Just hours after the death of high-profile financier Jeffrey Epstein on Saturday the world started with many theories and it has now caught everyone’s attention.
Epstein was to stand trial on sex trafficking and conspiracy charges, he was found dead in his jail cell in New York. The death was named as suicide. The 66-year-old was known for this famous friends and President Donald Trump, former President Bill Clinton, and the UK’s Prince Andrew all had links with him.
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Many of the rumors have been focused on what politicians may have known about the alleged crimes of Epstein and some may have wanted him dead. There is no evidence of this but the hashtag #EpsteinMurder trended worldwide on Saturday.
A guy who had information that would have destroyed rich and powerful men’s lives ends up dead in his jail cell. How predictably…Russian.
— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) August 10, 2019
Mr Trump admits he used to be an acquaintance of Epstein, but said he fell out with him more than 15 years ago. However, many people have theories that Trump had involvement of the death along with Mr Clinton.
A spokesman for Mr Clinton, Angel Urena, said previously the former president “knows nothing about the terrible crimes Jeffrey Epstein pleaded guilty to in Florida some years ago, or those with which he has been recently charged in New York”.
People are also confused how Epstein was able to take his own life when a few weeks earlier he was found with injuries to his neck and semi conscious. Many also wondered how it happened when he was/should have been closely watched by guards
“What does the word watch mean in the phrase suicide watch?” tweeted President Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giulani. “Who was watching?” He then said it was “inconceivable” Epstein could have taken his own life under those circumstances.
However, it has been revealed that he was taken of suicide watch before his death. Some politicians and journalists have advised people to remember the sheer quantity of misinformation online.
As Epstein conspiracy theories abound, remember this is about both partisan politics & broader loss of confidence in govt. When I was in the Middle East (the former conspiracy theory capital) that was the fuel: folks didn’t trust authorities so assumed a plot behind every event
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) August 10, 2019
Jennifer Araoz, who accused the multimillionaire of raping her when she was 15, said: “I am angry Jeffrey Epstein won’t have to face his survivors of his abuse in court.
Manhattan US Attorney Geoffrey Berman, who brought the sex trafficking charges against Epstein, said on Saturday night: “Today’s events are disturbing, and we are deeply aware of their potential to present yet another hurdle to giving Epstein’s many victims their day in court.
“To those brave young women who have already come forward and to the many others who have yet to do so, let me reiterate that we remain committed to standing for you, and our investigation of the conduct charged in the Indictment – which included a conspiracy count – remains ongoing.”
“We have to live with the scars of his actions for the rest of our lives, while he will never face the consequences of the crimes he committed.”
Another anonymous accuser, whose statement was released by her lawyer, Lisa Bloom, said: “I will never have a sense of closure now. I’m angry as hell that the prison could have allowed this to happen.”
