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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Jeffrey Epstein Attacked in Jail, Faking It To Go Home, Rather Die ?
2019-07-25
[Miami Herald] Jeffrey Epstein, the Palm Beach millionaire who was arrested earlier this month on child sex-trafficking charges, was found injured in his New York jail cell Wednesday, News 4 New York reported.

The station said Epstein, 66, was found in the fetal position and had marks on his neck, citing sources close to the investigation. The station said it may have been a possible suicide attempt, quoting sources.
Rantburg is always right.
Last Thursday, Senior U.S. District Judge Richard M. Berman in New York ordered the accused serial sexual predator to remain incarcerated at the Manhattan Correctional Center. Berman, who listened to testimony from two women who said they had been abused by Epstein as teenagers, said Epstein was a danger to young girls.

Epstein's attorneys had requested that Berman let him stay in his Upper East Side Manhattan mansion. They offered to use his personal fortune as collateral to guarantee his bail, and promised to pay for his own private security force to keep him essentially imprisoned in his own home.
Or have his cell modified so he can at least avail of a well-stocked minibar ?
Posted by:Dron66046

#28  Yes, it sucks.
Yea verily to that. Bastards.
Posted by: Lex   2019-07-25 20:51  

#27  P2K, I like that but we have no input here. Even Coulter says supermax for protection, but I don’t know enough about high end prisons to say yea/nay and no one would care. I want him brought to trial, cards will fall where they may, but justice dammit not private execution. And I’m out, this just sucks.
Posted by: Whiskey Mike   2019-07-25 20:44  

#26  Bought guards makes the most sense.
Epstein moves in big money circles. Those figures all have extensive operations in Manhattan.
A very high likelihood that these big money people have probably crossed paths since 2001 with Manhattan DAs and law enforcement and the Clintons. They can easily influence some prison guards in Manhattan with a few thousands.
Posted by: Lex   2019-07-25 20:02  

#25  No death switch? A priori set up so that if he dies or there is a serious botched attempt, information is flooded on the net of those 'important' people.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2019-07-25 19:22  

#24  I suspect bought guards.
Posted by: Whiskey Mike   2019-07-25 18:30  

#23  To me, fetal position and marks on his neck suggest strangulation, and not self inflicted. Stick him in solitary, and video the hell out of his cell. No less than three guards can approach at a time, and make it a battle stations event each time. Someone is trying to kill him.
Posted by: Whiskey Mike   2019-07-25 18:28  

#22  "Marks on his neck" sounds like a suicide gesture. Occam's razor says the smug bastage is running a scam to get his facility or cell changed.

Maybe someone was sending a sub-lethal message but I vote that it's a scam.
Posted by: The peanut gallery   2019-07-25 17:51  

#21  Dron, it's ultimately about the money. They'll nail him on s.t. like money laundering.
My bet's on the Clinton Foundation and its donors - Giustra et al
Posted by: Lex   2019-07-25 16:33  

#20  But... valuable how ? You think if he rats out a list of 'dignitaries' from federal agencies to the DoJ and DoD (which I'm sure will have enjoyed his wares)apart from politicians on both sides, any one of them will be indicted or even suffer a drop in vote counts ?

He's about as valuable as Hoover's data on MLK. But that's just my opinion. I may be wrong.
Posted by: Dron66046   2019-07-25 16:27  

#19  The deleted comment was "Put him in a padded cell. Don't let him kill himself. He's far too valuable."
That part of Herb's commentary is a reasonable contribution, preserved here so you can spam cop the rest.
Done. It isn’t the individual comment anymore, but that he keeps pushing to see what he can get away with after being good for a little while. I don’t have the energy to play stupid games.
Posted by: Glenmore   2019-07-25 16:00  

#18  Why is the Man of Mystery itching to get home by whatever means?
Could it be that there's some crucial evidence stashed away that he's at pains to bury?
Photographic evidence of powerful figures with children?
Which powerful figures?
Posted by: Lex   2019-07-25 15:42  

#17  Goddamn ! The mod's a whack-a-mole champion !

Yeah. And you should see what she can do to eyebrows.
Posted by: gorb   2019-07-25 15:26  

#16  5 wrist-slaps on one article - H, the new champ
Posted by: Mercutio   2019-07-25 14:54  

#15  Is it evil not to feel sorry for a child molester?
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2019-07-25 14:47  

#14  Mr. McCoy is still in timeout for being an ass after only one day of being good last time. So he has taught us not to trust his good behaviour, and will have to bear the consequences.

Here is the deal, Herb: every time you announce that Rantburgers are evil, you will get an ever longer time out to enable you to find websites that better match your sensitivities. This is not a left-right thing (which you don’t actually care about, but assume that we will take the insult in the spirit in which it was intended), but the fact that you are both monomaniacal and boring on the subject.
Posted by: trailing wife   2019-07-25 14:16  

#13  Goddamn ! The mod's a whack-a-mole champion !
Posted by: Dron66046   2019-07-25 14:08  

#12  The predator discover what its like to be the prey. Karma.
Posted by: 49 Pan   2019-07-25 12:13  

#11  I dunno cuz I never been but I heard that other inmates don't like child molesters. I guess that kinda crime is even too low down for the usual thieves, murderers and rapists.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2019-07-25 11:52  

#10  Lulz, Steve
Posted by: Frank G   2019-07-25 11:27  

#9  If it was anything but Epstein, I would have put money on "neocons" and "My God, what have I done?".
Got nuthin.
Posted by: SteveS   2019-07-25 11:03  

#8  Probably something about the mossad or Epstein being a juice.
Posted by: Dron66046   2019-07-25 10:57  

#7  Oh Shit. Just missed it.
Posted by: Dron66046   2019-07-25 10:56  

#6  "Donna Hillary is unhappy."?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2019-07-25 09:20  

#5  Ref #4: Yes, it was likely a failed attempt.
Posted by: Besoeker   2019-07-25 08:30  

#4  I expect him to die soon. He has too much dirt on too many powerful people.
Posted by: DarthVader   2019-07-25 08:28  

#3  SCFI, that day is coming too I'll bet. Wait till he meets Bubba, the cop-killing clown from 9 South Wing with an addiction to Big Penis medication.
Posted by: Dron66046   2019-07-25 08:04  

#2  I need to get my eyes checked. I read this as "...Epstein, 66, was found in the rectal position..."
Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance   2019-07-25 04:18  

#1  ...The Clintons send their regards.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2019-07-25 04:17  

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