Did 'Cannibal' Ellen DeGeneres Eat 'Murdered' Anne Heche? Here's The Truth

The 'cannibal' story about Ellen DeGeneres and Anne Heche is the kind of online horror-show rumour that spreads because it's grotesque, not because it's true. The claim lacks verified support in any public court record, official investigative finding, or credible reporting related to Jeffrey Epstein's case.

What's actually happening is more banal and more dangerous. A conspiracy site has published a sensational post alleging that the newly discussed 'Epstein files' prove extreme crimes by DeGeneres, including that she 'ate' Heche, and social media has done what it does when fed something lurid and shareable.​

Here's the part that matters, and it's not complicated. Anne Heche's death was ruled an accident in 2022, with the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner listing smoke inhalation and thermal injuries as the cause and noting a sternal fracture due to blunt trauma as a significant condition.

Key facts, without the internet theatrics: The People's Voice is the source of the 'cannibal' claim now circulating widely.​

Public-facing fact checks reviewing the recently released Epstein-related document dump say there is no evidence tying DeGeneres to cannibalism or to any such criminal allegation in connection with Epstein.​

Heche's death was officially ruled accidental by the coroner in 2022.

Ellen DeGeneres and the Epstein Files Reality Check

The viral narrative leans on a familiar trick. It invokes the words 'Epstein files' as if that phrase, by itself, is proof. It isn't.​

A fact check published by Yahoo describes the claim as false and says that while DeGeneres' name may appear in the released material, there is no evidence linking her to cannibalism, and no documentation that supports the online accusations being made about her.

The same fact check also points readers back to the obvious standard that gets lost online: allegations of serious crimes require credible documentation, legal confirmation, and transparent sourcing, not anonymous posts and breathless edits.​

It is also worth being blunt about provenance. The People's Voice article that appears to have fueled much of the current wave includes sweeping assertions about 'unredacted' dumps and 'investigators' supposedly confirming lurid details, but provides no verifiable evidence that can be checked against official records. That should be treated as a flashing warning light, not a lead.​

Ellen DeGeneres, Anne Heche, and What We Actually Know

Anne Heche's disappearance was not mysterious. She was hospitalised after a car crash in Los Angeles in August 2022, and the coroner ruled her death an accident caused by smoke inhalation and thermal injuries, with blunt-force trauma noted as well. That is the official record, and it directly contradicts the insinuation that her death was some concealed homicide connected to DeGeneres.

If you want context for why their names are being paired, it's because Heche and DeGeneres had a highly publicised relationship in the late 1990s.

Heche's posthumous memoir, Call Me Anne, was published in 2023 and, according to the publisher's description, includes material about her relationship with DeGeneres, as well as other parts of her life and career.​

That's it. A public relationship. A tragic accident with an official cause of death. A conspiracy post trying to staple unrelated threads together and call it a revelation.

If real new evidence ever emerges about anyone connected to Epstein's world, it will have to withstand the kind of scrutiny that a coroner's report already has. Until then, this 'cannibal' claim belongs where it started, in the content swamp that rewards shock over truth.