Jeffrey Epstein suicide: Victims unleash their fury at being denied justice after his death in jail

Jeffrey Epstein’s accusers have fumed that they won’t get the justice they deserve after he killed himself in prison on Saturday.

Accuser Jennifer Araoz responded: ‘I am angry Jeffrey Epstein won’t have to face his survivors of his abuse in court. We have to live with the scars of his actions for the rest of our lives, while he will never face the consequences of the crimes he committed… ‘

Lisa Bloom – who represents three of the billionaire’s alleged sex trafficking victims – tweeted shortly after his death in prison was announced that the accusers would have preferred his justice came in the form of a guilty conviction. 

‘Predator Jeffrey Epstein killed himself,’ Bloom posted on Twitter. ‘On behalf of the victims I represent, we would have preferred he lived to face justice.’

Lisa Bloom – who represents three of the billionaire’s alleged sex trafficking victims – tweeted: ‘On behalf of the victims I represent, we would have preferred he lived to face justice’

However, Bloom said that her clients can still find a way to justice. 

‘Our civil cases can still proceed against his estate,’ she continued.

In a TV interview she added that  Epstein’s estate should freeze his assets ‘so his victims can get full and fair compensation for the lifelong injuries he’s caused them’.

The number of women allegedly abused by Epstein ranges from a few dozen to over a 100, according to various accounts.

In the past Bloom has released statements for her clients under ‘Jane Doe’.

Bloom added in her Saturday tweet: ‘Victims deserve to be made whole for the lifelong damage he caused. We’re just getting started.’

Vicky Ward, the journalist who had written a Vanity Fair profile on Epstein in 2003, including a credible allegation he had molested a 16-year-old girl which was cut before publication – also chimed in on Saturday.

Ward tweeted: ‘Let me assure you: Jeffrey Epstein’s death is not the end of this story. There is more yet to come. Stay tuned…’

Epstein hanged himself inside his New York City jail cell.

He was in cardiac arrest at around 7.30am on Saturday at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in downtown Manhattan.

The 66-year-old was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Epstein was awaiting trial on charges of conspiracy and sex trafficking and was being held at the high-security complex without bail.

The financier – who once boasted high-profile friends including Prince Andrew and President Bill Clinton – was arrested on July 6, accused of arranging to have sex with dozens of underage girls at his residences in New York City and Florida between 2002 and 2005.

He had plead not guilty to the charges.

The shocking news of Epstein’s death comes just two weeks after he was hospitalized following a first suicide attempt inside his prison cell.

On July 24, Epstein was rushed to hospital under police guard after he was discovered semi-conscious on the floor of his prison cell in the fetal position.

He spent several hours receiving medical attention before he was transported back to the Metropolitan Correctional Center.

Epstein was said to be on suicide watch, although The New York Times reports that it is now unclear whether additional measures had been put in place to ensure the pedophile did not try to take his own life for a second time.

Meanwhile, the billionaire’s death comes just one day after the court unsealed more than 2,000 pages of documents detailing the lurid allegations of his sexual abuse of underage girls.

On Friday morning, a federal appeals court unsealed the explosive documents pertaining to a 2015 lawsuit that Virginia Roberts Giuffre had filed against Epstein’s associate, socialite Ghislaine Maxwell.

Giuffre claimed Epstein and Maxwell kept her as a ‘sex slave’ in the early 2000s, whilst she was underage.