Lawyer who met with Epstein before his death doesn’t believe it was suicide

A New York attorney who met with Jeffrey Epstein in jail in the days before his death says he does not believe the financier took his own life because he seemed ‘upbeat and excited.’

David Schoen, a well-regarded criminal and civil attorney, was interviewed on Fox Nation’s Deep Dive on Thursday, sharing details of his final interaction with Epstein in early August 2019, which he says has led him to believe that the convicted sex offender did not commit suicide.

Schoen said Epstein invited him to the Metropolitan Correction Center, where he was awaiting trial on newly filed federal sex trafficking charges, to talk about his defense strategy.

Attorney David Schoen (left) said on Fox Nation’s Deep Dive Thursday he last met Jeffrey Epstein on August 1, 2019, to discuss joining his defense team. He described the jailed financier as ‘upbeat and excited’ 

Epstein had been lodged in Metropolitan Correction Center in July on federal sex trafficking and conspiracy charges 

Epstein, 66, faced up to 45 years in prison if convicted of sex trafficking and conspiracy counts for allegedly bringing dozens of underage girls to his Florida mansion for sex.

On August 1, Schoen said he and Epstein met for five hours to map out their legal strategy to move his case forward.

Schoen said he told Epstein he would need to meet with his other lawyers and discuss with them the prospect of his joining their defense team.

‘He was upbeat and excited about going forward,’ Schoen said. ‘The following day, I got a phone call from one of his lawyers saying he just met with him after I met with him. How excited he is about going forward with this.’

On August 10, Epstein was found hanging from a noose made out of bed sheets tied to the top bunk in his cell (pictured) 

In a previous interview with the New York Times, Schoen recounted how at one point during their meeting, a female therapist entered the visitors’ room and asked him to briefly step outside so that she could speak privately with Epstein. 

The therapist said her checkup was part of the suicide watch protocol at the jail. 

Schoen said at the time the therapist stayed with Epstein no more than five minutes.

Mill Marsey, a former inmate at MCC who spent hours with Epstein while he was on suicide watch as part of a program supporting at-risk prisoners, confirmed that the disgraced millionaire was not depressed. 

Mersey, who is featured in Fox Nation’s documentary ‘The Final Hours of Jeffrey Epstein,’ said he and the financier had many conversations about sports, crime, and how one should behave in prison. 

‘He was not depressed, although I would have conversations with him and every so often he’d sort of drift off and I’d go, ‘Ah, he’s thinking about the s—storm he’s in the middle of.’

Bill Mersey met the sex offender in 2019 while they were incarcerated at the Metropolitan Correction Center (MCC) in New York City

Epstein first attempted suicide on July 23. He was found unconscious in his cell with marks on his neck at the time. 

Contrary to some conspiracy theories, Mersey attested that there was enough space in Epstein’s cell to hang himself using a bed sheet tied to the top of a set of bunk beds as a noose.

Judith Miller, Fox Nation contributor and former New York Times reporter, noted during her appearance on Deep Dive on Thursday that on the day of his apparent suicide, new criminal allegations emerged against him.

Miller said she has learned from several of Epstein’s other lawyers that after learning of these new allegations, he became ‘discouraged about the prospect of defeating the charges and winning his freedom.’