The undated and unlocated iMessage text and image above appeared on a handout released by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee, on December 18, 2025. It shows late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and US filmmaker Woody Allen. It appears that they had a humorous conversation about eating hearts and bones.

Woody Allen is part of a long list of names that feature in the documents released by the Department of Justice on January 30. Netizens have flagged Allen and Epstein’s exchange as eerie, creepy and disgusting, expressing shock at the dark humour at play. In the chat, Epstein tells Allen,

“He didn’t just cause heartburn, he ate them. Hearts.”

“Thanks. At least I’m thinner.”

“Because you also eat the bones, providing fibre.”

“I don’t like waste.”

Comedy is Allen’s business, and cannibal jokes are common.

However, the exchange between Epstein and Allen immediately triggered further speculation about Epstein’s purported cannibalism, as covered in this blog last week. Although there is no direct evidence of the sex offender or his guests eating human remains, social media has been abuzz.

Epstein and Allen were neighbours in New York City and had known each other for a long time. Allen and his wife, Soon-Yi Previn, reportedly dined with Epstein and attended common gatherings where famous names from media and academia were also present. In 2015, Epstein used his contacts in the Obama administration to arrange a White House tour for Allen and Previn. However, there is no evidence of Allen being linked to Epstein’s sex crimes.

Woody Allen was at the centre of another controversy in 1992 when he started dating Soon-Yi Previn, who was 21 at the time, while he was 56. Soon-Yi was the adopted daughter of Allen’s then-girlfriend Mia Farrow.

Allen was also investigated over allegations by farrow that he had assaulted their adopted daughter, Dylan Farrow, who was seven at the time. Epstein and Allen were in touch during all these times. Their correspondence shows that they supported each other during the controversies. Maybe Jeffrey hoped that Woody was a kindred spirit.

Another document has raised speculation of a link between Epstein and the disappearance of three-year-old Madeleine McCann, who was taken from the Ocean Club in Praia da Luz, Portugal in 2007. According to an unnamed witness, Madeleine (or a child of the age she would have been then) was seen was a woman who looked a lot like Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s former partner, in 2009.

Rampant speculation and muckraking, but I guess it’s only a matter of time before every lost child will be rumoured to have been in Epstein’s bed or on his table.