The paedo financier, 66, was found dead in his cell in as he awaited trial. But lawyer Spencer Kuvin, who met Epstein several times, said the shamed billionaire never thought he had done anything wrong - and arrogantly believed he wouldn't be jailed. He told The Sun: "From the times I met him and deposed him, and sat in mediations with him, he never, ever struck me as someone who questioned whether he had done anything wrong. When asked whether he thought Epstein was murdered, Mr Kuvin said: "I don't know.
I'm not one for wild speculation. Depraved Epstein was found unresponsive by guards early on August 10, , by guards in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City. Epstein's death was ruled as suicide by hanging - which was challenged by his own lawyers. The jail had been told Epstein should have a cellmate, and that a guard must check on him every 30 minutes. But on the night he died, his cellmate was transferred and not replaced and he was not checked on as often as required.
Two guards fell asleep at their desks - and later falsified their records. Meanwhile, two cameras in front of Epstein's cell malfunctioned that night - while another's footage was "unusable".
Protocol was also broken by removing Epstein's body from his call and failing to photograph it as it was found. The Bureau of Prisons mandates that suicide scenes be treated with the "same level of protection as any crime scene in which a death has occurred". Epstein's death came just two weeks after another apparent suicide attempt when he was found unconscious with a bedsheet twisted round his bruised neck. Mr Kuvin believes this catalogue of "mistakes" coupled with Epstein's personality could suggest Epstein didn't take his own life.
The lawyer, who represented three of Epstein's victims, told how the paedo had an "overly confident" nature - and brazenly believed he had done nothing wrong. Mr Kuvin, who sat down for several mediation sessions with Epstein, said his mood would just "flip". He said: "He was overly confident. He was engaging, friendly and disarming - until he was upset, at which point it was like a switch flipped.
