no projects were ever initiated as a result of our interactions.”

Following the disclosures, UC San Diego said Chopra’s association with Epstein was “regrettable.” According to KPBS, the university stated that his unpaid Voluntary Clinical Professor appointment in the School of Medicine’s Department of Family Medicine would end on June 30, 2026, and that he had no active responsibilities at the school.

Is Deepak Chopra in the Epstein files?

Yes. Deepak Chopra is referenced thousands of times in the federal Epstein records released in 2026. CBS News reported that Epstein’s calendar recorded about a dozen meetings with Chopra across 2016, 2017, and 2019, and outlets including CNN, The Daily Beast, Complex, and ThePrint reported on email exchanges between the two, concentrated in 2017, that include the “bring your girls” and “God is a construct. Cute girls are real.” messages. None of the sources reviewed here states that Chopra has been accused of, charged with, or convicted of any crime in connection with Epstein. Chopra has publicly denied any criminal or exploitative conduct while acknowledging that some past email exchanges reflected “poor judgment in tone.” Being named in these documents is not, by itself, evidence of wrongdoing.

Documents

Primary-source records that name or reference Deepak Chopra. Inclusion in these documents is not, by itself, evidence of wrongdoing; Chopra has denied any criminal or exploitative conduct.

• DOJ Epstein Files (EFTA release) — Chopra appears in email correspondence with Jeffrey Epstein among the released Justice Department Epstein materials. As reported by ThePrint and Complex, the exchanges date to around 2017; Chopra has said any contact was “limited and unrelated to abusive activity” while acknowledging that some messages “reflect poor judgment in tone.” Chopra’s name does not appear in the Jan. 2024 Giuffre v. Maxwell unsealing.