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Jeffrey Epstein's apparent suicide triggers a wave of anti-Jewish conspiracies online
The US financier, awaiting trial on child sex abuse charges, was not on suicide watch despite trying to take his own life last month
August 11, 2019 08:34
The US financier, awaiting trial on child sex abuse charges, was not on suicide watch despite trying to take his own life last month
August 11, 2019 08:34The death of Jeffrey Epstein, whose body was discovered in his prison cell on Saturday in an apparent suicide, has triggered calls for an official inquiry and a wave of conspiracy theories online.
The US financier, awaiting trial on charges of trafficking underage girls for sex, appeared not to be on suicide watch this weekend even though he had attempted to take his own life less than three weeks ago.
Epstein was given daily psychiatric evaluations after July 23, when he was found unconscious in his cell with marks around his neck, but he was removed from suicide watch and returned to a segregated area of the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan on July 29, the New York Times reported.
The 66-year-old, already convicted of soliciting prostitution with a minor a decade ago, had been denied bail in this year’s case and was facing up to 45 years in prison.
