– before correcting himself to claim he did it ‘with the help of guards’
- Dershowitz has said in the past that he believed Epstein killed himself
- In an interview Friday, he initially said ‘no, of course not’
- He then clarified that Epstein committed suicide with the help of prison guards
Alan Dershowitz, the former attorney for Jeffrey Epstein, has said in an interview the pedophile took his own life but did so with some help from the guards in his prison.
Dershowitz, a lawyer, Harvard Law School Professor and author, appearing in an interview with Kim Iversen on Rumble, was asked point blank whether or not Epstein took his own life.
Just a week after Epstein’s death, Dershowitz confirmed that he believed the criminal killed himself. When Iversen asked him Friday, he initially said ‘no, of course not.’
He then clarified that Epstein may have conspired with his guards at the Manhattan Detention Center: ‘He didn’t kill himself without the help of some people. He did kill himself, but he killed himself with the help of guards.’
Alan Dershowitz (pictured), the former attorney for Jeffrey Epstein, said in an interview this week that the billionaire pedophile took his own life but did so with some help from the guards in his prison cell
‘He didn’t do it by himself, obviously the videos were turned off and the guards turned their back and his cellmate left,’ Dershowitz continued. ‘So I think he killed himself, but he killed himself with the help of some people in law enforcement.’
Ever since the pedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in his cell in a New York prison on August 10, 2019, conspiracy theories have abounded.
Officially, the 66-year-old tycoon committed suicide. But, given that he was facing charges of trafficking underage girls for sex, and the number of high-profile and powerful people, from Prince Andrew to Bill Gates, he had associated with, conspiracists believe some would have preferred him dead before he testified.
Last month, his former companion and co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell made a frank intervention from her prison cell.
‘I believe that he was murdered,’ she said in a TV interview. ‘I was shocked. Then I wondered how it had happened because . . . I was sure he was going to appeal.’
Using written records that the Federal Bureau of Prisons has released, we reconstruct the final days and hours of Epstein’s life to find out what really happened on that fateful night in jail…
A week after Epstein’s death, Dershowitz said he doesn’t believe rumors that the 66-year-old was murdered at Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) in New York last Saturday as he awaited trial on allegations of sex trafficking children.
The attorney, who represented the billionaire in his 2007 trial for soliciting a minor for prostitution, says Epstein was simply thinking like the financier he was.
Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein in Cambridge, Massachusetts on September 8, 2004
Dershowitz (pictured) said that Epstein may have conspired with his guards at the Manhattan Detention Center: ‘He didn’t kill himself without the help of some people. He did kill himself, but he killed himself with the help of guards.’
Last month, his former companion and co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell made a frank intervention from her prison cell
‘I’m not a conspiracy-theory person. I think it was just a suicide,’ Dershowitz told Page Six. ‘I think he killed himself because he didn’t want to spend the rest of his life in prison. He did a cost-benefit analysis and thought he’d be better off dead.
Epstein allegedly tried to take his own life on July 23 and was discovered semiconscious on the floor of a cell he shared with an ex-cop awaiting trial for murdering four people.
Conspiracy theories suggested Epstein may have been killed to protect other high profile names in his circles who may have been implicated in crimes attached to the billionaire.
That inmate, Nicholas Tartaglione, has since been cleared of any wrongdoing in the incident his lawyer has claimed.
While Dershowitz agrees, there wasn’t anyone else involved, he does think further probing is required.
‘There should be a thorough investigation . . . He never should have been taken off of suicide watch,’ he continued.
According to prosecutors, Epstein sexually exploited dozens of teenagers at his homes in Manhattan and Florida between 2002 and 2005.
Ever since the pedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein, 66, was found dead in his cell in a New York prison on August 10, 2019, conspiracy theories have abounded
A photo of the noose found on the floor in Jeffery Epstein’s cell after he died
The cell he was in should have been treated as a crime scene and his body photographed before removal. The medical examiner at the hospital pronounces Epstein’s death and rules that the cause is suicide by hanging leading to a cardiac arrest
He denied the charges but faced up to 45 years in jail if found guilty.
Epstein had set up his own foundation, which donated $6.5million to Harvard University to establish an ‘evolutionary dynamics’ program.
This donation earned the praise of none other than celebrated legal mind and Harvard professor Dershowitz – who went on to represent Epstein when he was accused of sex crimes in 2007 – who described it as ‘brilliant’.
In 2007, Dershowitz, now 80, helped broker the plea deal that saw Epstein spend just 13 months in a county jail in Florida after admitting a single state charge of soliciting prostitution from a minor.
He also successfully helped British socialite Claus von Bulow overturn his conviction for the attempted murder of his wife and was part of O.J Simpson’s legal team when he was acquitted of murder.
When some of Epstein’s alleged victims sued the pedophile following his 2008 plea deal that saw him escape serious jail time, his ex-girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell was accused of helping him procure some underage girls to abuse.
Virginia Giuffre – then known as Virginia Roberts – said in court papers that she met Maxwell at Donald Trump’s Mar-A-Lago club in 2000 where the Briton recruited her to be Epstein’s sex slave. Maxwell denied the allegation and the lawsuit was ultimately settled out of court, with Giuffre’s remarks struck from the record by a judge.
Giuffre, has alleged she was forced to have sex with the American celebrity lawyer Dershowitz.
Giuffre said she had performed sexual acts on Dershowitz, an allegation he has repeatedly and vehemently denied. He has accused Giuffre of being ‘a complete and total liar.’
The Epstein accuser also makes the allegations about Prince Andrew, former US Senator and architect of the Northern Irish peace deal George Mitchell, and ex-New Mexico governor Bill Richardson.
Dershowitz denies ever being friends with Epstein.
‘I haven’t seen him in years,’ he told the Post. ‘We never had a friendship. I have no personal feelings. He was a client and someone who I had academic contact with. We didn’t have a personal relationship.’