The brother could always decline the estate and leave it to defend itself. If the possible claims and awards are at all close to the amount of the estate, that might be a logical choice.
The fact that Epstein can no longer testify in court, if any criminal charges might be brought in the future against other involved parties, could be a benefit.
And, anyone who was once a friend or associate of Epstein’s (including, but not limited to, both Trump and Clinton) no longer need to fear the reputational impact of Epstein describing details of their friendships.
For example, despite old quotes of Trump describing Epstein as “a terrific guy” and “a lot of fun to be with,” Trump recently said “I had a falling out with him. I haven’t spoken to him in 15 years. I was not a fan of his, that I can tell you.” Epstein is no longer able to refute that (though there might be documentation that was taken from Epstein’s residence which would refute it).
But they have the videos from his safe that are labeled with things like “name with young name”. Surely those are as good as his testimony.
For things that are on those tapes, undoubtedly.
But, what if Epstein were to have said, “Sorry, Donald, but you and I kept in touch all this time, and we talked regularly on the phone up until three months ago?”
Even if he were believed, talking on the phone isn’t proof of anything; other than that Trump’s a liar, and it’s a little late for him to start killing people to try to hide that fact.
What if Epstein had said, “I supplied underage girls to Trump for years. And here’s a list of other prominent people I supplied underage girls to, and I’ll testify as part of a plea bargain.”
Pretty much my feelings.
He didn’t commit the rapes by himself. He had help from subordinates. They apparently have not been charged and may get away without punishment.
If there’s any “conspiracy” around his death, I think it’s simpler than some political thing or a scared rich associate (I don’t * believe* there’s any evidence that he was part of a ring of wealthy pedophiles). Despite the evidence against him, this guy was a billionaire, capable of dispensing massive bribes, and protected by a powerful legal team for years or decades. Maybe he was simply “allowed” to die. They already knew he was suicidal, as he tried to kill himself earlier in his stay in jail.
There would be an investigation (of the death of a high profile billionaire accused child rapist) and I really don’t think it’s possible to hang someone without that being revealed in the autopsy… so I’m not buying stories about some assassin sneaking in there and offing him, or some recently jailed assassin doing the same. (Nor is a conspiracy that also includes whoever would do the autopsy at all reasonable.)
If it’s a single bullet, I’d be looking at where Deputy Fife was at the time…
ETA: I swear, I did not see MacCat beat me to this joke…
Happens a lot in domestic violence cases. Murderers don’t tend to be particularly original, movies notwithstanding.
I would probably rephrase that more delicately but, I agree whole-heartedly with your assessment.
Vince Foster baked it in a cake and mailed it to him from Arkancide, Arkansas.
Say hello to the new boss, same as the old boss.
We can now include the White House among those loony right wing sites. Trump has tweeted that he believes the Clintons killed Epstein.
I have not read each and every post and IANAL but I was talking to someone who is tonight; if the police and state go after this seriously it is possible - just possible - that it could help. For one thing it takes the big target away and should allow some more freedom/opportunity to pick off the other targets. Secondly he won’t be able to misdirect or confuse the investigation. The really good/bad thing is that there are several victims public already who have made it clear that they are not considering this closed at all.
(It’s bad that there are any victims; period. But that we have people with the strength ------ it’s simply amazing.)
Now?
I won’t be at all surprised if it turned out that Bill Clinton was involved in the sex crimes. We already know from the documents that were unsealed Friday that one of the sex slaves has said she was forced to have sex with former Democrat Gov Bill Richardson and former Democrat Sen George Mitchell. That same woman DID NOT implicate Trump : https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-biggest-bombshells-in-newly-unsealed-jeffrey-epstein-documents
When you consider that Trump traveled in the same circles with these people before he became president and now, as President, has access to surveillance and intelligence info that other people don’t, he probably knows more about what happened than what has been publicly released. I wouldn’t be at all surprised if he has a reason for making these allegations against the Clinton.
He has a great reason. He’s a pathological liar.
Epstein’s death is so convenient for lots of very powerful people. Notwithstanding Larry Borgia’s skepticisms (seriously, a Borgia doubting a suspicious convenient death? ;)), and the circumstance show such amazing incompetence on the part of the ostensible guardians, that one had to be thinking foul play.
Said materials use in Court is going to be a lot less now that Jeffrey Epstein is no longer around to testify to it’s provenance or be confronted by it.
Yesterday morning I asked my gf if she’d heard the surprising breaking news. She hadn’t (she was just getting out of bed). She guessed Epstein was found dead in his cell.