Convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was left alone and unprotected in his cell "on purpose" in hopes that he wouldn't survive until his trial date, according to his former cellmate.The Daily Beast reported Friday that Nicholas Tartaglione — a former police officer-turned quadruple murderer — clai...
  • halcyoncmdr@piefed.socialEnglish
    87·
    3 months ago

    That usually happens when you know they have a metric shit ton of evidence that could destroy your nice cushy life, and they’re able to make any deal they want with prosecutors. Especially when they’ve done it before.

    • WesternInfidels@feddit.onlineEnglish
      27·
      3 months ago

      …a metric shit ton of evidence that could destroy your nice cushy life…

      But it didn’t even happen, though.

      To think some people will tell you privilege isn’t real.

      • BillyClark@piefed.socialEnglish
        19·
        3 months ago

        Don’t forget, Mark Epstein, Jeffrey’s brother said this in an email:

        Ask him if Putin has photos of Trump blowing Bubba.

        There’s clearly some expectation that incriminating photos will end up in the hands of foreign governments.

        I’m guessing there’s a lot more profit in turning people into agents of foreign governments than there is in directly ruining him.

      • LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net
        9·
        3 months ago

        I’m not holding my breath but it’s still possible. So far we’ve only seen what they’ve allowed us to see. There may well be worse things that come out eventually.

        • null@piefed.nullspace.lolEnglish
          4·
          3 months ago

          I don’t think there’s anything that could come out that would cause his supporters to change their minds at this point.

    • hector@lemmy.today
      5·
      3 months ago

      He did, turns out the ones to release those files were convinced not to.

      Maxwell has something set up as such, or she wouldn’t be around right now. If I had to guess, I’d say Epstein’s guy was Israeli intelligence connected, directly or indirectly, the president’s fixers, et al, got to them, made a deal to give him up in exchange for extra fealty to Israel and their politicians and projects.

  • hector@lemmy.today
    4·
    3 months ago

    This former cop was moved out of his cell because he was shaking Epstein down for money, according to complaints Epstein made. They weren’t friends by any stretch.