Jeffrey Epstein’s death WAS a suicide with no outside involvement, DOJ rules

Jeffrey Epstein’s 2019 death was a suicide with no outside involvement, a Justice Department report finds today after years of rampant conspiracy theories that question why the notorious, well-connected pedophile was able to take his own life while he was in custody.

Epstein committed suicide in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in lower Manhattan in August 2019, awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.

He hanged himself with “excess” prison linen he should never have had.

At the time, Epstein was accused of recruiting underage girls for his own sexual gratification and ensnaring them in an international operation where he paid them and in some cases held them against their will.

There were rampant rumors, fueled in part by Epstein’s legal team, that his suicide may have been aided by an outside party to cover up the role of others in his crimes.

The DoJ has been investigating his death and whether anyone other than him was to blame.

A 128-page report released today by the inspector general finds staff shortages and inadequate surveillance cameras contributed to his death, but there is “no evidence” that anyone else was directly involved.

“While we determined that MCC New York personnel were involved in significant misconduct, we found no evidence to contradict the FBI’s determination that there was no crime in connection with Epstein’s death,” Inspector General Michael Horowitz said in a statement. a video statement accompanying the report.

One of the prison staff’s failures was to assign Epstein a cellmate after a failed suicide attempt on July 23. In that case, Epstein was found unconscious with a cloth wrapped around his neck.

Efrain Reyes was his last cellmate. On August 9, Reyes was transferred to GEO Prison in Queens.

The report does not explain the transfer.

By then, Epstein had met with his lawyers (Aug. 8) and signed his will.

After Reyes was transferred and after signing his will, Epstein was then allowed to make an “unrecorded, unverified” phone call from prison, which the report said was against policy.

Epstein claimed to call his mother, but according to the report, he actually called another person with whom he had a “personal relationship.”

The report does not identify that person.

Epstein used his sheets to hang himself in this prison cell. He was discovered unresponsive

The Metropolitan Correctional Center in lower Manhattan, where Epstein was held

Epstein was locked in his cell at 9 p.m. on August 9. A search of his house is said to have revealed he had ‘surplus’ prison linen which was later made into ties, but there is no record of when his cell was last checked.

At 6:30 a.m. on August 10, he was suspended from the top bunk, his body just an inch off the floor.

Horowitz said the blankets would have been seized if his cell had been searched as intended.

The combination of negligence, misconduct and outright failures at work documented in today’s report all contributed to an environment in which arguably one of the most notorious prisoners in the BoP’s custody was left unsupervised and alone in his cell with an excess of prison cloth, leaving him with the chance to take his own life,’ he said.

Horowitz said the findings are “disturbing, not only because the BoP has not adequately protected a person in its custody, but also because they have raised questions about the circumstances surrounding Epstein’s death and effectively give Epstein’s numerous victims the opportunity to disenfranchised to seek justice through the criminal justice system.”