EXCLUSIVE IMAGES: Jeffrey Epstein continues to haunt the public conscience, years after he died while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges in a federal jail in New York.
He’s been dead since August 2019, but his convicted accomplice and former lover Ghislaine maxwell has been quietly keeping fit in prison, exclusive new images show.
Fox News Digital spotted a lithe Maxwell jogging in the yard at a federal prison in Tallahassee Thursday evening.
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[Image of ghislaine Maxwell jogging in prison yard]## 2008 – A slap on the wrist
Epstein received a punishment of 13 months for soliciting prostitution from a minor in Palm Beach, Florida. The deal gained intense scrutiny years later after the Miami Herald uncovered details about the crime – so concerning that Florida lawmakers years later passed a bill that allows for the release of secret grand jury files in certain cases.
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In a court order authorizing the release of the documents,Circuit Judge Luis Delgado warned that the contents where disturbing and revealed the case involved more underage victims than the one known accuser.
But the Justice Department and FBI in a memo last week upheld the finding that he hanged himself. The government also said he had no “incriminating ‘client list'” and that additional files related to the case against him are not appropriate for release.
Here’s a timeline of events in a case that continues to draw attention as the public seeks answers.
This March 28, 2017, file photo, provided by the New York State Sex Offender Registry, shows Jeffrey Epstein. (New York State Sex Offender Registry via AP, File)
Aug. 10, 2019 – Epstein’s death
Even though he had a pending bail appeal, authorities at the Metropolitan detention Centre in New York City found him dead in his cell, with a sheet wrapped around his throat, hanging from the bunk bed.
His death was officially ruled a suicide by hanging,but Epstein’s brother Mark hired renowned forensic pathologist Dr. Michael Baden to observe the official autopsy. He told Fox News at the time that three injuries to Epstein’s throat were more consistent with homicidal strangulation than suicidal hanging.
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“Those three fractures are extremely unusual in suicidal hangings and could occur much more commonly in homicidal strangulation,” he said in October 2019. “I’ve not seen in 50 years where that occurred in a suicidal hanging case.”
The scene inside Epstein’s jail cell following his death. (DOJ)
About a year later, the feds arrested Maxwell, Epstein’s longtime lover, on charges that she procured underage girls as part of his trafficking ring. She was convicted at trial, sentenced to 20 years and is appealing.
Her ongoing appeal could be a reason for the government to withhold additional evidence that hasn’t already come out in court, legal experts say, but last week’s memo did not reference her case.