Jeffrey Epstein Death Controversy

A number of journalists lectured the public on the proper way to talk about Jeffrey Epstein's "apparent suicide". "Stop speculating Epstein was murdered," demanded Justin Miller of the Daily Beast, and Kelly Weill, of the same outlet, warned about conspiracy theories "erupting" in the aftermath of Epstein's death. Usually, they suggest that the "conspiratorial" explanation for a shocking event is the less likely one. Not so here. The Daily Beast's intrepid worriers may be right. Despite having reportedly attempted to commit suicide two weeks earlier, despite the fact that he was the most high-profile defendant awaiting trial in the country, despite the fact that he was in a special housing unit, and despite the fact that he likely had the ability to destroy the lives of some of the wealthiest, most famous, and most powerful people on the planet, the initial reports that Epstein committed suicide, unaided, could be true. Jeffrey Epstein might just have hung himself, on his own without prompting or assistance from anyone else. Color me skeptical.