Jeffrey Epstein: Suicidal stockbroker says he could not commit suicide
The conspiracy theories about the murder of the once all-powerful stockbroker, who was also accused of human trafficking, are supported by documents about the last days he was alive, before he was found dead in his cell.
A new twist in the case of the stockbroker, who was also accused of trafficking, gives an analysis, as according to it he had told a psychologist that he was too "cowardly" to commit suicide. This two weeks before he was found dead in a prison cell , in a death that was described as suicide.
This claim is contained in a detailed analysis of Epstein's last days, based on more than 2,000 pages of prison documents and archives that had never been published, and which according to the Freedom of Information Act were published by the New York Times on Tuesday ( 23/11).
Epstein was hanged in a Manhattan jail in August 2019 while awaiting trial on new charges of trafficking teenage girls.
According to the newspaper, he had tried to commit suicide a month earlier when he was found unconscious on the floor of his cell with a strip of sheet around his bruised neck.
But records show that Epstein told a prison psychologist "I have no interest in committing suicide", claimed he was living "a wonderful life" despite his imprisonment and said he was "a coward" who could not stand the pain. "I would never do that to myself," Epstein said.
The conspiracy theories that Epstein murdered widely released in the last two years of his death. Investigations by the FBI and the Department of Justice have not yielded any conclusions.
The Times investigation, however, shows the image of a highly manipulative man who created "illusions to the end, deceiving prison officials, counselors and specially trained inmates who have been assigned to watch him 24 hours a day."
A former collaborator of powerful people, such as Bill Clinton and Donald Trump, had repeatedly assured those around him that he had much to live on, according to documents covering the last 36 days of his life.
He was so persuasive about the prison and federal officials, the newspaper reported, that there was complacency and mistakes made that allowed Epstein to commit suicide despite estimates that he was in danger of committing suicide.
The night he was found dead, the Times reported, Epstein told guards he wanted to call his mother, who had been dead for years. Instead he called his girlfriend. The staff allowed him to be left alone in his cell that night, despite an explicit order to designate a roommate.
The documents reveal more details of Epstein's last weeks, including his daily routine, which included lengthy meetings at the prison conference center with his lawyers and complaints about living conditions.
The meetings, the Times reported, allowed Epstein to avoid his "dirty" cell, which he complained had a noisy toilet. He did not like wearing his orange uniform, which he said led him to be treated as "bad". He had trouble sleeping and suffered from numbness in his right arm.
Despite these issues, the report says, Epstein spoke openly with psychologists and inmates and "referred to his interest in physics and mathematics and offered some investment advice." Epstein "also remembered meeting celebrities," the Times reported.
