Pokemon Go removes Pokestop from Epstein's island and it's left people with questions
Topics: Gaming, Jeffrey Epstein, Pokemon, US News
Callum Jones
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Topics: Gaming, Jeffrey Epstein, Pokemon, US News
The popular mobile game Pokemon Go has removed a Pokestop from Jeffrey Epstein's island following the latest release of files related to the convicted sex offender last month.
Cast your mind back to summer 2016 when Pokemon Go released and it seemed as though everyone had their phones out playing the latest hit.
While that was somehow ten years ago, Pokemon Go remains a popular game in 2026 and updates from developer Niantic are continuing to be released to this day.
For those unaware of how Pokemon Go works, it uses the GPS on mobile phones to find, catch, train, and fight Pokemon in the real world.
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So no matter where you may be, whether it's coming back from work, or having a family day out, you can whip your phone out and play a bit of Pokemon.
In a recent development, the team behind Pokemon Go has removed a Pokestop from Epstein's notorious island.
The stop, named 'Sun Dial', had been on Little Saint James in the US Virgin Islands until very recently, though Niantic confirmed to GAMINGbible this week that the stop to catch Pokemon had been taken out of the game.
It's believed the infamous location was submitted for the app between 2020 and 2021, while sources state the coordinates for the Pokestop match that of somewhere on Epstein island.
While the developer of Pokemon Go may have removed the stop from the game, that hasn't stopped fans from taking to social media to express their shock it was even in the game in the first place.
"Why was there one in the first place??????" one person asked on X, while a second noted: "You have to physically go to a location to submit it for a PokéStop... so who tf added it."
There is a probable explanation for the Pokestop on Epstein Island, GAMINGbible notes, and it's all down to Niantic Wayfarer.
The developer platform is used to suggest in-game locations for Pokemon Go, so it's certainly possible a user thought Epstein Island would make for a good Pokestop as a joke.
Following the release of the latest batch of Epstein files last month, US Attorney General Pam Bondi has been speaking under oath at a congressional hearing regarding the justice department's handling of the documents related to the sex offender.
The House Judiciary Committee posed questions to the attorney general about how the DOJ decided what information should and should not be made public as per the rules in the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which permitted the Trump administration to release files related to the former financier.