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Jeffrey Epstein Attorney: He Was Concerned For His Life
By Sara Carter -August 12, 2019

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Jeffrey Epstein was concerned for his life after an incident in the jail in late July that sources at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York said was an attempted suicide, said Criminal Defense Attorney David Schoen, who had visited Epstein on Aug. 1, at the facility.

Schoen had been speaking to Epstein weeks prior and deliberating whether or not to take on the federal sex trafficking case authorities had brought against the billionaire. He was being held without bail for child sex trafficking, as well as conspiracy charges. Epstein pleaded not guilty. He faced up to 45 years in prison if convicted and the mystery surrounding his death deepened with his alleged suicide Saturday. Epstein has been connected by friendship, as well as through his lavish parties, to some of the most powerful people in the world.

Schoen said, he was just days away from officially representing Epstein when he learned of his death.

The meeting on Aug. 1, which Schoen said lasted five hours, was detailed and long. Schoen said Jeffrey Epstein did not appear to be suicidal and instead, seemed relieved that Schoen would be joining his legal team as they worked on his defense. The meeting was interrupted at one point by the jail psychologist came to visit Epstein, who appeared open to speak to her.
This would be the last time Schoen spoke to Jeffrey Epstein.

Epstein, who was 66 years old, was found dead Saturday at the Manhattan detention facility. The medical examiner believes Epstein’s cause of death is suicide by hanging, according to reports. However, the medical examiner is waiting for additional information from law enforcement before making the findings public, reports state.

Since meeting with Epstein on Aug. 1, Schoen was in communication with intermediaries regarding the case and said there was no indication on his part that Epstein was suicidal the day they met in New York. He had planned to see him this week, before finding out Saturday that his future client was dead of an apparent suicide.

“He was afraid of any consequences if he spoke about what happened in the first incident,” said Schoen, who recalled Epstein’s conversation with him during their meeting about the inmate he was housed with during the time. Epstein had been put into a cell with a very dangerous former police officer, accused of killing four people and the incident regarding his alleged suicide in July needs to be thoroughly investigated.

“He had asked me to take over his case, to essentially quarterback the legal team,” said Schoen, who also recalled that Epstein had sent a message to Schoen to meet with him on Friday. Schoen was working another case and couldn’t make it, he said. After the Aug. 9 meeting was canceled, Schoen had rescheduled to fly to back to New York this week to meet with Jeffrey Epstein.

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