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-Lurid Crime Tales-

Guards were ‘asleep’ when Epstein died, says NYT

2019-08-16

[DAWN] An alleged victim of pedophile financier Jeffrey Want Some Candy, Little Girl? Epstein
Jeffrey <q>Want Some Candy, Little Girl?</q> Epstein

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A ~~high class pimp~~ financier who was alleged to maintain a stable of underage ~~whores~~ sex slaves who were paid big bucks to entertain the rich and/or famous. He is a registered sex offender and made att least 17 out-of-court settlements with former members of his stable, with some cases still ongoing. 2011 court docs reveal that 21 email addresses and phone numbers for Bill Clinton and an aide were found in Epstein's electronic black book, and that Clinton frequently flew with Epstein on his private plane between 2002 to 2005. But really, they were probably just discussing finance or politix or something. While getting massaged. Then things got serious, Jeff was tossed in the slammer in New York and then he killed himself. Really. That's what happened...
sued for damages on Wednesday as reports claimed his guards were asleep before the disgraced tycoon died from an apparent suicide in prison.

Two employees of the Metropolitan Correctional Centre in New York failed to check on Epstein for three hours and then falsified prison logs to cover up their error, the New York Times

...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize...
reported.

The staff members were meant to be inspecting Epstein’s cell every 30 minutes but dozed off, several unnamed law enforcement and prison officials familiar with the matter told the newspaper.

The revelations came a day after the warden of the high-security facility was temporarily reassigned and two guards put on administrative leave by the Bureau of Prisons, pending an investigation.

Epstein, 66, was found dead in his cell on Saturday morning. The FBI and Justice Department are probing how he managed to apparently take his own life just weeks after an earlier reported suicide attempt.

US newspapers reported that he had apparently been taken off suicide watch and left without a cellmate, against protocol, while the guards were working overtime due to major staff shortages at the jail.

The multi-millionaire, who hobnobbed with numerous politicians and celebrities over the years, was awaiting trial charged with one count of sex trafficking of minors and one count of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of minors.

His death came a day after a court released documents in which one of his alleged victims said Epstein used her as a "sex slave" and that she was forced to have sex with well-known politicians and businessmen.

Another woman, who says she was raped by Epstein as a teenager, sued his estate and former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell under a New York law that came into effect on Wednesday.

Jennifer Araoz wrote a column in the New York Times saying she was filing a lawsuit under the Child Victims Act against Epstein, British-born socialite Maxwell and other accomplices.

Posted by:Fred

#15 I'm sure the guards would be happy to volunteer to clear their names.

Posted by: Silentbrick 2019-08-16 21:23

#14 Wecht doesn't think it is possible to sustain those injuries, insufficient force.
Posted by NoMoreBS

Well, how about lining up a few cadavers and doing some testing. Ought to be lots of cadavers in NYC willing to take the plunge for science and justice. Just a thought.

Posted by: Besoeker 2019-08-16 18:12

#13 Medical Examiner rules he was a suicide, and the fix begins.....Dr Wecht is already saying BS based on the finding that he self hung by leaning forward from a kneeling position to suffocate, inconsistent with broken hyoid and cervical bones, Wecht doesn't think it is possible to sustain those injuries, insufficient force.

Posted by: NoMoreBS 2019-08-16 17:18

#12 Agree with Dron that natural justice will eventually apply but in the meantime those who murdered Epstein to cover their own crimes will walk free and continue to do evil while trust in our government is destroyed.

And all of this is to say nothing of the young girls who were victimized, whose lives were ruined while they were still children, who will not see that natural justice until they die. I hope they can get something from Epstein's estate but it's far from certain.

Posted by: Abu Uluque 2019-08-16 14:38

#11 It was murder and levels of our government and another were behind it. What surfaced was the foreign government sponsored blackmail scheme linked to a friendly pervert with a cover story and wide ranging links to the soft underbelly of political power in this country. There are too many factors to make it merely a rich pervert with an appetite for young girls and willing politicians. The cash flow without apparent sourcing, the cover given even in his first prosecution, the convenience of the demise, and the specific facts of the homicide. The proof will be the dog that didn't bark, to wax Holmesian. No major political names will fall, proof it was a conspiracy to protect a vital ally whose power honeytrap was close tp being revealed.

Posted by: NoMoreBS 2019-08-16 14:20

#10 Ref #8: For some reason, this whole Epstein story reminds me of....

Yep, whores, money, crooked politicians, lawyers, dead people.....

Posted by: Besoeker 2019-08-16 12:14

#9 A modicum of natural justice has been ensured by the universe, hasn't it ? Now it would really be complete if the Maxwell lady were to die too.

There is a judge above that needs no committees or sanctions from piddly men in long gowns. Think of the anguish and the tears of the unheard children that disappeared into his factory of filth. Such a man has other hidden crimes as well, ranging from silencing victims to forced abortions to gawd knows what. The auxiliary activities of a sex trafficker.

Rest assured, brethren that he is now in a place fitting for his kind, from which there is no escape, no parole, no appeal. The doctrines of ethical niceties do not apply there, and there is no recourse, only weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Posted by: Dron66046 2019-08-16 12:01

#8 For some reason, this whole Epstein story reminds me of JFK's assassination and the feeling is bad, very bad. The truth will never be known and justice will not be done.

Posted by: Abu Uluque 2019-08-16 11:43

#7 And when the drips are put together, what ultimately emerges will be so incoherent as to be laughable. But enough time shall have passed that nobody'll care, the front pages will have the villain of the day and that new sordid story.

Posted by: Dron66046 2019-08-16 11:36

#6 I'm afraid we're going to have a drip, drip, drip of details indicating that something quite unusual went on. But we're never, ever going to find out what exactly it was. The bureaucratic cover-up will succeed.

Posted by: Tom 2019-08-16 11:33

#5 I wonder if their bank accounts show any unusual activity?

Posted by: Glenmore 2019-08-16 09:12

#4 Wonder how many times 'senior management' ever left their desks to stroll around to see how their important guests were doing? That which doesn't get inspected, doesn't get done. See - Management by Walking around.

Abu Ghraib Part Deux

Posted by: Procopius2k 2019-08-16 08:31

#3 Did the cameras take a nap as well?

Pull the other one...

Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2019-08-16 06:23

#2 Asleep, or at least staring intently at the ceiling, so as not to accidentally see anything.

Posted by: ed in texas 2019-08-16 05:16

#1 Silent night
Holy night
Perverts quake
At the sight

Round yon felon so tender and vile
Guards a snoozing (just for a while)
Sleep in hellishness slee-eeeeep
Slee-eep in hell.ish.ness ...
... sleep...

Posted by: Lex 2019-08-16 01:05

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