There was no foul play in Jeffrey Epstein's prison death and the financier took his own life, the New York medical examiner's office says.
Epstein, 66, was found dead in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City on August 10, touching off outrage and disbelief over how such a high-profile prisoner, known for socialising with powerful people including presidents Donald Trump and Bill Clinton, could have gone unwatched.
A view of the Metropolitan Correctional Center, the prison where the US financier Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in his jail cell earlier this month. Source: EPA
The Bureau of Prisons said Epstein had apparently killed himself but that didn't squelch conspiracy theories about his death.
Epstein, who was charged with sexually abusing numerous underage girls over several years, had been placed on suicide watch last month after he was found on his cell floor on July 23 with bruising on his neck.
But multiple people familiar with operations at the jail say he was taken off the watch after about a week and put back in a high-security housing unit where he was less closely monitored, but still supposed to be checked on every 30 minutes.
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