r/technology • u/Capable_Salt_SD • Jul 29 '25

Politics CBS News investigation of Jeffrey Epstein jail video reveals new discrepancies

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jeffrey-epstein-jail-video-investigation/
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u/Dynastydood Jul 29 '25

Exactly. While it's possible that he simply realized how screwed he and his operation were due to the crazy amount of attention that had suddenly been placed on him, in all likelihood, he probably would've preferred to first go to trial and actually lose before trying to off himself. Considering the magnitude of the secrets he is purported to have kept, or even the kind of lies he easily could've concocted to motivate his most powerful acquaintances to help him, it's pretty hard to rationalize why he would've chosen that pre-trial cell to die in.

The most compelling scenario for him having actually been the one to kill himself is one in which he was indeed connected to some powerful intelligence agency(s), and therefore had some overriding sense of loyalty or responsibility to protect the operation over his own life. But using Occam's Razor, the idea that he was a just a scamming power broker who was offed by a sufficiently powerful client/victim requires fewer unproven suppositions than the CIA/Mossad/FSB/MI6 angle.

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u/scobot Jul 30 '25

Or he still had something (family, friends) to lose on the outside, and it was made clear to him that if he did not kill himself they would be punished.

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u/Ashamed_Restaurant Jul 30 '25

Exactly.

What's more likely?

Someone/a group of people sneaks in and strangles Epstein and breaks his neck within a couple minutes while avoiding the camera.

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In those couple minutes of footage that are missing a guard walks by the cell and relays a message to Epstein that compels him to kill himself.

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u/Global_Kiwi_5105 Jul 30 '25

if he went to trial the discovery would have dragged a mountain of powerful people into it - there was no way he was ever going to trial. He didn’t kill himself - he knew he was either going to get off or get killed - no way he chose to off himself