# Epstein Suicide **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 10, 2019, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-suicide/838451 "2019-08-10T13:21:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MacCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maccat/32/216_2.png) [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2019, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-suicide/838451/1 "2019-08-10T13:21:25Z")
This just in [NY Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/10/nyregion/jeffrey-epstein-suicide.html?campaign_id=60&instance_id=0&segment_id=16047&user_id=a24ab375d09a33e849d5a77dae6b705c®i_id=43071900ing-news) ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2019, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-suicide/838451/2 "2019-08-10T13:27:03Z")
So he hung himself. That is probably to the relief of dozens of very rich and powerful men. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2019, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-suicide/838451/3 "2019-08-10T13:28:18Z")
I’m surprised there are pedophiles who do not choose suicide when caught. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2019, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-suicide/838451/4 "2019-08-10T13:32:10Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > So he hung himself. That is probably to the relief of dozens of very rich and powerful men. Which makes you wonder if he had some help. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2019, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-suicide/838451/5 "2019-08-10T13:37:14Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > Which makes you wonder if he had some help. If he needed help, he probably got it. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2019, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-suicide/838451/6 "2019-08-10T13:41:21Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > Which makes you wonder if he had some help. Trump had him silenced. Hey, if people believe Clinton had Seth Rich killed to shut him up, why not introduce a new CT? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2019, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-suicide/838451/7 "2019-08-10T13:42:27Z")
So he dies and is now officially innocent of all charges, right? I mean, as far as the law is concerned. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2019, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-suicide/838451/8 "2019-08-10T13:46:12Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > So he dies and is now officially innocent of all charges, right? I mean, as far as the law is concerned. > > :mad: Is that how the law works? Shouldn’t the investigation continue into his customers? ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2019, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-suicide/838451/9 "2019-08-10T14:01:05Z")
Hey, wasn’t he supposed to be on suicide watch? Don’t they take away stuff like belts and shoelaces that can be used to self-harm in those cases? One does wonder if he had “help”… ---
**Author:** ![Emiliana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@Emiliana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emiliana)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2019, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-suicide/838451/10 "2019-08-10T14:03:35Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > Hey, wasn’t he supposed to be on suicide watch? Don’t they take away stuff like belts and shoelaces that can be used to self-harm in those cases? > > One does wonder if he had “help”… At least one Trump staffer has already blamed Hillary. ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2019, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-suicide/838451/11 "2019-08-10T14:04:13Z")
My immediate knee jerk reaction to hearing he killed himself was “no chance he killed himself. That’s just what it looks like” I may have watched too many movies. But he did have dirt on people who absolutely could have had this done. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2019, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-suicide/838451/12 "2019-08-10T14:04:26Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > Hey, wasn’t he supposed to be on suicide watch? I assume someone watched him do it. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2019, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-suicide/838451/13 "2019-08-10T14:12:17Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Trump had him silenced. > > Hey, if people believe Clinton had Seth Rich killed to shut him up, why not introduce a new CT? 😛 Nice spin-job, doctor. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2019, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-suicide/838451/14 "2019-08-10T14:21:37Z")
Prince Philip’s assassins strike again. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2019, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-suicide/838451/15 "2019-08-10T14:34:22Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I assume someone watched him do it. Right. They didn’t say that they had him on suicide _stop_. ---
**Author:** ![Unreconstructed\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/76d3ee/32.png) [@Unreconstructed\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unreconstructed_Man)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2019, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-suicide/838451/16 "2019-08-10T14:43:31Z")
America’s most high profile prisoner - a guy who may very well have had _serious_ dirt on any number of rich and powerful figures - offs himself while on suicide watch _a week after a failed attempt?_ Nah. Nuh-uh. I’m not a conspiracy minded guy, but I’m going to need to see some serious evidence that the motherfucker wasn’t “helped”. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2019, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-suicide/838451/17 "2019-08-10T15:04:24Z")
I’m seeing a FB meme posted by a (former?) Doper that says Clinton had him killed. A far-left friend says Clinton did it. To what end? How does that make sense? Trump is the one who benefits from Epstein’s death. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2019, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-suicide/838451/18 "2019-08-10T15:12:05Z")
Epstein may have had ties to intelligence agencies too (maybe they were using his blackmail abilities for their own purposes). If so I’m sure they’d know how to get a prison guard to ‘let’ epstein kill himself using carrots and sticks. I won’t be surprised if the cctv camera stopped working too. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2019, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-suicide/838451/19 "2019-08-10T15:20:00Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > If so I’m sure they’d know how to get a prison guard to ‘let’ epstein kill himself using carrots and sticks. Except I think he used a sheet or something. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_McQwark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@Steve\_McQwark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_McQwark)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2019, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-suicide/838451/20 "2019-08-10T15:28:41Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I assume someone watched him do it. I shared this comment with my son and he used it in a youtube comment. He’s quite excited about the number of likes and LOLs he’s getting in response. I told him to send you a screenshot of half the likes as compensation; it seems only fair. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-suicide/838451.md?page=2)