The Epstein Files by Julie K. Brown

The Epstein Files by Julie K. Brown

Why I don't believe Jeffrey Epstein Killed Himself (Part 2)

Epstein's first so-called "suicide attempt" has never been adequately investigated

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Julie k Brown
Jan 29, 2026
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The murder of notorious mobster James “Whitey” Bulger in a federal prison in West Virginia in 2018 was planned almost as soon as he arrived. Inmates were placing bets on how long the mafia turncoat would survive. It would take just seven minutes for three inmates to beat him to death.

Larry Nassar, who was convicted of sexually abusing women and girls for decades during his time at Michigan State University and as a team USA Gymnastics doctor, was stabbed almost a dozen times in his cell at a the federal penitentiary in Florida in 2023. The inmate somehow got into Nassar’s cell and beat and stabbed him with a shank.

Jeffrey Epstein, one of the most prolific sex predators in history, was allegedly found hanged in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan after just 36 days in custody.

In each of these cases, and others, the deaths or assaults of high-profile federal prisoners were blamed on a series of preventable administrative mistakes, incompetence and massive failures within the federal Bureau of Prisons.

The report into Bulger’s death concluded that prison authorities failed to consider threats to Bulger’s life from other inmates when they orchestrated his transfer from a Florida prison to USP Hazelton, one of the nation’s most violent prisons.

It appears that federal authorities also failed to adequately examine the circumstances behind Epstein’s first so-called “suicide attempt” which happened just nine days after he arrived at MCC.

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