Jeffrey Epstein was arguably the most notorious sex trafficker in US history. He was also a serial rapist with too many victims to count, invariably too young.
Epstein pimped many of his victims out to his rich and powerful friends. That might explain how he amassed a fortune of over $500 million. Because I suspect many of those friends fell prey to honeytrap blackmail.
But iPINIONS doesn’t join the conspiracy chorus. I merely question how this high-profile sex trafficker died on the government’s watch without consequence.
Jeffrey Epstein committed suicide
Guards found Epstein dead in his cell on Saturday morning. The discovery, while shocking, should not have been surprising. After all, only three weeks prior, he reportedly “attempted suicide.”
He was under special watch at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City, known as the most secure detention facility in the United States. Prison officials insist that, despite this, he somehow managed to kill himself. Naturally, conspiracy theorists are having a field day.
Attorney General William Barr said the Justice Department’s inspector general would open an investigation into the circumstances of Mr. Epstein’s death in federal custody. While Mr. Epstein will never face a legal reckoning, the investigations into his crimes, and those of others connected to him, must continue.
(The New York Times (Editorial Board), August 11, 2019)
Epstein’s infamous black book
Of course, interest in Epstein always focused on the “others connected to him.”
His infamous madam, Ghislaine Maxwell, is getting all the media attention. But inquiring minds want to know about the reported fraternity of famous men he catered to. They include:
- President Donald J. Trump: Allegedly introduced Epstein to the libidinal fringe benefits of investing in modeling agencies and beauty pageants. So, arguably, Trump had the most pressing motive to silence Epstein and the best means to do so.
- Former president Bill Clinton: Allegedly flew around the world on Epstein’s private plane – dubbed incriminatingly enough the “Lolita Express.“
- British Prince Andrew: Caught on videotape strolling with Epstein, like conspiring friends, in Central Park. Indeed, reports are that they took this stroll moments after Andrew had his way with one of Epstein’s teenage girls at his mansion on Manhattan’s Upper East Side (a.k.a. his massage parlor).
- Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak: Caught on videotape going in and out of Epstein’s massage parlor almost as often as some of the neighborhood schoolgirls Madam Ghislaine recruited as “masseuses.”
- Actor/director Woody Allen: Actually, enough said.
- Former senator and Northern Ireland peace negotiator George Mitchell, former governor of New Mexico Bill Richardson, and celebrity lawyer Alan Dershowitz: Allegedly all frequented Epstein’s private island in the US Virgin Islands, which incriminatingly enough was variously dubbed “Orgy Island,” “Island of Sin,” and “Pedophile Island.”
- A cadre of law enforcement and government officials, most notably former Trump administration labor secretary Alexander Acosta: As then US Attorney in Miami, he brokered that infamous 2008 sweetheart plea deal. That, of course, is the deal that enabled Epstein to escape charges way back then for soliciting prostitution from a minor. He served 13 months on terms that would make any Club Fed look like Alcatraz. Remarkably, he was allowed to spend 12 hours a day, six days a week, in his private offices, where most business clients who visited were young girls.
Epstein’s associates (The Johns) will get off scot-free
AG Barr insists the investigations related to Epstein’s vices will continue. But don’t hold your breath for any of these men to face prosecution. This, after all, is the same Barr who acted more like Trump’s defense attorney than America’s attorney general when Robert Mueller released his incriminating report.
Nonetheless, if there were ever a case for guilt by association, this would be it. No doubt that’s why Clinton, Dershowitz, Allen & Co. are so keen to plead their innocence. They’re not doing so in any court of law, mind you. No, they care only about winning in the court of public opinion.
That’s because they are banking on the men of Trump’s Justice Department, notably AG Barr himself, emulating the Acosta I referenced above. Specifically, they will conspire with these connected men to ensure that Epstein’s madam, Ghislaine, and other (female) facilitators take the fall. That is, just like women do whenever anyone is prosecuted for prostitution.
They will also punish the poor, overworked guards at that detention center for dereliction of duty. And rest assured, they will make a public show of this punishment.
Epstein’s victims (the Lolitas) will get paid
Meanwhile, lawyers will probably prevail upon his victims to settle civil claims with his estate. And more women will probably come out of the woodwork to file claims against Epstein than the 60 who accused Bill Cosby of similar crimes. However, settlements will surely require signing a Trump-style non-disclosure agreement (NDA).
Hundreds of sexual abuse claims were filed in New York Wednesday on the first day new legislation went into effect extending the statute of limitations for victims of child sexual abuse to bring cases against alleged perpetrators. …
The majority of lawsuits were filed against Catholic priests, dioceses and parishes [but] a woman named Jennifer Danielle Araoz filed a lawsuit in Manhattan against the estate of accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
(The Hill, August 14, 2019)
As it happened, that 2008 plea deal mentioned above haunted Epstein like the Grim Reaper haunting a dead man walking. Frankly, it reeked of rich-man justice and political corruption.
More to the point, that deal offended the conscience of reporter Julie K. Brown of The Miami Herald. It provoked her to continue investigating and reporting on the un-prosecuted charges until a federal judge ruled in February that his plea deal violated the rights of his victims.
The die was cast. Because that ruling not only led to Acosta’s abrupt resignation as labor secretary but also to Epstein’s re-arrest. Julie K. Brown duly reported this development:
It appears that Epstein was arrested upon his arrival at Teterboro airport today. His plane records show he flew into Teterboro from Paris, where he had been vacationing since June 14.
— julie k. brown (@jkbjournalist) July 7, 2019
Was Epstein murdered?
I fully appreciate why so many people suspect one or more of these connected “Johns” had Epstein killed. They certainly have much to gain if he took their secret sexual peccadilloes to his grave.
However, I do not suspect any foul play of that kind. After all, there’s still the dirty little secrets Epstein reportedly left behind in his little black book and on computer devices.
Not to mention all the underage girls these Johns sexually exploited. They are now grown women with very compelling and credible stories to tell. Hence, I suspect my reference above to the lucrative NDAs will be in the offing.
I believe Epstein hanged himself. And the only foul play involved might have been how he induced his guards to help him do this dastardly deed. I’d like to think Epstein funneled so much cash to them that it was worth risking their jobs (and even their own freedom) to help him take this easy way out.
I believe he did so because everything I’ve read about this man screamed “entitlement.” And, no matter what blackmail cards he was still holding to play, he knew he didn’t have a snowball’s chance in hell of finagling another sweetheart plea deal. This means he knew he was bound to spend the rest of his life in prison.
When this inevitable fate finally dawned on him, I suspect death became a consummation devoutly to be wished. I suspect he was so vain he probably could stand looking in the mirror every day for the rest of his life and seeing an imprisoned child rapist.
In other words, this entitled hedonist could not bear even the thought of spending another day living alone like an abused, caged animal. It’s really that simple.
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