Jeffrey Epstein's death has been confirmed a suicide by hanging, the AP reports, by the New York medical examiner's office. The autopsy was completed Sunday, per NBC, but the office said it was waiting on information from investigators before issuing its ruling. Barbara Sampson, the medical examiner, said a private pathologist hired by Epstein's lawyers observed the autopsy, per the Washington Post. Epstein, 66, was found dead in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City on Aug. 10, touching off outrage and disbelief over how such a high-profile inmate could have gone unwatched. The Bureau of Prisons had said before Friday that Epstein had apparently killed himself, but that didn't squelch conspiracy theories about his death. Epstein, who was charged with sexually abusing numerous underage girls over several years, had been placed on suicide watch after he was found on his cell floor on July 23 with bruising on his neck. But people familiar with operations at the jail say he was taken off the watch after about a week and put back in a high-security housing unit where he was less closely monitored.
On Thursday, two more women sued Epstein's estate, saying he sexually abused them. The suit was filed in a federal court in New York, per the AP. The women say they were working as hostesses at a popular Manhattan restaurant in 2004 when they were recruited to give Epstein massages. One was 18 at the time; the other was 20. The complaint says an unidentified female recruiter offered the hostesses hundreds of dollars to provide a massage to Epstein, saying he "liked young, pretty girls to massage him." The lawsuit says the recruiter promised no unwanted touching but that Epstein groped them anyway. One plaintiff now lives in Japan, the other in Baltimore. They seek $100 million in damages, citing depression, anxiety, anger, flashbacks, and nightmares. (Was this the un-IDed female recruiter named in the suit?)
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