Why Wasn't The Video From Epstein's First Incident At MCC Preserved?

Podcast: The Epstein Chronicles · Bobby Capucci

Opublikowano: 2026-10-24

The controversy began with Jeffrey Epstein’s first apparent suicide attempt at the Metropolitan Correctional Center on July 23, 2019, when officers found him unresponsive in the cell he shared with former police officer Nicholas Tartaglione, with an object around his neck. Epstein initially told a correctional officer that Tartaglione had tried to kill him and had been attempting to extort him, while Tartaglione denied attacking Epstein and maintained that he had actually tried to help him. Because the circumstances were disputed, Tartaglione’s attorneys asked the MCC on July 25 to preserve surveillance footage from outside their cell between 11 p.m. and 4 a.m...