What is Palm Beach Pete's job? Details explored as his video of flying private goes viral under suspicion 

Palm Beach Pete (Image via YouTube/The Nicky Gordo Show)
Palm Beach Pete (Image via YouTube/The Nicky Gordo Show)

Palm Beach Pete, the lookalike of Jeffrey Epstein, has gone viral after he shared a video of himself flying private.

The viral clip, which has been circulated on social media, has sparked fresh conspiracy theories. The video shows him recording while standing in front of a private jet. He tells his followers that he is in Los Angeles to shoot some content and then he will be flying back to Vegas.

He went viral in mid-March when secretly filmed by another driver driving a convertible on I-95 near Palm Beach. The clip sparked buzz online and he became an overnight sensation because of his striking resemblance to Epstein.

According to a Miami Herald report, Palm Beach Pete is a retired commercial real estate executive based in Florida who previously lived in New York City. He is a former Division 1 tennis player and a gold medalist. He made an appearance on The Nicky Gordo Show.

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All you need to know about Palm Beach Pete

Palm Beach Pete’s new video has drawn a sudden interest in his life.

He first gained attention when someone shared a video of the South Florida man driving a convertible on I-95 near Palm Beach. Bystanders yelled:

“Epstein is alive!”

In the viral video, Pete was seen sporting gray hairs, sunglasses and a baseball cap, which he wore backwards. The clip gained millions of views within hours as netizens began speculating whether he was Jeffrey Epstein.

After becoming aware of his viral video, Palm Beach Pete quickly posted his own video to shut it down:

“I’m not Jeffrey Epstein. I’m Palm Beach Pete.”

Pete said he had no idea that he was being filmed and that his phone started to explode with messages and notifications after the viral incident. According to the Miami Herald, since becoming a viral sensation, the tennis lover has created an Instagram account where he shares his daily content. However, he continues to reiterate that he is not the disgraced financier but “just me.”

During an interview with TMZ, Pete opened up about his ties to a convicted sex offender, admitting that he had gone to a few parties where he was also present. When he was asked by the outlet about any prior connection with Epstein after the viral resemblance, he responded:

“Back in the day, when I was living in the city. I went to a couple of parties and Epstein was there at a party and he was kind of creepy, just sitting on a couch, staying to himself… He wasn’t the magnate that he is or was… I never really encountered him and had a conversation with him.”

Pete called Epstein “a very bad person” and reiterated multiple times that he has “nothing to do with Jeffrey Epstein.” He emphasized on having no personal connection with Epstein.

Jeffrey Epstein was found dead at the age of 66 in his cell at Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City on August 10, 2019. He was awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charges. The New York City medical examiner officially ruled the cause of death to be suicide by hanging.

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Edited by Aastha Dass