Charges after prosecutors accused him of sex trafficking dozens of underage girls, some as young as 14. His request to await trial at his Upper East Side mansion was denied and he was ordered to stay at the federal facility. Prison Officials Say epstein was found dead in his cell early saturday morning, shocking news for epsteins accusers who have continued to speak out in the more than a month since his arrest. Did Jeffrey Epstein rape you . Yes. He raped me. Reporter jennifer rose, who said epstein raped her when she was a minor, told cnn news that she was angry at his death. We have to live with the scars of his actions for the rest of our lives while he never will face the consequences of the crimes he committed. An attorney for epstein called for an investigation into epsteins death and released a personal statement to cnn blaming politicians, prosecutors, judges, the press, plaintiffs lawyers, and jail workers for epsteins death. All these actors appear to bear some responsibility for this calamity, all seem to have a share of mr. Epsteins blood on their hands, all should be ashamed of their behavior. Epsteins death comes 24 hours after thousands of pages of revealing documents were unsealed in a case from an epstein accuser against one of his former associates. The 2015 defamation suit was filed by virginia guffre, who says epstein flew her around the world to have sex with powerful men, including Prince Andrew in 2001. A Buckingham Palace spokesperson denies her claims. A spokesperson for Buckingham Palace said in response, this relates to proceedings in the United States to which the duke of york is not a party. Any suggestion of impropriety with underage minors is categorically untrue. After getting news of epsteins death, guffres attorney tells cnn that the accountability should not end with Jeffrey Epsteins cowardly and shameful suicide. We are hopeful that the government will continue to investigate and will focus on those who participated and facilitated epsteins horrifying sex trafficking scheme that damaged so much. Epstein struck a controversial deal with federal prosecutors in 2001 and pled guilty to state prostitution charges, spending just 13 months in custody. He got to go to his office is it hours a day, six days a week. Epsteins legal team argued the plea deal was the reason epstein should be prosecuted in new york. Polo sandoval, cnn, new york. Many in Law Enforcement credit journalist julie k. Brown for the fact that epstein was even arrested and facing charges. Brown began investigating epstein in 2017. She refused to stop chasing this story. Shes been relentless in exposing epstein and finding justice for his victims. Julie k. Brown of the miami herald joins us now. Julie, thank you. Just hours before epsteins apparent suicide, there was that massive document dump in the case. We just went through some of the accusations revealed. Do you think its a coincidence that epsteins death happened so soon after the release of those documents . I dont think anything in this case is a coincidence. I think everything thats happened, happened in the order and as the evidence came out. Im sure that he could feel things kind of closing in around him. He had known, im sure, for quite a while that the release of these documents was imminent and they were going to be pretty brutal. I mean, they are. They tell a story about his sex trafficking operation and how he and other people really went out of their way to prey upon vulnerable girls and young women for years. And, you know, so i think that im sure he felt like this was going to be a really hard one to beat. Julie, earlier i spoke with a private investigator, he worked with attorneys for epsteins accusers. Let me just read you a quote from what he said. He said, epstein lived his life not in a 4x4 cell. He knew he only had two options, to turn and cooperate and become a witness against the people who indulged this behavior or he was going to spend the rest of his life in a jail cell and there was no way this individual, knowing who he is, was going to do that. Let me ask you, you spent the last two years investigating epstein. Would he be the type of person who would have killed himself without going to the feds and saying, ill give you all these details about other involved for some kind of a plea deal . I mean, its hard to say what was really going through his head. I think that probably what was what would have happened, he wouldnt have had a choice about that. I think that other people around him were probably going to cooperate or are probably cooperating. So even if he had started to name names or if he decided not to name names, it sort of got to the point now where the case was bigger than he is, and, you know, especially with u. S. Attorney berman in new york, he was really determined, i think, to take this case as far as he can take it and hopefully find justice for these girls. And, you know, when you have a prosecutor like that so dedicated, thats sort of the opposite of what happened here in florida. They hid this case. They tried to sweep it under the rug here. And berman, from the outset, was right out there in front of the cameras announcing that he was going to really do everything in his power to find justice for these victims. And when epstein was first arrested, youve said there were powerful people sweating. Do you think those powerful people are breathing a sigh of relief today or based on what were learning about the ongoing investigation, do you think theyre actually even maybe more concerned . Theyre not breathing a sigh of relief. I know i wouldnt be. I mean, this is serious. Very serious. And, you know, i just think that everybody who even, you know, looked the other way, even people who werent involved, should really take do some soul searching. And, you know, you just think, you know, well see where the evidence leads, but there were plenty of other people that knew about him and there were plenty of people that made a lot of money off of helping him. Our thanks to julie k. Brown. Angry reaction now pouring in from the legal community, the attorneys who represent Jeffrey Epstein, many who feel cheated because epstein will never see the inside of a courtroom. First, these words from epsteins own lawyer. I call for full investigation into the circumstances surrounding mr. Epsteins death. The public needs to know exactly what happened and why and how his custodians could have let it occur. Now from the victims attorney, lisa broom represents several epstein victims and posted this statement from one of them. I will never have a sense of closure now. Im angry as hell that the prison could have allowed this to happen and that i and his other victims will never see him face the consequences for his horrendous actions. I hope that whoever allowed this to happen also faces some type of consequence. You stole from us the huge piece of healing that we needed to move on with our lives. David boise who represents virginia guffre and one other victim says, quote, this is the end of one chapter but only one chapter of the battle to bring the sex traffickers to justice. Jeffrey epstein did not act and could not have done what he did alone. Justice demands those who acted with him also be held to account. And from brad edwards, the attorney for multiple epstein accusers, the fact that Jeffrey Epstein was able to commit the selfish act of taking his own life as his world of abuse, exploitation, and corruption unraveled, is unfortunate yet predictable. While we engaged in contentious legal battles for more than a decade, this is not the ending anyone was looking for. The victims deserved to see epstein held accountable and he owed it to everyone he hurt to accept responsibility for all of the pain he caused. Epstein apparently killed himself in one of the most secure federal prisons in america. How did this happen and whats next for the vinvestigation . Our legal experts weigh in next. Every day, visionaries are creating the future. So, every day, we put our latest technology and unrivaled network to work. The United StatesPostal Service makes more ecommerce deliveries to homes than anyone else in the country. Ecommerce deliveries to homes a lot of folks ask me why their dishwasher doesnt get everything clean. I tell them, it may be your detergent. Thats why more dishwasher brands recommend cascade platinum. Its speciallydesigned with the soaking, scrubbing and rinsing built right in. 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Call usaa to start saving on insurance today. Were back with our breaking story tonight. High profile businessman and accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein found dead in his manhattan jail cell, an apparent suicide. Sources telling cnn epstein in his final days met with his teams of attorneys for hours at a time on a daily basis. The death took place at the metropolitan correction center, considered one of the most secure federal prisons in the nation, in fact the same facility that housed notorious drug kingpin el chapo and Paul Manafort for time. I want to bring in cnn legal analyst and Defense Attorneys joey jackson and chan wu, also a former federal sex crimes prosecutor. Joey, what are your initial questions for jail officials responsible for watching epstein . Conv ana, good to be with you. First of all, this is appalling. There are many questions. You have to look and examine why someone who apparently was on suicide watch on the 23rd of july for which there was a suspicious episode, many of which believing it to be his suicide or him trying to take his life at that time, why he would only be on suicide watch for period of six days. To be clear, suicide watch is an indication that someone has some serious mental maladies for which they need to be constantly observed, that means under the observation of everyone else. Why was it, even though you claim to have given him six days of daily evaluations, why was he allowed to get off of it thereafter . Furthermore, once you go to the special housing unit and its an extra security unit, why wasnt he examined and checked upon . To be clear, im not blaming the actual correction officers in that facility. They do a tough job every day, day in and day out. My questions lie with the brass who made the decision to take him off suicide watch so that he could kill himself and a measure of justice could be taken away from the victims. It begs the question why was there not added security . You knew what he was facing, you knew the stakes involved, you knew the guy wasnt used to prison cells and would be apt and inclined to take his life. There should have been a lot more care and direction in terms of who was looking at him, how they were looking at him and how he was being responded to. He should have never been taken off suicide watch in my view. Shan, your key questions . Its appalling that somebody who is such a high profile defendant would have been allowed to have that time. It raises huge issues for the case. One thing that would have been helpful for the victims is this idea of the asset forfeiture, there could have been some compensation paid to them. Its very unclear what happens now with the forfeiture of his assets with his death. The Second Circuit court of appeals recently held in a somewhat analogous case that criminal restitution would expire if the defendant died. I think thats an open question. But there are still civil lawsuits pending as well, so i think theres some hope of getting some measure of justice. But most importantly, i think joey would agree, it really ratchets up the heat on following up on these other unnamed conspirators, to really find them, charge them, make them accountable and get them to cooperate to expose what really happened. Shan, former mayor and prosecutor Rudy Giuliani says he believes epsteins death makes those other cases more complicated or more challenging. Would you agree with that . I dont know if it makes them more challenging. I think theres a very strong paper trail. Theyve obviously already interviewed some of those people. Its clear if they were there and helped, i dont think its necessarily more challenging. If i were the prosecutor, individually been very hopeful that epstein wouldnt have flipped because guys like that tend to be very narcissistic, always looking to cut themselves a deal. Individually had hi i would have held high hopes that he would have been a cooperating witness. I think some of the other people involved will cooperate as well. Attorney general bill barr says epsteins death raises serious questions and hes working with the Inspector General who is opening a separate investigation. Weve heard from sitting members of Congress Demanding answers. Senator amy klobuchar, for example, saying the Judiciary Committee should call a hearing about this. Joey, is that necessary . I think it is. Its nice that hes livid, but he should have been livid before such that there would be proper supervision in someone you knew or should have known had the ability to take his life. I just dont get it. Its nice that youre livid, sir, but what are you doing now . What is the investigation ultimately going to demonstrate . Some breakdowns in the system . We know there were breakdowns in the system. The real issue to me is Getting Compensation to the victims. So lets go back to shans point, which is a very critical one. Whenever youre prosecuted, you get civil forfeiture allegations, or criminal forfeiture allegations, rather, which is the proceeds of your crime get taken by the government. The reason i raise these issues is because i think the victims deserve some measure of compensation. Theyre not going to get to see him in court. Now certainly they should be compensated for what he did. In the event the federal government pursues that, are they going to share any of the money recouped with the victims . Thats essential to me. So you have your hearings, determine how there were breakdowns, what went on. But most importantly they need to, ana, bring the other remember, he was charged with conspiracy. You dont do conspiracy yourself. Other people were involved. To what extent should those aiders and abettors be held accountable . And any monies recouped by the government should be shared with the people who were the subject of his alleged improprieties. I read a bunch of statements from attorneys of his accusers, one los angeles attorney calling on administrators of epsteins estate to freeze his assets and hold them for a victims fund. You touched on this earlier, shan, joey has too. What is the impact of epsteins death on those civil cases filed against him . It complicates matters. It would be a great idea if the administrators of the estate created a fund and put those assets aside. Theyll have some conflicting interests. They have a duty, a loyalty to the estate itself, whoever that may be. But if i was one of those attorneys, i would be thinking, i dont want to have this money just basically get dwindled away by defending case after case after case. It might be better to pool it all together and say, hey, lets put together a fund, let people take claims on that fund. Shan wu and joey jackson, thank you, gentlemen. Good to see you. Thank you, ana, and you. Coming up, i go one on one with former new york city mayor Michael Bloomberg. Whats his take on the 2020 candidates and does he have any intention of running himself . That answer, next. Dad, we need to talk about something important. You dont need to go anywhere dad, this is your home. The best home to be in is your own. Home instead offers personalized Inhome Services for your loved ones. Home instead senior care. To us, its personal. Home instead senior care. So chantix can help you quit slow turkey. Key. Along with support, chantix is proven to help you quit. 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