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NY POST-AUG 16,19
On July 23, Epstein was found nearly unconscious with injuries to his neck in his cell, in what sources called a possible suicide attempt.Epstein told his lawyers that the injuries were inflicted by his cellmate, hulking ex-Westchester County cop Nicholas Tartaglione, who faces a death-penalty trial in four drug-related slayings upstate.The convicted pedophile had claimed that “the cop roughed him up, and that’s why they got him off suicide watch,” a source close to the case said earlier this week.
Fracture of the hyoid bone in strangulation: comparison of fractured and unfractured hyoids from victims of strangulation.Pollanen MS1, Chiasson DA.
The hyoid is the U-shaped bone of the neck that is fractured in one-third of all homicides by strangulation. On this basis, postmortem detection of hyoid fracture is relevant to the diagnosis of strangulation. However, since many cases lack a hyoid fracture, the absence of this finding does not exclude strangulation as a cause of death. The reasons why some hyoids fracture and others do not may relate to the nature and magnitude of force applied to the neck, age of the victim, nature of the instrument (ligature or hands) used to strangle, and intrinsic anatomic features of the hyoid bone. We compared the case profiles and xeroradiographic appearance of the hyoids of 20 victims of homicidal strangulation with and without hyoid fracture (n = 10, each). The fractured hyoids occurred in older victims of strangulation (39 +/- 14 years) when compared to the victims with unfractured hyoids (30 +/- 10 years). The age-dependency of hyoid fracture correlated with the degree of ossification or fusion of the hyoid synchondroses. The hyoid was fused in older victims of strangulation (41 +/- 12 years) whereas the unfused hyoids were found in the younger victims (28 +/- 10 years). In addition, the hyoid bone was ossified or fused in 70% of all fractured hyoids, but, only 30% of the unfractured hyoids were fused. The shape of the hyoid bone was also found to differentiate fractured and unfractured hyoids. Fractured hyoids were longer in the anterior-posterior plane and were more steeply sloping when compared with unfractured hyoids. These data indicate that hyoids of strangulation victims, with and without fracture, are distinguished by various indices of shape and rigidity. On this basis, it may be possible to explain why some victims of strangulation do not have fractured hyoid bones.
NY POST-AUG 16,19
On July 23, Epstein was found nearly unconscious with injuries to his neck in his cell, in what sources called a possible suicide attempt.Epstein told his lawyers that the injuries were inflicted by his cellmate, hulking ex-Westchester County cop Nicholas Tartaglione, who faces a death-penalty trial in four drug-related slayings upstate.The convicted pedophile had claimed that “the cop roughed him up, and that’s why they got him off suicide watch,” a source close to the case said earlier this week.
Fracture of the hyoid bone in strangulation: comparison of fractured and unfractured hyoids from victims of strangulation.Pollanen MS1, Chiasson DA.
The hyoid is the U-shaped bone of the neck that is fractured in one-third of all homicides by strangulation. On this basis, postmortem detection of hyoid fracture is relevant to the diagnosis of strangulation. However, since many cases lack a hyoid fracture, the absence of this finding does not exclude strangulation as a cause of death. The reasons why some hyoids fracture and others do not may relate to the nature and magnitude of force applied to the neck, age of the victim, nature of the instrument (ligature or hands) used to strangle, and intrinsic anatomic features of the hyoid bone. We compared the case profiles and xeroradiographic appearance of the hyoids of 20 victims of homicidal strangulation with and without hyoid fracture (n = 10, each). The fractured hyoids occurred in older victims of strangulation (39 +/- 14 years) when compared to the victims with unfractured hyoids (30 +/- 10 years). The age-dependency of hyoid fracture correlated with the degree of ossification or fusion of the hyoid synchondroses. The hyoid was fused in older victims of strangulation (41 +/- 12 years) whereas the unfused hyoids were found in the younger victims (28 +/- 10 years). In addition, the hyoid bone was ossified or fused in 70% of all fractured hyoids, but, only 30% of the unfractured hyoids were fused. The shape of the hyoid bone was also found to differentiate fractured and unfractured hyoids. Fractured hyoids were longer in the anterior-posterior plane and were more steeply sloping when compared with unfractured hyoids. These data indicate that hyoids of strangulation victims, with and without fracture, are distinguished by various indices of shape and rigidity. On this basis, it may be possible to explain why some victims of strangulation do not have fractured hyoid bones.
Jeffrey Epstein’s Death Ruled Suicide by Hanging: New York City Medical Examiner-Autopsy report released, finding the sex offender killed himself in jail.-Pervaiz Shallwani-Senior Editor & Writer-Published 08.16.19 4:19PM ET -DAILY BEAST
Jeffery Epstein’s died from a suicide by hanging, the New York City medical examiner ruled Friday, a much-awaited final determination that authorities hope will put to rest conspiracy theories that have swirled since the sex offender awaiting trial hanged himself in a Manhattan jail cell last week.A person familiar with the investigation said that autopsy photos showed that the marks around Epstein’s neck did not look like those left by a rope, but instead looked more like those from fabric, which is consistent with reports that he had used a bed sheet that is issued to all prisoners who are not on suicide watch. Epstein, 66, was found unconscious around 6:30 a.m. on Aug. 10 with a bedsheet around his neck at the Metropolitan Correctional Center where he had been held while awaiting trial on federal sex-trafficking charges. He was pronounced dead about an hour later after being transported to a nearby hospital.The ruling comes a week after Sampson’s office finished the autopsy on Epstein’s corpse.CAUSE OF DEATH-The medical examiner’s office had been waiting for additional information such as toxicology results and reports from law-enforcement agencies including the FBI and the Bureau of Prisons who are investigating how Epstein was able to kill himself while under heavy security at a jail cell, officials said. Epstein’s death has sparked multiple investigations by the Department of Justice, including the FBI, the Bureau of Prisons and DOJ Inspector General wondering how it happened.Three weeks before he died, Epstein was found in a state of medical distress with marks around his neck in an apparent suicide attempt, according to officials. Epstein was then placed on suicide watch where he was moved to a special cell and subjected to daily psychiatric evaluations. Around July 29th, he was reportedly taken off suicide watch and moved to the jail’s extra-secure Special Housing Unit. There he was supposed to be monitored by guards every 30 minutes and required to have a roommate—protocols that were apparently not followed on the day of his death.It’s not clear if Epstein’s body has been buried, but the medical examiner’s office confirmed that it had been released to an associate. A person with direct knowledge said that Epstein’s body was claimed by his brother Mark.Epstein’s attorneys had hired celebrity pathologist Michael Baden to observe the autopsy on the family’s behalf. A spokeswoman for the medical examiner’s office said that Baden—who often works on celebrity and high-profile deaths—was in the room within eyesight of the examination.“Dr. Baden was able to observe the autopsy, however, he did not participate in the autopsy,” the spokeswoman said, adding that for the sake of transparency, “it’s general practice to allow people in the room.”Reached by phone, Baden said he is bound by a gag order from the medical examiner’s officer and Epstein’s attorneys and currently not allowed to speak about the autopsy.
Medical examiner rules Jeffrey Epstein’s death a suicide by hanging-By MICHAEL BALSAMO, LARRY NEUMEISTER and MICHAEL R. SISAK-Associated Press |-Aug 16, 2019 | 3:24 PM-NEW YORK
Jeffrey Epstein's prison death has been ruled a suicide by hanging, the medical examiner's office said Friday.Epstein, 66, was found dead in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City on Aug. 10, touching off outrage and disbelief over how such a high-profile prisoner, known for socializing with powerful people including presidents Donald Trump and Bill Clinton, could have gone unwatched.The Bureau of Prisons said Epstein had apparently killed himself, but that didn't squelch conspiracy theories about his death.Epstein, who was charged with sexually abusing numerous underage girls over several years, had been placed on suicide watch last month after he was found on his cell floor on July 23 with bruising on his neck.But multiple people familiar with operations at the jail say he was taken off the watch after about a week and put back in a high-security housing unit where he was less closely monitored, but still supposed to be checked on every 30 minutes.Attorney General William Barr says officials have uncovered "serious irregularities" at the jail. The FBI and the Justice Department's inspector general are both investigating Epstein's death.Jail guards on duty the night of Epstein's death are suspected of falsifying log entries to show they were checking on inmates every half-hour as required, according to several people familiar with the matter.A guard in Epstein's unit was working a fifth straight day of overtime and another guard was working mandatory overtime, the people said. They spoke on condition of anonymity because the lacked authorization to publicly discuss the investigation.U.S. District Judge Richard Berman, who is in charge of the criminal case against Epstein, asked the jail's warden this week for answers about the earlier episode, writing in a letter Monday that it had "never been definitively explained."The warden replied that an internal investigation was completed but that he couldn't provide information because the findings were being incorporated into investigations into Epstein's death.The Associated Press often does not report details of suicide methods, but has made an exception because Epstein's cause of death is pertinent to the ongoing investigations.The Washington Post and The New York Times reported Thursday that the autopsy revealed that several bones in Epstein's neck had been broken, leading to speculation his death was a homicide.Chief Medical Examiner Barbara Sampson issued a statement Thursday in response to those articles, saying: "In all forensic investigations, all information must be synthesized to determine the cause and manner of death. Everything must be consistent; no single finding can be evaluated in a vacuum."The medical examiner's ruling came a day after two more women sued Jeffrey Epstein's estate, saying he sexually abused them.The suit, filed Thursday in a federal court in New York, claims the women were working as hostesses at a popular Manhattan restaurant in 2004 when they were recruited to give Epstein massages.One was 18 at the time. The other was 20.The lawsuit says an unidentified female recruiter offered the hostesses hundreds of dollars to provide massages to Epstein, saying he "liked young, pretty girls to massage him," and wouldn't engage in any unwanted touching. The women say Epstein groped them anyway.One plaintiff now lives in Japan, the other in Baltimore. They seek $100 million in damages, citing depression, anxiety, anger and flashbacks.Other lawsuits, filed over many years by other women, accused him of hiring girls as young as 14 or 15 to give him massages, then subjecting them to sex acts.Balsamo reported from Washington.
They’re Nothing, These Girls”: Unraveling the Mystery of Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s Enabler-She hired girls for him, shared his life with him, possibly hoped to marry him. And now she may be a target of a conspiracy charge.By Vanessa Grigoriadis-August 12, 2019-VANITY FAIR
Is it possible prosecutors have lost track of Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged co-conspirator in his pedophile ring? For the past few weeks, rumors have circulated that she’s 400 pounds and living in Florida, or that she’s living the high life in London or the Continent, but according to the Washington Post, authorities are having a hard time locating her. Those who know her say that it’s possible she is as much of a Houdini as Epstein. Both of them liked having secrets, and the way those secrets kept people off balance. “Jeffrey always wanted to give the impression that he was an international man of mystery—‘I control everyone and everything, I collect people, I own people, I can damage people,’” says an ex-girlfriend.As part of Epstein’s original plea deal, negotiated with Alexander Acosta, the others implicated were also given immunity from prosecution, which is partly why victims like Virginia Roberts Giuffre pursued her and others in civil courts. But Epstein’s death has not stopped the current investigation. “We remain committed to standing for you,” Geoffrey Berman, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, wrote in a statement after Epstein’s death, “and our investigation of the conduct charged in the Indictment—which included a conspiracy count—remains ongoing.” There were rumors on Monday afternoon that indictments of five people were imminent.The nature of the relationship between Epstein and Maxwell, the favorite daughter of embezzling press baron Robert Maxwell, who died when he fell or was pushed from his yacht, the Lady Ghislaine, is not well known. Multiple victims claim she was both part of the sex trafficking ring, often bringing girls to Epstein, and a sexual participant. But Epstein told of-age women he courted that Maxwell was a former girlfriend fallen on hard times, and that he had taken it upon himself to maintain her position in society. “Ghislaine floated in and out of the house with the keys, and even though Jeffrey told me they didn’t have a sexual relationship, she’d drop under her breath that she was sleeping in his bed from time to time,” says an ex-girlfriend. Another woman in Maxwell’s orbit says she used to joke about keeping herself rail thin because Epstein liked thin girls. Maxwell, whose father was Jewish, liked to shock. “She said, ‘I do it the way Nazis did it with the Jews, the Auschwitz diet. I just don’t eat.’”The sinister depravity of Epstein’s sexual world, and Maxwell’s role in enabling it, was mostly kept hidden. The two were fixtures on a certain rarefied Manhattan circuit. Epstein was as a practical joker who liked messing with people he regarded as lower on the food chain. A prominent 1990s Sports Illustrated model who dated Epstein describes meeting Donald Trump at one of Trump’s parties in the penthouse of the Plaza Hotel back then, and Trump goading Epstein to get her number. “Jeffrey said he wouldn’t give it to him and he had to get it from me,” she says. She finally gave it to him on another occasion, but he lost the number. “Trump called Jeffrey trying to get it again, saying ‘She gave it to me! You know she gave it to me! You can give it to me now!’ but Jeffrey wouldn’t do it.” She laughs. “Donald was such a joke to all of the models back then—we all knew he was bankrupt and had no game. I remember Jeffrey once saying he was going to be late to pick me up because he had to drop off food for Donald—he was at home crying under the covers.”Maxwell seemed to adore Epstein, who was a grinning grifter with the gift of gab, and always had a story to tell, even about his home. “He was obsessed with jewelry boxes and very detailed, ornate designs—he told me the Pope actually gave him artisans who teamed up with this one jewelry-box maker from Paris to make his dining room look like a giant version of the inside of a Parisian jewelry box,” says an ex-girlfriend. Epstein also said that his friend Lynn Forester, now married to billionaire Evelyn de Rothschild, needed his financial help during her 1990s divorce from politician Andrew Stein, and that he had graciously floated her. (“100% false,” says a spokesperson for Forester.) He claimed that the producers of The Apprentice had first approached him to make a show about a reclusive billionaire living an extravagant life, but he said no, and then introduced them to Trump. (A spokesperson for Mark Burnett denies this).On the weekends in the 1990s, Maxwell would have her Rollerblades FedExed to Epstein’s island in the Caribbean, and said she got her helicopter’s license so she could transport anyone she liked without pilots knowing who they were. Maxwell also said the island had been completely wired for video; the friend thought that she and Epstein were videotaping everyone on the island as an insurance policy, as blackmail. A source close to Maxwell says she spoke glibly and confidently about getting girls to sexually service Epstein, saying this was simply what he wanted, and describing the way she’d drive around to spas and trailer parks in Florida to recruit them. She would claim she had a phone job for them, “and you’ll make lots of money, meet everyone, and I’ll change your life.” The source continues, “Ghislaine was in love with Jeffrey the way she was in love with her father. She always thought if she just did one more thing for him, to please him, he would marry her.”Maxwell had one other thing to tell this woman: “When I asked what she thought of the underage girls, she looked at me and said, ‘they’re nothing, these girls. They are trash.’”
Epstein Hinted at Dirt on Sex Lives, Drug Use of Rich and Powerful-In a conversation with a New York Times reporter, Epstein suggested that his checkered history made elites feel comfortable sharing their own secrets.By Eric Lutz-August 13, 2019-VANITY FAIR
Jeffrey Epstein last year claimed to New York Times columnist James B. Stewart that he knew a “great deal” about rich and powerful figures—including “potentially damaging or embarrassing” information he said they’d divulged to him. “People confided in him without feeling awkward or embarrassed,” the late financier and convicted sex offender reportedly told Stewart on background, suggesting that his checkered history made elites feel comfortable sharing their own secrets.“One of my first thoughts on hearing of Mr. Epstein’s suicide,” Stewart wrote days after Epstein was found dead in his Manhattan jail cell after apparently hanging himself, “was that many prominent men and at least a few women must be breathing sighs of relief that whatever Mr. Epstein knew, he has taken it with him.”Stewart’s recounting of an afternoon in Epstein’s enormous Manhattan mansion last August doesn’t provide any new revelations about the financier, whose famous friends included Bill Clinton and Donald Trump. But it does paint a profoundly creepy portrait of a predator completely at ease, seemingly confident that he’d never be held accountable. The purpose of Stewart’s interview was to ascertain whether Epstein was advising Elon Musk, who was being investigated by the Securities and Exchange Commission after tweeting he had secured funding to take Tesla private; the S.E.C. would eventually sue him for making “false and misleading statements” that impacted markets and investors. (Musk and Tesla denied Epstein’s involvement to the Times on Monday.) But Epstein was apparently reluctant to talk about Tesla, turning the conversation instead to the famous people he knew—Clinton, Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Woody Allen—and, disturbingly, his views on sex with underage girls. “He said that criminalizing sex with teenage girls was a cultural aberration and that at times in history it was perfectly acceptable,” Stewart wrote, noting that Epstein compared the broader culture’s views on the statutory rape of young girls with how homosexuality had been viewed in the past.That casual attitude toward his victims, of course, is unsurprising. For years, Epstein allegedly presided over a underage sex trafficking network, apparently for the benefit of him and his wealthy friends, with the help of enablers like Ghislane Maxwell, the socialite who is said to have procured young girls for Epstein. “They’re nothing, these girls,” a source close to Maxwell recalled her saying of the victims, according to my colleague Vanessa Grigoriadis. “They are trash.”What’s perhaps most striking about Stewart’s account is how brazen Epstein was about his proclivities. The columnist recounts that upon arriving at Epstein’s home, he was greeted at the door by what appeared to be a girl in her early 20s or late teens. “Why would Mr. Epstein want a reporter’s first impression to be that of a young woman opening his door?” Stewart wondered. After their meeting, Stewart said, Epstein invited him to two dinners—one with Allen; another with journalist Michael Wolff and former Trump adviser Steve Bannon. (Bannon told the Times he did not attend a dinner, and Wolff and Allen didn’t respond to the outlet’s request for comment.) He declined both invitations, he said. Epstein also asked Stewart earlier this year if he’d write his biography. Stewart turned that down, too. But “after his arrest and suicide,” Stewart wrote, “I’m left to wonder: What might he have told me?”
4chan post about Epstein's death before news was public didn't come from FDNY, officials say-[USA TODAY]-August 13, 2019
A social media post detailing the death of accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein made well before the official announcement did not come from within the New York City Fire Department, officials said Tuesday.BuzzFeed News first reported that a message was posted on 4chan, an anonymous message board that is popular with far-right trolls, at 8:16 a.m. That's about 38 minutes before an ABC News reporter broke the news of Epstein's death."Dont ask me how I know, but Epstein died an hour ago," the post read, along with a picture of Pepe the frog, a meme that has been co-opted by the alt-right. "Screencap this.”The original poster added further information about the procedures allegedly used to attempt to revive Epstein, 66, after he was found, according to BuzzFeed."The FDNY reviewed the alleged information and determined it did not come from the Department," Deputy Press Secretary Myles Miller told USA TODAY. BuzzFeed initially reported the department was opening an investigation, but Miller described the article as "inaccurate" and noted that "at no time was there an investigation."Conspiracy theories surround Epstein's death: Epstein was found "unresponsive in his cell shortly after 6:30 a.m. Saturday and was rushed to a hospital." Authorities have released few details on his death, but the Manhattan Correctional Center referred to it as an apparent suicide.Barbara Sampson, the city's chief medical examiner, said an autopsy on Epstein was performed and that a ruling on the cause of death was pending.CBS News reported that shouting and shrieking was heard from Epstein's cell at the MCC on the morning he died. Guards attempted to revive Epstein while saying "breathe, Epstein, breathe," the news outlet reported – but cited no sources.Contributing: John Bacon, USA TODAY. Follow N'dea Yancey-Bragg on Twitter: @NdeaYanceyBragg.
Jeffery Epstein’s died from a suicide by hanging, the New York City medical examiner ruled Friday, a much-awaited final determination that authorities hope will put to rest conspiracy theories that have swirled since the sex offender awaiting trial hanged himself in a Manhattan jail cell last week.A person familiar with the investigation said that autopsy photos showed that the marks around Epstein’s neck did not look like those left by a rope, but instead looked more like those from fabric, which is consistent with reports that he had used a bed sheet that is issued to all prisoners who are not on suicide watch. Epstein, 66, was found unconscious around 6:30 a.m. on Aug. 10 with a bedsheet around his neck at the Metropolitan Correctional Center where he had been held while awaiting trial on federal sex-trafficking charges. He was pronounced dead about an hour later after being transported to a nearby hospital.The ruling comes a week after Sampson’s office finished the autopsy on Epstein’s corpse.CAUSE OF DEATH-The medical examiner’s office had been waiting for additional information such as toxicology results and reports from law-enforcement agencies including the FBI and the Bureau of Prisons who are investigating how Epstein was able to kill himself while under heavy security at a jail cell, officials said. Epstein’s death has sparked multiple investigations by the Department of Justice, including the FBI, the Bureau of Prisons and DOJ Inspector General wondering how it happened.Three weeks before he died, Epstein was found in a state of medical distress with marks around his neck in an apparent suicide attempt, according to officials. Epstein was then placed on suicide watch where he was moved to a special cell and subjected to daily psychiatric evaluations. Around July 29th, he was reportedly taken off suicide watch and moved to the jail’s extra-secure Special Housing Unit. There he was supposed to be monitored by guards every 30 minutes and required to have a roommate—protocols that were apparently not followed on the day of his death.It’s not clear if Epstein’s body has been buried, but the medical examiner’s office confirmed that it had been released to an associate. A person with direct knowledge said that Epstein’s body was claimed by his brother Mark.Epstein’s attorneys had hired celebrity pathologist Michael Baden to observe the autopsy on the family’s behalf. A spokeswoman for the medical examiner’s office said that Baden—who often works on celebrity and high-profile deaths—was in the room within eyesight of the examination.“Dr. Baden was able to observe the autopsy, however, he did not participate in the autopsy,” the spokeswoman said, adding that for the sake of transparency, “it’s general practice to allow people in the room.”Reached by phone, Baden said he is bound by a gag order from the medical examiner’s officer and Epstein’s attorneys and currently not allowed to speak about the autopsy.
Medical examiner rules Jeffrey Epstein’s death a suicide by hanging-By MICHAEL BALSAMO, LARRY NEUMEISTER and MICHAEL R. SISAK-Associated Press |-Aug 16, 2019 | 3:24 PM-NEW YORK
Jeffrey Epstein's prison death has been ruled a suicide by hanging, the medical examiner's office said Friday.Epstein, 66, was found dead in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City on Aug. 10, touching off outrage and disbelief over how such a high-profile prisoner, known for socializing with powerful people including presidents Donald Trump and Bill Clinton, could have gone unwatched.The Bureau of Prisons said Epstein had apparently killed himself, but that didn't squelch conspiracy theories about his death.Epstein, who was charged with sexually abusing numerous underage girls over several years, had been placed on suicide watch last month after he was found on his cell floor on July 23 with bruising on his neck.But multiple people familiar with operations at the jail say he was taken off the watch after about a week and put back in a high-security housing unit where he was less closely monitored, but still supposed to be checked on every 30 minutes.Attorney General William Barr says officials have uncovered "serious irregularities" at the jail. The FBI and the Justice Department's inspector general are both investigating Epstein's death.Jail guards on duty the night of Epstein's death are suspected of falsifying log entries to show they were checking on inmates every half-hour as required, according to several people familiar with the matter.A guard in Epstein's unit was working a fifth straight day of overtime and another guard was working mandatory overtime, the people said. They spoke on condition of anonymity because the lacked authorization to publicly discuss the investigation.U.S. District Judge Richard Berman, who is in charge of the criminal case against Epstein, asked the jail's warden this week for answers about the earlier episode, writing in a letter Monday that it had "never been definitively explained."The warden replied that an internal investigation was completed but that he couldn't provide information because the findings were being incorporated into investigations into Epstein's death.The Associated Press often does not report details of suicide methods, but has made an exception because Epstein's cause of death is pertinent to the ongoing investigations.The Washington Post and The New York Times reported Thursday that the autopsy revealed that several bones in Epstein's neck had been broken, leading to speculation his death was a homicide.Chief Medical Examiner Barbara Sampson issued a statement Thursday in response to those articles, saying: "In all forensic investigations, all information must be synthesized to determine the cause and manner of death. Everything must be consistent; no single finding can be evaluated in a vacuum."The medical examiner's ruling came a day after two more women sued Jeffrey Epstein's estate, saying he sexually abused them.The suit, filed Thursday in a federal court in New York, claims the women were working as hostesses at a popular Manhattan restaurant in 2004 when they were recruited to give Epstein massages.One was 18 at the time. The other was 20.The lawsuit says an unidentified female recruiter offered the hostesses hundreds of dollars to provide massages to Epstein, saying he "liked young, pretty girls to massage him," and wouldn't engage in any unwanted touching. The women say Epstein groped them anyway.One plaintiff now lives in Japan, the other in Baltimore. They seek $100 million in damages, citing depression, anxiety, anger and flashbacks.Other lawsuits, filed over many years by other women, accused him of hiring girls as young as 14 or 15 to give him massages, then subjecting them to sex acts.Balsamo reported from Washington.
They’re Nothing, These Girls”: Unraveling the Mystery of Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s Enabler-She hired girls for him, shared his life with him, possibly hoped to marry him. And now she may be a target of a conspiracy charge.By Vanessa Grigoriadis-August 12, 2019-VANITY FAIR
Is it possible prosecutors have lost track of Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged co-conspirator in his pedophile ring? For the past few weeks, rumors have circulated that she’s 400 pounds and living in Florida, or that she’s living the high life in London or the Continent, but according to the Washington Post, authorities are having a hard time locating her. Those who know her say that it’s possible she is as much of a Houdini as Epstein. Both of them liked having secrets, and the way those secrets kept people off balance. “Jeffrey always wanted to give the impression that he was an international man of mystery—‘I control everyone and everything, I collect people, I own people, I can damage people,’” says an ex-girlfriend.As part of Epstein’s original plea deal, negotiated with Alexander Acosta, the others implicated were also given immunity from prosecution, which is partly why victims like Virginia Roberts Giuffre pursued her and others in civil courts. But Epstein’s death has not stopped the current investigation. “We remain committed to standing for you,” Geoffrey Berman, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, wrote in a statement after Epstein’s death, “and our investigation of the conduct charged in the Indictment—which included a conspiracy count—remains ongoing.” There were rumors on Monday afternoon that indictments of five people were imminent.The nature of the relationship between Epstein and Maxwell, the favorite daughter of embezzling press baron Robert Maxwell, who died when he fell or was pushed from his yacht, the Lady Ghislaine, is not well known. Multiple victims claim she was both part of the sex trafficking ring, often bringing girls to Epstein, and a sexual participant. But Epstein told of-age women he courted that Maxwell was a former girlfriend fallen on hard times, and that he had taken it upon himself to maintain her position in society. “Ghislaine floated in and out of the house with the keys, and even though Jeffrey told me they didn’t have a sexual relationship, she’d drop under her breath that she was sleeping in his bed from time to time,” says an ex-girlfriend. Another woman in Maxwell’s orbit says she used to joke about keeping herself rail thin because Epstein liked thin girls. Maxwell, whose father was Jewish, liked to shock. “She said, ‘I do it the way Nazis did it with the Jews, the Auschwitz diet. I just don’t eat.’”The sinister depravity of Epstein’s sexual world, and Maxwell’s role in enabling it, was mostly kept hidden. The two were fixtures on a certain rarefied Manhattan circuit. Epstein was as a practical joker who liked messing with people he regarded as lower on the food chain. A prominent 1990s Sports Illustrated model who dated Epstein describes meeting Donald Trump at one of Trump’s parties in the penthouse of the Plaza Hotel back then, and Trump goading Epstein to get her number. “Jeffrey said he wouldn’t give it to him and he had to get it from me,” she says. She finally gave it to him on another occasion, but he lost the number. “Trump called Jeffrey trying to get it again, saying ‘She gave it to me! You know she gave it to me! You can give it to me now!’ but Jeffrey wouldn’t do it.” She laughs. “Donald was such a joke to all of the models back then—we all knew he was bankrupt and had no game. I remember Jeffrey once saying he was going to be late to pick me up because he had to drop off food for Donald—he was at home crying under the covers.”Maxwell seemed to adore Epstein, who was a grinning grifter with the gift of gab, and always had a story to tell, even about his home. “He was obsessed with jewelry boxes and very detailed, ornate designs—he told me the Pope actually gave him artisans who teamed up with this one jewelry-box maker from Paris to make his dining room look like a giant version of the inside of a Parisian jewelry box,” says an ex-girlfriend. Epstein also said that his friend Lynn Forester, now married to billionaire Evelyn de Rothschild, needed his financial help during her 1990s divorce from politician Andrew Stein, and that he had graciously floated her. (“100% false,” says a spokesperson for Forester.) He claimed that the producers of The Apprentice had first approached him to make a show about a reclusive billionaire living an extravagant life, but he said no, and then introduced them to Trump. (A spokesperson for Mark Burnett denies this).On the weekends in the 1990s, Maxwell would have her Rollerblades FedExed to Epstein’s island in the Caribbean, and said she got her helicopter’s license so she could transport anyone she liked without pilots knowing who they were. Maxwell also said the island had been completely wired for video; the friend thought that she and Epstein were videotaping everyone on the island as an insurance policy, as blackmail. A source close to Maxwell says she spoke glibly and confidently about getting girls to sexually service Epstein, saying this was simply what he wanted, and describing the way she’d drive around to spas and trailer parks in Florida to recruit them. She would claim she had a phone job for them, “and you’ll make lots of money, meet everyone, and I’ll change your life.” The source continues, “Ghislaine was in love with Jeffrey the way she was in love with her father. She always thought if she just did one more thing for him, to please him, he would marry her.”Maxwell had one other thing to tell this woman: “When I asked what she thought of the underage girls, she looked at me and said, ‘they’re nothing, these girls. They are trash.’”
Epstein Hinted at Dirt on Sex Lives, Drug Use of Rich and Powerful-In a conversation with a New York Times reporter, Epstein suggested that his checkered history made elites feel comfortable sharing their own secrets.By Eric Lutz-August 13, 2019-VANITY FAIR
Jeffrey Epstein last year claimed to New York Times columnist James B. Stewart that he knew a “great deal” about rich and powerful figures—including “potentially damaging or embarrassing” information he said they’d divulged to him. “People confided in him without feeling awkward or embarrassed,” the late financier and convicted sex offender reportedly told Stewart on background, suggesting that his checkered history made elites feel comfortable sharing their own secrets.“One of my first thoughts on hearing of Mr. Epstein’s suicide,” Stewart wrote days after Epstein was found dead in his Manhattan jail cell after apparently hanging himself, “was that many prominent men and at least a few women must be breathing sighs of relief that whatever Mr. Epstein knew, he has taken it with him.”Stewart’s recounting of an afternoon in Epstein’s enormous Manhattan mansion last August doesn’t provide any new revelations about the financier, whose famous friends included Bill Clinton and Donald Trump. But it does paint a profoundly creepy portrait of a predator completely at ease, seemingly confident that he’d never be held accountable. The purpose of Stewart’s interview was to ascertain whether Epstein was advising Elon Musk, who was being investigated by the Securities and Exchange Commission after tweeting he had secured funding to take Tesla private; the S.E.C. would eventually sue him for making “false and misleading statements” that impacted markets and investors. (Musk and Tesla denied Epstein’s involvement to the Times on Monday.) But Epstein was apparently reluctant to talk about Tesla, turning the conversation instead to the famous people he knew—Clinton, Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Woody Allen—and, disturbingly, his views on sex with underage girls. “He said that criminalizing sex with teenage girls was a cultural aberration and that at times in history it was perfectly acceptable,” Stewart wrote, noting that Epstein compared the broader culture’s views on the statutory rape of young girls with how homosexuality had been viewed in the past.That casual attitude toward his victims, of course, is unsurprising. For years, Epstein allegedly presided over a underage sex trafficking network, apparently for the benefit of him and his wealthy friends, with the help of enablers like Ghislane Maxwell, the socialite who is said to have procured young girls for Epstein. “They’re nothing, these girls,” a source close to Maxwell recalled her saying of the victims, according to my colleague Vanessa Grigoriadis. “They are trash.”What’s perhaps most striking about Stewart’s account is how brazen Epstein was about his proclivities. The columnist recounts that upon arriving at Epstein’s home, he was greeted at the door by what appeared to be a girl in her early 20s or late teens. “Why would Mr. Epstein want a reporter’s first impression to be that of a young woman opening his door?” Stewart wondered. After their meeting, Stewart said, Epstein invited him to two dinners—one with Allen; another with journalist Michael Wolff and former Trump adviser Steve Bannon. (Bannon told the Times he did not attend a dinner, and Wolff and Allen didn’t respond to the outlet’s request for comment.) He declined both invitations, he said. Epstein also asked Stewart earlier this year if he’d write his biography. Stewart turned that down, too. But “after his arrest and suicide,” Stewart wrote, “I’m left to wonder: What might he have told me?”
4chan post about Epstein's death before news was public didn't come from FDNY, officials say-[USA TODAY]-August 13, 2019
A social media post detailing the death of accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein made well before the official announcement did not come from within the New York City Fire Department, officials said Tuesday.BuzzFeed News first reported that a message was posted on 4chan, an anonymous message board that is popular with far-right trolls, at 8:16 a.m. That's about 38 minutes before an ABC News reporter broke the news of Epstein's death."Dont ask me how I know, but Epstein died an hour ago," the post read, along with a picture of Pepe the frog, a meme that has been co-opted by the alt-right. "Screencap this.”The original poster added further information about the procedures allegedly used to attempt to revive Epstein, 66, after he was found, according to BuzzFeed."The FDNY reviewed the alleged information and determined it did not come from the Department," Deputy Press Secretary Myles Miller told USA TODAY. BuzzFeed initially reported the department was opening an investigation, but Miller described the article as "inaccurate" and noted that "at no time was there an investigation."Conspiracy theories surround Epstein's death: Epstein was found "unresponsive in his cell shortly after 6:30 a.m. Saturday and was rushed to a hospital." Authorities have released few details on his death, but the Manhattan Correctional Center referred to it as an apparent suicide.Barbara Sampson, the city's chief medical examiner, said an autopsy on Epstein was performed and that a ruling on the cause of death was pending.CBS News reported that shouting and shrieking was heard from Epstein's cell at the MCC on the morning he died. Guards attempted to revive Epstein while saying "breathe, Epstein, breathe," the news outlet reported – but cited no sources.Contributing: John Bacon, USA TODAY. Follow N'dea Yancey-Bragg on Twitter: @NdeaYanceyBragg.
