{"id":14764,"date":"2019-08-20T11:23:51","date_gmt":"2019-08-20T10:23:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/?p=14764"},"modified":"2019-08-20T11:23:51","modified_gmt":"2019-08-20T10:23:51","slug":"jeffrey-epstein-signed-will-two-days-before-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/jeffrey-epstein-signed-will-two-days-before-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeffrey Epstein &#8216;signed will two days before death&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">US media reports have said Jeffrey Epstein signed his will two days before killing himself in New York. Court papers were filed last week in the US Virgin Islands, they valued Epstein&#8217;s estate at more than $577 million but listed no details of an inheritor, the Associated Press reported.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14619\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14619\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14619\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/BBC.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/BBC.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/BBC-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/BBC-768x499.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-14619\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">BBC<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Epstein died whilst awaiting his trial for sex trafficking and conspiracy charges. The 66-year-old had died by &#8220;suicide by hanging&#8221; in his jail cell. He was discovered on August 10th.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Epstein had pleaded not guilty to the charges made against him and was held without bail, he was facing\u00a0 at least 45 years in jail if found guilty.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Epstein had signed the will documents on August 8th and just 48 hours he was found dead in his cell. This led to an investigation of the Manhattan detention center\/Metropolitan Correctional Center.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">New York-born Epstein worked as a teacher before going into finance. Before to the criminal cases against him, he was best known for his wealth and high-profile connections such as\u00a0US President Donald Trump, former President Bill Clinton and the UK&#8217;s Prince Andrew.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">President Trump said had suggested there may have been foul play in Epstein&#8217;s death. The Department of Justice has launched an investigation into how Epstein was able to die in New York&#8217;s highly secure Correctional Center. Two prison guards were suspended and a warden temporarily reassigned from MCC\u00a0 after reports that 30-minute checks, which are required within Epstein&#8217;s unit, were not carried out properly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US media reports have said Jeffrey Epstein signed his will two days before killing himself in New York. Court papers were filed last week in the US Virgin Islands, they valued Epstein&#8217;s estate at more than $577 million but listed no details of an inheritor, the Associated Press reported. 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