Dear Bureau of Prisons: Please get Jeffrey Epstein to a super Max prison pronto, or the people who want him dead will make sure we never know the truth. ACT NOW!
Jeffrey Epstein accuser Jennifer Araoz is calling for authorities to continue investigating dozens of accusations of sexual abuse against the wealthy financier after his death by suicide.
Epstein, facing charges of sex trafficking, reportedly hanged himself in his cell at the Manhattan Correctional Center while awaiting trial. Officials removed Epstein's body from the facility Saturday morning.
Epstein's death has shut down the criminal case against him, but Araoz wants authorities to continue investigating to catch his "accomplices and enablers." Several of Epstein's accusers are already planning to pursue a civil case against Epstein's estate in lieu of a criminal trial.
Epstein’s death comes hours after a federal judge unsealed hundreds of pages of court documents that provide details of Epstein’s alleged abuse of young girls. The documents contain embarrassing allegations against a number of famous and influential people such as Prince Andrew, former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, and former US Senator George Mitchell (D-Maine).
Epstein was also friends with both President Donald Trump and former President Bill Clinton, who were themselves friends at the time. Records show that both Trump and Clinton flew on Epstein’s private jet. The documents also allege that at least one of Epstein’s women was recruited from Mar-a-Lago and that Epstein hosted a dinner for Clinton on his Caribbean Island. Clinton has denied ever going to the island. So far, no accusations have emerged that either president had sex with underage girls.
Epstein’s death is certain to revive the decades-old conspiracy theory that the Clintons are behind the deaths of more than 100 people from Vince Foster to Seth Rich. Most of these accusations have been debunked and don’t stand up to close scrutiny, relying on six-degrees-of-separation and twisted facts. So far, there are no reports of any evidence that Epstein’s death is the result of foul play.
Still, there are unanswered questions. Epstein reportedly survived a previous suicide attempt on July 31. Inmates who try to kill themselves are often placed on suicide watch and implements that could be used to kill themselves are removed from their cells. There is currently no information on how Epstein was able to hang himself.
Even though numerous people had reason to wish Epstein dead, there is so far no evidence that anyone acted to fulfill those wishes. As a 66-year-old man looking at a 45-year sentence, Epstein could plausibly have wanted to avoid the humiliation of a public trial followed by spending the rest of his life behind bars.
UPDATE: NBC News is reporting via Twitter that Epstein was not on suicide watch at the time of this death.
Hopefully a proper investigation is done. Because goddamn does this smell fishy.
I mean it’s highly unlikely he was actually killed. But the fact that there was so much negligence leading up to his death definitely suggests some kind of shenanigans.