Pedophile Jeffrey Epstein is found ‘semi-conscious with neck injuries’ in his jail cell following a ‘possible suicide attempt’, a week after he was denied bail in his sex trafficking trial
Jeffrey Epstein has been found injured in his cell at Manhattan’s Metropolitan Correctional Center
The 66-year-old is being held in custody ahead of his trial for sex trafficking
Witnesses say that Epstein was ‘blue in the face’ and was ‘sprawled out on the floor’ as prison guards rushed to treat him
He was reportedly found in his cell in the fetal position with marks on his neck after possibly trying to hang himself
Investigators are looking into whether it was a suicide attempt by Epstein or if the billionaire financier was attacked
By EMILY CRANE
DAILYMAIL.COM
25 July 2019
Jeffrey Epstein has been found injured in the fetal position in his New York jail cell in what has been described as a possible suicide attempt or assault.
The 66-year-old, who is being held in custody ahead of his trial for sex trafficking, was said to be semi-conscious and suffering neck injuries when he was found in Manhattan’s Metropolitan Correctional Center.
Witnesses told RadarOnline that Epstein was ‘blue in the face’ and was ‘sprawled out on the floor’ as prison guards rushed to treat him in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
At one point, he is said to have lost consciousness before he was eventually carried away.
Sources told NBC News that Epstein was found in his cell in the fetal position with marks on his neck after possible trying to hang himself.
Investigators are looking into whether it was a suicide attempt by Epstein or if the billionaire financier was attacked.
Authorities have already spoken to an accused murderer who is being held at the jail. That inmate, former police officer Nicholas Tartaglione who is accused of killing four men in a cocaine deal gone wrong, reportedly said he hadn’t touched Epstein.
Tartaglione’s attorney has since denied reports his client attacked Epstein and insisted that the pair got along well.
Other law enforcement sources have said that Epstein’s injuries were not serious and speculated that it could be his way of getting a transfer out of the jail.
It comes after Epstein appealed a federal judge’s decision to keep him in the Manhattan jail while he awaits trial.
According to a court notice made public on Tuesday, Epstein will ask the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn the judge’s July 18 rejection of his request to remain under house arrest in his $77 million mansion on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.
Epstein has pleaded not guilty to charges of sex trafficking involving dozens of underage girls.
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