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[–] 196 points 6 months ago (7 children)

There's still the option that it was a faked death. That much wealth and power, if it could be done, that's who and when it would be done. I'm not giving it much credence without more evidence, but I've got no reason to think that it's not possible given the series of absurd happenings that morning.

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  • [–] 77 points 6 months ago (8 children)

    Somebody in Israel logged into Epstein's Fortnight account a few years after his supposed death, FYI.

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  • [–] 60 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Is there any reason to believe it wasn’t hacked? If I’m murdered then my account being accessed doesn’t prove I’m secretly alive. Especially if I used insecure passwords like Epstein is reported to have done.

    It’s not impossible, but if he was still alive I find it hard to believe he’d just access it once and never again. Stupid billionaires with bad passwords probably happens all the time and we just don’t know about it because they’re not at the center of an international child sex exploitation crime ring.

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  • [–] 41 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Trump's Twitter password was maga or something like that. After it got hacked I'm pretty sure it was maga2020 when it got hacked again

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago

    See, this is my take as well - other people knew/guessed his passwords and used his account that way. Keeping him alive really doesn't do anything for the "it's all a coverup" story, especially when a LOT of his associates and contacts are getting tangled up in this release of his files. Additionally, this guy was talking so openly about manipulating markets, sex crimes, and all sorts of legal and quasi legal shit that I find it hard to imagine that EVEN IF he was connected to Israeli intelligence like has been suggested, EVEN IF he got spirited out of prison and away to Tel Aviv, I find it hard to imagine Mossad would want to keep such a DEEPLY compromised asset alive instead of driving him into the Negev and putting two bullets in the back of his head.

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  • [–] 44 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    I would bet a handler was checking the device and fucked up.

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  • [–] 8 points 6 months ago* (1 child)

    That someone was exposed as a teenage "hacker".

    I used quotes because it was more social engineering and lying than any sort of hack.

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  • [–] 14 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    "hacker"... According to Epic, someone changed their handle to Epstein's handle that was exposed in the files. There was no hacking involved.

    I would absolutely believe it that he was walked out and flown to Israel where he lives as a hero of the pedo-genocide state, but his brother who identified his body is vocal about evidence it wasn't a suicide. I'm not sure what incentive he'd have to both lie about identifying his brother's body and making so much noise about it being a murder...

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    I've been hearing that the "changed handle" thing isn't valid, because when an account handle is changed you can still see the original on the user's profile (and that wasn't the case for the littlestjeff account). With all the misinformation flying around, I have no idea about the accuracy of this though.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (1 child)

    Yeah, it seems implausible to me that such a gaping security hole would be in a hugely popular game that long, but I guess that’s also not impossible. Stupider things have happened.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago* (1 child)

    it’s a very common security issue. it’s usually not a problem because deletions aren’t very common: usually accounts are just inactive, and it’s not a problem that really effects the company itself so there’s no really big reason to focus on fixing it

    i’m not arguing either way on this specific case; i’d not heard about it until right now… but it’s pretty plausible from a software and security standpoint

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (1 child)

    Does it sound plausible from the perspective of a company that has probably at minimum thousands of accounts getting deleting or renamed per day? This seems like something that would have caused much bigger problems much earlier, just due to the number of people involved.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    imo still very plausible… the key thing is deleted… accounts are rarely deleted, especially when they contain purchases and things like fortnight accounts do. more often than not, they’re suspended or just inactive which means the public ID remains used

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    I’m not sure what incentive he’d have to both lie about identifying his brother’s body and making so much noise about it being a murder…

    Remember that he was deeply involved in Epstein's businesses, including holding the position of president over the J Epstein & Co investment firm.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (1 child)

    Then if he went far enough to lie about identifying the body, it would serve him to not make a lot of noise about there being a big government conspiracy around it...

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (1 child)

    True, assuming this is rational behavior. People can do some pretty crazy things out of hubris or pressure though.

    I'm not going to definitively state that Jeffery isn't dead. It really is most plausible that he died that night. I just, wouldn't be surprised if he showed up alive.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    his brother who identified his body is vocal about evidence it wasn’t a suicide.

    He was killed! He's dead, but killed! Dead, you see? Dead. Don't go looking for him.

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  • [–] 16 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Imagine if he'd been one of the state of the union guests.

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  • [–] 16 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Like when Andy Kaufman did an entire show at the Apollo with 'his grandmother' rocking back and forth in a chair off to one side, only to pull off the wig and it was Robin Williams (in his quietest role ever) all along?

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago* (1 child)

    Man comedy has gone so downhill.

    Like there were the greats... Abbott, Costello...Kaufman, Belushi.

    Millennials got fucked again. Foxworthy. Dunham. Cable Guy. Eddie Murphy's later years. What have you done for me lately, Eddie?

    We could've kept Chris Farley, but he had to die. And without him, David Spade is worthless.

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  • [–] 8 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Not impossible, but I don't see what advantage there would be to keeping him alive vs just getting rid of him entirely.

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  • [–] 10 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    A simple trade, destruction of evidence in exchange for his life. Mind you I'd still kill him regardless but I also wouldn't make any deal with slime like that to begin with.

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  • [–] 11 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    I'm guessing a guy like that who traded in relationships and secrets would be smart enough to set up a dead man drop in the event he goes quiet for too long. It keeps his life valuable.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago

    That would make sense if he wasn't arrested, convicted, interrogated and with a mountain of evidence in the hands of the FBI. A dead drop isn't going to keep you alive if the person who wants you silenced thinks you're already spilling the beans.

    But even if that's the case he's alive until he clears the dead drop because he'd still be a loose end.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    That too. Really it would depend how stupid he and his handlers were/are, I can't really make any statements on stupid or smart rich assholes are though since I come from a place of assuming everyone of these profligates are universally just above braindead.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    Who knows.

    Like someone else said there might have been a dead man's switch ready to release all the kompromat.

    Death is obviously very final, if he's stashed somewhere then you could wheel him out to testify although I can't really think of a circumstance where that would be advantageous.

    I tend to think murder is the far simpler objective and therefore the most likely.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    I'm sure it was possible to swap Epstein out. I just don't think there was the motivation for it

    No one wants Epstein alive. The rich and powerful want to bury their crimes, normal people want retribution. The only motivator I can imagine would be a deadman switch, but even if Epstein were smuggled out, the rich and powerful would have dismantled any blackmail Epstein had by now and finished the job

    I see no path that still has Epstein alive at this point

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  • [–] -1 points 6 months ago

    There’s still the option that it was a faked death.

    I love watching credible conspiracy theories turn into pure garbage conspiracy theories right before my eyes in one thread.

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