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Man held in same jail cell as Epstein says zero chance he took his own life

A former inmate held in the same prison cell as Jeffrey Epstein says there’s “just no way” he could have died by suicide.

Michael Franzese, a capo for the Colombo crime family in the 1980s, told NewsNation that he once spent seven months in the same cell as Epstein, and had no idea how anyone would be able to take their own life under constant watch from prison guards.

“There’s just no way. There’s no way to hang yourself,” Franzese said. He also commented on footage released last week by the Department of Justice showing Epstein’s cell door that forensic experts said was likely “modified,” with two separate files stitched together.

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by Anonymousreply 6July 17, 2025 1:35 AM

“You know, as far as the cameras being off, I haven’t experienced that – I did eight years in prison and I haven’t experienced cameras being broken and a perfect storm of correctional officers not walking those cells,” Franzese said.

“They walk in and they look in on you all the time. As a matter of fact, you know, sometimes it’s embarrassing to go to the toilet because they’re walking past you and looking in the cell constantly.”

He added: “I’ve said this from day one, I do not believe it was suicide. I can’t talk about what happened to him, but I don’t believe it was a suicide because you just couldn’t physically do it. It would be almost impossible to do it.”

He doubled down by noting that, in addition to no privacy, Epstein was on suicide watch.

“Especially, from what I understand, Jeffrey Epstein was on suicide watch for a while. They watch you very, very closely. Trust me on that. So I just can’t buy it. I cannot buy it, I’m sorry, and I have no horse in this race other than my experience and the fact that I just couldn’t see it happening,” Franzese said.

The footage inside Metropolitan Correctional Center from August 9 through August 10, 2019, was released by the DOJ and FBI in an attempt to quash long-running conspiracy theories surrounding Epstein’s suicide.

by Anonymousreply 1July 17, 2025 1:11 AM

Lots of people are lying but no way I am taking the word of the mob guy.

by Anonymousreply 2July 17, 2025 1:19 AM

[quote] no way I am taking the word of the mob guy

What's to lie about?

He's talking about the prison procedures by the guards and staff.

Not some juicy mob secrets.

Everything he said is completely believable.

by Anonymousreply 3July 17, 2025 1:25 AM

Michael Franzese has been known to gild the lily, especially about other people, while he refuses to be honest about exactly how he bought his way out of the Mafia.

And he really needs to lay off the plastic surgeries; he'll never come close to the hotness that was his Dad, Sonny--who was committing crimes well into his 80s.

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by Anonymousreply 4July 17, 2025 1:31 AM

I’m starting to think Epstein made his billions from being a sex trafficker.

by Anonymousreply 5July 17, 2025 1:34 AM

It has been established that the video is edited.

by Anonymousreply 6July 17, 2025 1:35 AM
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