The report of Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide comes a few weeks after speculation that the Jewish financier was found injured and unresponsive on the floor of his prison cell in Manhattan. At the time, multiple media outlets suggested that he might have attempted to kill himself.
Jewish billionaire Jeffrey Epstein, who was arrested last month on sex trafficking charges, committed suicide by hanging in his jail cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Centre in Lower Manhattan on Friday night, ABC News reported, citing law enforcement officials.