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Former Epstein Cellmate Requests Prison Transfer, Claiming ‘Deplorable’ Conditions, Threats From Guards

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An ex-cop facing the death penalty who briefly shared a cell with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein asked a judge Tuesday to move him to a new facility, claiming guards threatened him inside a New York federal lockup.

Bruce Barket, an attorney for Nicholas Tartaglione, cited comments from Metropolitan Correction Center (MCC) guards telling his client to “shut up,” “stop talking” and “stop complaining,” in his letter to White Plains federal Judge Kenneth Karas.

“The clear message Mr. Tartaglione has received is that if he conveys information about the facility or about the recent suicide, there will be a price to pay,” Barket wrote. “Whether or not the investigators into the suicide chose to interview Mr. Tartaglione about the attempted suicide to which he was witness or about how the facility is run and the conditions under which the inmates are forced to live, the correction officers know he has information potentially very damaging to the very people now charged with guarding him or their coworkers.”

The 51-year-old Tartaglione, convicted for several drug-related slayings, shared a cell with Epstein, 66, at the Lower Manhattan detention facility during what was believed to be Epstein’s first suicide attempt on July 23. He was transferred out of the cell in the facility’s Special Housing Unit sometime later. . .

“The continuing and seemingly unresolvable problems with the conditions of Mr. Tartaglione’s confinement coupled with the unfortunate attempted suicide by a cellmate, to which Mr. Tartaglione is a critical witness, and the successful suicide of that same person makes his continued detention at the MCC inappropriate,” his letter to Karas said. (Read more from “Former Epstein Cellmate Requests Prison Transfer, Claiming ‘Deplorable’ Conditions, Threats From Guards” HERE)

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Why Was Jeffrey Epstein Allowed to Purchase Small Women’s Panties From the Palm Beach Jail?

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By Miami Herald. A decade ago, during a brief stint in Palm Beach County Jail, convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein made an odd purchase at the facility’s store: two pairs of small women’s panties, size 5.

It was just one of thousands of dollars of purchases made by the disgraced financier while in jail after pleading guilty in 2008 to soliciting a minor for sex, according to a purchase log. (His top purchase was single-serve cups of coffee, of which he bought more than 800 in 13 months.) But the panties raise questions about why a childless male inmate, accused of sexually abusing girls as young as 14, would be allowed to buy female undergarments so small that they wouldn’t fit an average-sized adult woman.

The panties were certainly too small for Epstein, who also purchased his briefs in men’s medium and sweatshirts ranging from XL to 3XL, and size-12 shoes. So what, or who, were they for, and why wouldn’t the purchase raise eyebrows under the circumstances? It’s one of many questions that arise from thousands of pages of records obtained by the Miami Herald from the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office. (Read more from “Why Was Jeffrey Epstein Allowed to Purchase Small Women’s Panties From the Palm Beach Jail?” HERE)
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Jeffrey Epstein’s Lawyers Break Their Silence After Official Cause of Death Revealed

By The Blaze. Three lawyers representing accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein broke their silence Friday evening, announcing they plan to conduct their own thorough investigation into Epstein’s shocking death.

“We are not satisfied with the conclusions of the medical examiner,” lawyers Martin G. Weinberg, Reid Weingarten, and Michael Miller said in a statement. . .

The lawyers claimed Epstein was imprisoned under “harsh, even medieval conditions” at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in lower Manhattan. And because it is “indisputable that the authorities violated their own protocols,” the lawyers said they would conduct their own investigation.

“The defense team fully intends to conduct its own independent investigation into the circumstances and cause of Mr. Epstein’s death including if necessary legal action to view the pivotal videos — if they exist as they should — of the area proximate to Mr. Epstein’s cell during the time period leading to his death,” the lawyers said. . .

However, questions swirled around the official cause of Epstein’s death on Thursday after the Washington Post reported that Epstein’s autopsy revealed he had several broken neck bones more consistent with homicide by strangulation than suicide by hanging. (Read more from “Jeffrey Epstein’s Lawyers Break Their Silence After Official Cause of Death Revealed” HERE)

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CHILLING CLAIM: Pedophile Jeffrey Epstein Given 3 Young Girls as Birthday Present

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By Daily Wire. Registered sex offender and multimillionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein allegedly had three poor 12-year-old girls living in France flown in as a “birthday present” for him from a friend, an alleged sexual assault victim claimed in a Florida civil suit.

The disturbing allegations resurfaced in light of Epstein’s apparent suicide in his Metropolitan Correction Center jail cell last week.

“The worst one that I heard from his own mouth was this pretty 12 year old girls he had flown in for his birthday,” alleged victim Virginia Roberts, who now goes by Virginia Giuffre, said of Epstein, according to The Sun.

“It was a surprise birthday gift from one of his friends and they were from France. I did see them, I did meet them,” she said, noting, “Jeffrey bragged afterwards after he met them that they were 12-year-olds and flown over from France because they’re really poor over there, and their parents needed the money or whatever the case is and they were absolutely free to stay and flew out.”

According to a report from The Daily Beast, “These same civil complaints allege that young girls from South America, Europe, and the former Soviet republics, few of whom spoke English, were recruited for Epstein’s sexual pleasure.” (Read more from “Pedophile Jeffrey Epstein Given 3 Young Girls as Birthday Present” HERE)

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Triplet Sisters Supplied as Birthday Present by Top French Model Scout

By Megan Sheets. [T]he French girls, believed to be sisters, were a gift from Epstein’s longtime acquaintance and frequent guest Jean-Luc Brunel.

[Roberts Giuffre] said she saw the three girls with her own eyes and that Epstein had repeatedly described to her how the girls had massaged him and performed oral sex on him. They were flown back to France the next day.

‘He was so excited about the entire event, replayed over and over again over the next course of weeks how cute they were and how you could tell they were really young,’ she said.

‘He went on to tell me how Brunel bought them in Paris from their parents, offering them the usual sums of money, visas, and modeling career prospects.

‘Laughing the whole way through, Jeffrey thought it was absolutely brilliant how easily money seduced all walks of life, nothing or no one that couldn’t be bought.’ (Read more about Epstein’s sickening birthday present HERE)
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Jeffrey Epstein Was Given Three 12-Year-Old French Girls as a Birthday Gift According to Victim’s Chilling Claims

By The Sun. Jeffrey Epstein once had three 12-year-old girls flown in from France for sex as a sick birthday present, explosive court documents claim. . .

The explosive claims were made by Virginia Giuffre who alleges she was forced into being a “sex slave” by Epstein – who killed himself this month while awaiting trial for child sex trafficking charges. . .

She said: “The worst one that I heard from his own mouth was this pretty 12 year old girls he had flown in for his birthday.

“It was a surprise birthday gift from one of his friends and they were from France. I did see them, I did meet them.

“Jeffrey bragged afterwards after he met them that they were 12-year-olds and flown over from France because they’re really poor over there, and their parents needed the money or whatever the case is and they were absolutely free to stay and flew out.” (Read more from “Jeffrey Epstein Was Given Three 12-Year-Old French Girls as a Birthday Gift According to Victim’s Chilling Claims” HERE)

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Discrepancies in the Recent Photos of Ghislaine Maxwell Suggest They May Have Been Photoshopped

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The New York Post found her in the unlikeliest of places: The In-N-Out Burger in Hollywood. Calling them “the first photos” since Epstein’s death, the Post reported that Maxwell “was scarfing down a burger, fries and shake al fresco at an In-N-Out Burger on Monday,” August 12, while reading a book about “the secret lives and deaths of CIA operatives.” . . .

But new questions raised by The Mail throw the veracity of the photos into question — and raise the possibility that the situation could have been a set-up.

The Daily Mail visited the In-N-Out on Friday. Its reporters found that the advertisement posted behind Maxwell, on a bus stop, was for a local hospital.

But the New York Post photos show a poster for “Good Boys,” the newly released rated R movie where pre-teens make sex jokes, in the same spot. Outfront Media, the advertising agency that manages posters on that bus stop, told the Daily Mail that the hospital poster had been there since July 28. . .

The diner who took the photo also seems to have used a sophisticated camera lens, according to The Daily Mail, rather than a smartphone camera. It raises the possibility that the photo was taken by a professional photographer, rather than a regular diner who incidentally recognized Maxwell, as the Post claimed.

(Read more from “Discrepancies in the Recent Photos of Ghislaine Maxwell Suggest They May Have Been Photoshopped” HERE)

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Following Epstein’s Prison Death, Barr Appoints New Federal Prison Chief

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Following the death of billionaire and accused child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein while in federal custody, Attorney General William Barr announced a shake-up of leadership at the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) on Monday.

According to a Justice Department press release, Barr has named Dr. Kathleen Hawk Sawyer as the acting director of the bureau. Dr. Hawk Sawyer was the first female director of the BOP and was appointed by Barr during his first stint as attorney general back in 1992. She remained at that position until 2003.

The press release also notes that the former-now-acting director received multiple awards during her previous tenure, including the Attorney General’s Award for Excellence in Management in 1992, two Presidential Rank Awards for Meritorious Service in 1994 and 2000, and the Presidential Distinguished Executive Award in 1997.

Barr also named Dr. Thomas R. Kane acting deputy director. He has previously served as BOP chief of staff, assistant director, deputy director, and acting director under four previous attorneys general, the release says.

“Under Dr. Hawk Sawyer’s previous tenure at the Bureau, she led the agency with excellence, innovation, and efficiency, receiving numerous awards for her outstanding leadership, ” said Attorney General Barr in a statement. “During this critical juncture, I am confident Dr. Hawk Sawyer and Dr. Kane will lead BOP with the competence, skill, and resourcefulness they have embodied throughout their government careers.”

Barr also thanked outgoing acting director Hugh Hurwitz “for his dedication and service to the Bureau over the last fifteen months.” The statement says that Hurwitz has been asked to return to his previous role in the BOP’s re-entry division, where one of his primary tasks will be overseeing the implementation of the First Step Act — 2018’s big criminal justice bill.

Epstein, a 66-year-old financier accused of child sex trafficking, was found dead in his Manhattan jail cell earlier this month. While the neither the press release nor Barr’s statement mention Epstein by name, the shake-up comes after Barr vowed to address how a high-priority inmate like Epstein could have died in federal custody.

Last week, Barr said that he was “appalled — indeed, the entire department was — and frankly angry, to learn of the [prison’s] failure to adequately secure this prisoner.” He also vowed that his team “will get to the bottom of what happened at the [prison] and we will hold people accountable for this failure.” The day after those remarks, Barr reassigned the warden of the prison where Epstein was held.

While Epstein’s death was recently ruled a suicide, there’s still a great deal of mystery surrounding the matter. There is no footage of what happened to the prisoner, law enforcement officials told the New York Post. Furthermore, a new report notes that Epstein’s cellmate was transferred to another part of the prison before Epstein’s death. And an autopsy performed last week found neck fractures that are more commonly found in homicides than suicides. (For more from the author of “Following Epstein’s Prison Death, Barr Appoints New Federal Prison Chief” please click HERE)

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REVEALED: Epstein Express-Shipped a Cement Truck to Pedophile Island Weeks before Arrest, Likely to Coverup Evidence

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By Brobible. The Daily Mail is reporting that Epstein ordered a Carmix 5.5 XL concrete mixer truck and paid extra to ensure a speedy delivery to his private Caribbean island. The self-loading cement mixer arrived at the billionaire financier’s island on November 7, 2018, just three weeks before the Miami Herald published their eye-opening exposé that would ultimately rock Epstein’s world and put him in prison. . .

There are people who suggest that Epstein knew that the explosive exposé was coming out and it was only a matter of time before federal authorities would come for him. There are conspiracy theories that say that Epstein ordered that expensive cement mixer to his private island, now often known as “Pedophile Island” or “Orgy Island,” to hide incriminating evidence in the cement. Possibly dump these cement-covered secrets in the Caribbean Sea. . .

A dozen FBI agents raided Epstein’s Manhattan townhouse last week and seized “hundreds and perhaps thousands” of photographs of nude underage girls according to federal prosecutors.

(Read more from “REVEALED: Epstein Express-Shipped a Cement Truck to Pedophile Island Weeks before Arrest” HERE)

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Not Just a Cement Truck, Epstein Also Shipped Himself Shredder, Tile and Carpet Extractor When Things Started Getting Hot

By Ryan Grim. JEFFREY EPSTEIN SHIPPED a shredder from the U.S. Virgin Islands to his Palm Beach home in July 2008, shortly after reaching a non-prosecution agreement with then-U.S. Attorney Alex Acosta, maritime records show. Then, in March of this year, shortly after a Florida federal judge invalidated that agreement, Epstein shipped a tile and carpet extractor from the Virgin Islands to his Manhattan townhouse, the records show. . .

A key challenge investigators faced when first targeting Epstein in the mid-2000s was an inability to obtain evidence through subpoena. A 2005 search of Epstein’s Palm Beach home came up empty in its quest for computers that investigators suspected contained critical evidence connected to his alleged sexual abuse of young girls.

In 2007, a federal grand jury subpoenaed the computers. That August, Acosta, who is now Donald Trump’s labor secretary, entered into plea agreement discussions with Epstein. Because of those talks, a motion to compel production of Epstein’s computers was delayed, according to the Miami Herald. Epstein held out, however, resisting the deal because it would require him to register as a sex offender. The FBI continued investigating and in March 2008, according to the Miami Herald, preparations were being made to take the case to a new federal grand jury.

That would prove unnecessary, as Epstein agreed to a deal with Acosta. Without notifying the 32 identified victims, the federal government reached a non-prosecution agreement with Epstein in exchange for his guilty plea in state court to a minor offense. He pleaded guilty on June 30. (Read more from, “It wasn’t just the cement truck,” HERE)

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Jeffrey Epstein Shipped $100k Cement Truck to ‘Pedophile Island’ Three Weeks before Damning Expose Was Released, Paying for Machine up Front so It Would Arrive Quicker, as Experts Say He Could Have ‘Literally Covered up Evidence’

By Daily Mail. Jeffrey Epstein had a $100,000 cement truck shipped express to his Caribbean island three weeks before an expose was published which led to his arrest, DailyMailTV can exclusively reveal.

The pedophile, who was found dead by apparent suicide on Saturday while awaiting trial for sex trafficking, got the Carmix 5.5 XL self loading concrete mixer delivered to Little St. James on November 7 last year.

Epstein was in such a hurry that he paid for the machine up front so it would arrive sooner – even though it meant being responsible if it got damaged in transit. . .

Shipping experts told DailyMailTV that the possibility that it was ‘used to literally cover up evidence cannot be discounted’. (Read more from “Jeffrey Epstein Shipped $100k Cement Truck to ‘Pedophile Island’ Three Weeks before Damning Expose Was Released, Paying for Machine up Front so It Would Arrive Quicker, as Experts Say He Could Have ‘Literally Covered up Evidence'” HERE)

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NYC Jail Staffers Not Cooperating with Epstein Investigation; ‘Madam Maxwell’ Spotted

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By Fox News. Personnel at the New York City prison where accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein committed suicide last week have not been initially cooperative with investigators from the Department of Justice, a federal source told Fox News Friday.

Attorney General William Barr sent two senior DOJ officials to personally visit the Metropolitan Correctional Center and speak with staff from the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) in order to gather information on Epstein’s death after Barr said officials uncovered “serious irregularities” at the jail, a senior DOJ official told Fox News. The officials have been on site since Thursday and the FBI and the Justice Department’s inspector general are investigating conditions at the MCC.

BOP officials from various regional offices have also been sent to the Manhattan facility to lend their expertise and insight. In addition, a separate BOP “After Action Team” went to MCC earlier this week in an effort to examine what happened the night Epstein died. The use of the “After Action Team” is part of BOP protocol whenever a “significant event takes place at a prison. (Read more from “NYC Jail Staffers Not Cooperating with Epstein Investigation; ‘Madam Maxwell’ Spotted” HERE)

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Jeffrey Epstein’s Alleged Madam, Ghislaine Maxwell, Photographed at California Burger Joint: Report

By Fox News. Jeffrey Epstein’s mysterious, alleged madam surfaced Thursday at a California In-N-Out Burger, where a photographer snapped her reading a spy novel while scarfing down a burger and fries.

Ghislaine Maxwell, 57, allegedly provided Epstein with underage sex slaves. Court documents allege Maxwell, who is the daughter of the late, disgraced publishing tycoon Robert Maxwell, also participated in threesomes with Epstein and underage girls, according to multiple women who have come forward in the case. . .

The elusive former associate of Epstein could face criminal prosecution, and is believed to have valuable information about Epstein’s illicit activities. Epstein was found dead in his prison cell early Saturday. Authorities said it appeared he committed suicide, but an autopsy has raised questions about his cause of death.

Maxwell was photographed sitting alone in the outside patio area of a Los Angeles In-N-Out Burger restaurant Thursday. She is seen reading an opened book with a burger and fries on the table in front of her, the Post reported. (Read more from “Jeffrey Epstein’s Alleged Madam, Ghislaine Maxwell, Photographed at California Burger Joint: Report” HERE)

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Medical Examiner Reveals Ruling on the Death of Jeffrey Epstein, Lawyers Vow to Conduct Own Investigation

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By The Blaze. The New York City chief medical examiner said on Friday that they had concluded Jeffrey Epstein committed suicide in his jail cell, in support of the official account of his death. . .

The ruling comes six days after Epstein was found unresponsive in his Manhattan jail cell.

He reportedly tied the bedsheet around his neck with the other end tied to the top bunk of the bed in the cell. He got on his knees and leaned down with enough force to break several bones in his neck.

Epstein was charged with several counts of underage sex trafficking, and the case was widely believed to involve powerful and wealthy people. (Read more from “Medical Examiner Reveals Ruling on the Death of Jeffrey Epstein” HERE)

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Jeffrey Epstein Autopsy Results ‘Show’ He Hanged Himself in Suicide

By The New York Times. The New York City medical examiner said on Friday that Jeffrey Epstein’s death in a federal jail cell was a suicide, confirming he had hanged himself. . .

But the chief medical examiner in New York City, Dr. Barbara Sampson, ruled out foul play. She released a terse statement saying that, after an autopsy and a “careful review of all investigative information,” she had determined the cause of Mr. Epstein’s death was “hanging” and the manner was “suicide.”

Three of Mr. Epstein’s lawyers, Martin G. Weinberg, Reid Weingarten and Michael Miller, challenged the findings and vowed to conduct their own investigation. (Read more from “Jeffrey Epstein Autopsy Results Show He Hanged Himself in Suicide” HERE)

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Medical Professor: Epstein Injuries ‘Likely’ a Homicide; Pedophile Allowed Time Alone With Young Woman in Prison’s Attorney Room

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USA Today Interviews Forensic Pathologist: Broken Hyoid Bone “Almost Always” Murder

By Morgan Hines. Cyril Wecht, a forensic pathologist, told USA TODAY that he’s skeptical [that Epstein committed suicide].

“Fractures of the hyoid bone are almost always associated with manual strangulation,” Wecht said. “Because a hand gets up high underneath the chin of the victim.”

Wecht said that multiple breaks or fractures in neck bones are rare to find in suicidal hangings.

A fractured hyoid is possible from any blunt trauma to the neck. However, it is more common in a strangling than in a hanging, according to the National Center for Biotechnology Information.

“Fractures of the hyoid bone in suicide hangings are rare and when you further keep in mind this was not a suicide hanging from stepping off a high ladder,” said Wecht. (Read more about the Epstein Injuries HERE)

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Medical Professor: “More Likely” Epstein Was Murdered than Committed Suicide

By Law and Crime. According to a new report, Jeffrey Epstein‘s autopsy showed that the hyoid bone in his neck was fractured, indicating possible strangulation.

In a Fox News segment, Dr. Marc Siegal, an NYU Langone medical professor claimed that this bone being fractured increases the likelihood that Epstein was murdered.

“The hyoid bone in the neck being fractured and other fractures in the neck, make it more likely, and again, this is a percentage call, more likely that it was a homicide than a suicide,” Siegal said.

Siegal later qualified his statements saying that it could have been either a suicide or a homicide, but that his suspicions have been raised. He also said that the answer will be revealed as to the nature of Epstein’s death because “if someone is attacked, [one can] see signs of the attack on the body.” (Read more from “Medical Professor: Epstein Injuries ‘Likely’ a Homicide” HERE)

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Jeffrey Epstein Spent Time Alone With Young Woman in Prison’s Attorney Room

By Forbes. The day after he was taken off suicide watch, disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein spent at least two hours locked up alone with a young woman, in a private room reserved for inmates and their attorneys, according to an attorney who was visiting the prison that day.

“The optics were startling. Because she was young. And pretty,” said the visiting attorney, who asked that his name not be used because he didn’t want to create friction with the prison administration. He speculated the woman could be a lawyer—NBC News has reported that Epstein paid members of his team to sit with him in a room for eight hours a day for attorney-client meetings, allowing him to avoid his cell.

The visiting attorney went to the Manhattan Correctional Center on July 30, a day after Epstein was reportedly taken off suicide watch and transferred into the Special Housing Unit (SHU). During the hours the visiting attorney was present, it wasn’t Epstein’s main lawyer, Reid Weingarten, or other named attorneys who visited him. (Read more from “Jeffrey Epstein Spent Time Alone With Young Woman in Prison’s Attorney Room” HERE)

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Epstein’s Bodyguard Gives ‘Nervous’ Interview, ‘Backs Away’ From Previous Statements

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In an interview with M.L. Nestel published by New York Magazine Wednesday, the former bodyguard of Jeffrey Epstein — the wealthy financier who was found dead in his cell from suspected self-strangulation on Saturday amid a series of unusual circumstances — contradicted statements Nestel said he made to him in a previous, unpublished interview conducted four years ago.

“To be honest, I didn’t expect that he’d try to back away from the assertions he made in our original interview — but he did,” writes Nestel in the lead-in to the interview. “He also seemed, it is safe to say, quite nervous about saying anything at all.”

The disgraced financier’s former bodyguard, former Russian UFC fighter Igor Zinoviev, told Nestel in the follow-up interview that he “never” talked with Epstein about the first case against him, which resulted in the billionaire pleading guilty to underage prostitution charges.

Nestel, who appeared genuinely surprised by the assertion, followed up by reading what he said was a direct quote from Zinoviev in their 2015 interview about Epstein’s relationships with teenage girlfriends: “So many time I tried to stop him. I try to tell tell him my opinion about that. He don’t listen to me. That’s the reason why I’m not working for him no more. I make him do that — to let me go.” . . .

When Nestel stressed that he “definitely” told him previously there were teenage girls involved, Zinoviev said, “No, no. It’s not that. He working like work-release on other stuff. And I just tell him, you know, he would order his girlfriends around, and I told him, ‘Calm down.’ It’s not just teenage girls,” Zinoviev replied. “I never see teenage girls in my life at his house. That’s what it is. That’s a misunderstanding. Completely.” (Read more from “Epstein’s Bodyguard Gives ‘Nervous’ Interview, ‘Backs Away’ From Previous Statements” HERE)

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