Jeffrey Epstein tells Steve Bannon he SUPPORTS #TimesUp and discusses jail suicide as chilling interview emerges
JEFFREY Epstein told Steve Bannon he supported the women's rights movement #TimesUp and discussed jail suicide in a chilling 2019 interview, it emerged on Tuesday.
The late millionaire pedophile claimed to be an advocate of the non-profit, which raises money to support sexual harassment victims, during one of his final interviews before being detained on child sex trafficking charges.
As Epstein was interviewed by former Trump White House aide Bannon for a documentary titled The Monsters, he admitted: "I’m a firm believer and supporter of Time’s Up."
According to the , which obtained a portion of the interview in a pre-release trailer for The Monsters, Epstein says: "I made my living from old thinking. But the future is for the way women think."
His words prompt the political strategist to slam Epstein's answer as "a sop for all of the depravity you've done against young women."
But a brazen Epstein fires back in support of his stance, saying: "No, I’ve been... I’ve always believed that women will be, in fact, be able to take over."
He then reveals his support for , which was founded in 2018 by more than 300 women in entertainment and aims "to create a society free of gender-based discrimination in the workplace and beyond," according to the foundation's website.
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The two-minute trailer for the documentary also reveals some of Epstein's commentary on his relationship with elites who worked with him.
Epstein also talks about the potential suicidal repercussions of solitary confinement - mere months before he hanged himself in custody.
He told Bannon: "The greatest threat to people put in solitary confinement is they try to kill themselves.
"Imagine that. You’re only in a room for 24 hours, you start to go crazy."
Epstein was allowed up to 12 hours a day out of his cell to meet with lawyers.
The 66-year-old perv financier — who socialized with high-profile celebs and was a convicted sex offender — was found dead in his prison cell after .
He was discovered dead two weeks after he was placed on suicide watch while awaiting trial for child sex trafficking.
Law enforcement officials confirmed on August 10 he had taken his own life at Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan, which is where he had been held without bail pending trial.
Chief Medical Examiner Dr Barbara Sampson announced the following week that the death was a "suicide."
She said she made the determination "after careful review of all investigative information, including complete autopsy findings."
But Epstein's autopsy revealed that the financier had multiple broken neck bones, often consistent with strangulation.
Epstein’s former girlfriend, the British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, is being held without bail pending trial over allegations she supplied girls as young as 14 for sex with him.
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