Jeffrey Epstein “cherished life an excessive amount of” to take his personal life and was assured he might safe bail earlier than his dying, in line with his butler of 18 years.
RadarOnline.com can reveal that Valdson Vieira Cotrin, who managed Epstein’s Paris residence and likewise labored as his chauffeur and prepare dinner, claimed that he had spoken to the disgraced financier shortly earlier than he died in August 2019. The butler mentioned Epstein had been upbeat and was planning for the longer term.
In remarks prone to intensify requires the discharge of the so-called Epstein information, Cotrin disputed the official ruling of suicide. He additionally voiced fears for his personal security.
He mentioned: “I’m like his brother [Mark Epstein]. I do not consider this was suicide. He cherished life an excessive amount of.”
Cotrin additional claimed that Epstein as soon as instructed him he had been supplied a place in Donald Trump’s first administration in 2016 however declined. There isn’t any proof supporting this declare, and Trump has said he minimize ties with Epstein in 2004 after a dispute over a enterprise matter.
Cotrin retains a number of pictures with Epstein’s associates, together with a picture with former President Invoice Clinton aboard the “Lolita Categorical”, Epstein’s non-public airplane. Clinton was subpoenaed this week to testify earlier than a congressional committee investigating Epstein.
The butler additionally shared {a photograph} of himself with Epstein taken in January 2019 aboard the financier’s non-public jet, presumably one of many final photos of Epstein alive. Within the picture, Epstein seems puffy however is smiling and sporting an Israel Protection Forces sweatshirt.
Epstein had lengthy confronted hypothesis about ties to Mossad, Israel’s intelligence service — a declare his former lawyer mentioned Epstein used to chortle off.
Cotrin recalled driving Epstein to Le Bourget Airport in Paris for a flight to New York on July 6, 2019. Upon arrival, Epstein was arrested on prices of intercourse trafficking underage women and was held in custody as a possible flight threat. He was discovered hanged in his Manhattan jail cell on August 10, 2019, at age 66.
In accordance with Cotrin, Epstein was optimistic about negotiating bail. “He was planning to barter with the decide within the case to safe bail,” he mentioned, including that the financier was additionally discussing additional investments in his islands — having quietly bought a second one — and spending extra time in Paris.
The chauffeur recalled: “I drove him to Le Bourget airport. It was a Saturday, as a result of on Monday, he was supposed to look earlier than the decide relating to all these accusations.
“After I bought residence, two younger girls rang, his predominant girlfriend who had been with him formally for a number of years, Karyna [Shuliak] and one other who labored for him. After which they instructed me, ‘Mr Epstein has gone to jail. He arrived in New York. The police have been ready for him.'”
Maria Gomes de Melo, Cotrin’s companion who additionally knew Epstein effectively, remembered him telling her earlier than leaving Paris: “I will be again subsequent week.” She mentioned she responded: “Sir, do not go.”
She, too, rejected the official account and mentioned: “On the Saturday late, we bought the information that he had hanged himself, and truthfully, he cherished life an excessive amount of to drift away like that.”
Epstein’s brother, Mark, has additionally questioned the suicide ruling and commissioned a second post-mortem that supported the opportunity of murder.
The U.S. Division of Justice has launched practically 11 hours of surveillance footage from exterior Epstein’s cell on the Metropolitan Correctional Middle. Nevertheless, a vital minute of footage — between 11:58:58 p.m. and midnight — is lacking, additional fueling hypothesis that Epstein was murdered to silence him.