Jeffrey Epstein shocked the world two years ago today, deprived his victims of justice, and sparked conspiracy theories about assassinations.
The New York financier was found dead in a cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) on August 10, 2019. He was remanded in custody on new sexual abuse charges a few weeks later.
Earlier, in 2008, he pleaded guilty to prostitution with a minor and was sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment. Plea bargaining. Thirteen months later, he was released on probation. In 2019, a new prosecution was launched against his allegations of sex trafficking.
New York City’s forensic examiner ruled that Epstein’s death was a suicide, but the issue of CCTV and his injury sparked a heated debate.
On the second anniversary of his death, many issues remain urgent.
Epstein died in prison, CCTV disappeared
Jeffrey Epstein’s death in custody sparked fanatical speculation after MCC initially stated that the closed-circuit television in the area outside the cell on the night of his death had disappeared.
However, according to a CNBC report in December 2019, these tapes were finally found and showed that on the night of his death, no one had entered his cell after him.
However, when the video was discovered, many people already felt that things were not as they should be.
When prison guards were accused of falsifying records to make it look like they had checked Epstein, the situation did not help, when in fact they did not.
Prison guard Tova Noel and Michael Thomas Accused of lying in prison records and accused of sleeping and surfing the Internet when they were supposed to monitor New York financiers.
The two reached an agreement with the prosecutor to save them from imprisonment.
Does Jeffrey Epstein’s injury coincide with suicide?
Jeffrey Epstein’s brother requested a second autopsy after the death of Dr. Michael Baden.
Forensic pathologist told Fox News Death seems “more like homicide.”
Epstein’s lawyer David Schoen told Weekly newspaper In February 2021, how does he Doubts about official rulings Quoting evidence from Dr. Baden, the financier’s death was suicide.
Schoen described how “after conducting an examination of Mr. Epstein after his death, he concluded that in the thousands of autopsies he conducted, he had never seen Mr. Epstein consistent with suicide injuries.”
He says Weekly newspaper“In my opinion, this is a powerful assessment that should not be underestimated. In addition, he felt inexplicable that after the examination, the official medical doctor immediately reported that the cause of death was uncertain. A few days later, he was treated without further evidence. Change to suicide.
“I very much agree with Dr. Baden’s point of view, so I think whether Mr. Epstein’s death was a suicide is an important question.”
Is Epstein threatened by prisoners?
On July 23, 2019, two weeks before his death, Epstein was found unconscious in his cell after an apparent suicide attempt.
Inmate Michael “Myers” Tisdale later Tell biographer Barry Levine How did he ask Epstein what happened afterwards.
Quoted in the book Spider, He said: “All his [Epstein] Did you put your hands around his neck and strangled yourself? I said, “Other people tried to strangle you?” He nodded at me. “
Tisdale painted the last few weeks of Epstein’s life, he was afraid of other prisoners and tried to blackmail him.
He added: “The other prisoners tried to blackmail him… They tried to control him by selling him commissary items, the prices of which were much higher than what they should have sold.”
Is Epstein pushed?
Schoen made an alternative hypothesis about his customer’s death before exchanging emails with the customer Weekly newspaper In the interview Spider.
He hinted that Epstein might have died at his own hands, but under pressure from other prisoners in MCC. He told Levine: “He told MCC that he didn’t remember what happened.”
“I don’t think this is an attempted suicide or someone else’s attempt to kill him. My conclusion is that he agreed to do this,” he added.
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Will Epstein name it?
One of the biggest unresolved issues in the Epstein scandal concerns the identities of famous friends who allegedly abused underage girls with him in his mansion.
Epstein’s accuser never had a chance to know whether he would hand over his name to save himself.
The rumor that has been circulating for a long time is Epstein The video recorded rich Americans and celebrities in his mansions throughout the United States and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
In an affidavit in 2015, Virginia Juffrey said she believed that the abuse tape she received from Epstein and his friends existed.
In the court documents, she wrote: “Based on my knowledge of Epstein and his organization, FBI, I believe that federal prosecutors may have videotapes and photos of me as an underage girl having sex with Epstein and some of his powerful friends. “
However, with his death, the likelihood of his victims being shut down for evidence about his famous contact network is greatly reduced.
