Julie K. Brown Doesn’t Believe Jeffrey Epstein Killed Himself
Julie K. Brown, the reporter who pursued the Jeffrey Epstein story and author of “Perversion of Justice,” gives four reasons why she doesn’t believe he died by suicide.
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It’s been nearly two years since Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in his jail cell while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges, and the debate over whether he took his own life rages on.
Julie K. Brown, the reporter who pursued the Epstein story at the Miami Herald and author of a new book on the case, Perversion of Justice, came on this bonus episode of The New Abnormal to share her take on the whole thing.
She shared the reasons why she believes—contrary to what the medical examiner ruled—that Epstein’s death was not a suicide.
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“Number one, this was a man who felt he really was above the law after this happened. He was interviewed by a reporter who asked him about this crime. And he compared what he did with these girls to stealing a bagel, OK,” she says.
Brown also weighed in on Epstein confidante Ghislaine Maxwell, who was is currently jailed on charged she procured girls for him. According to Brown, she’s following Epstein’s playbook to a T when it comes to hiring crazy expensive and well-connected defenders. Brown says that out of all of Epstein’s alleged enablers, Maxwell is the biggest villain.
“She was a nurturing kind of warm woman. And so they felt they could trust her, you know, and they got kind of lured into this web,” she said.
Plus, Brown shares why she thinks Alan Dershowitz is obsessed with her.
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