美国联邦监狱局周六早上向新闻周刊证实，金融家杰弗里爱泼斯坦因在曼哈顿监狱牢房中明显自杀而等待即将进行的联邦性交易指控审判。
该局在一份书面声明中表示，大约在早上6:30，爱泼斯坦在他的牢房中被发现没有“明显自杀”的反应。随后立即开始实施救生措施，同时工作人员安排紧急运输到当地医院。
抵达急诊室后，他被医院工作人员宣布死亡。在惩教人员发现他没有反应之前，爱泼斯坦在他的牢房中被忽视了多长时间尚不清楚。
FBI正在调查此事件。
爱泼斯坦被关押在曼哈顿的大都会惩教中心，这是一个联邦拘留所，他以前被认为是半昏迷的被认为是一次拙劣的自杀企图。
据报道，自从所谓的事先企图以来，他一直在拘留中心自杀。爱泼斯坦在他的脖子上留下了痕迹，在7月24日的事件中发现了胎儿的位置。据新闻媒体报道，一些官员认为这些细节可能会导致自杀，但他们并未排除同囚犯的袭击。
监狱管理局周六证实，爱泼斯坦一直住在该设施的特别住房小组，该小组通常用于监视可能有自杀倾向的囚犯，因为他们会过渡到一般人群。这与全天候的自杀式手表不同，后者的限制性更强。
在他之前的自杀未遂事件发生前几天，美国全国广播公司新闻报道，爱泼斯坦在州法院提供了与另一起强奸指控相关的文件，这次是据报道一名女子据称在15岁时强奸了她。
爱泼斯坦的计划于2020年进行的审判将是第一次在联邦法院充分播出广泛的性交易阴谋的细节。2018年，“ 迈阿密先驱报”的朱莉·布朗发表了一份关于联邦检察官（其中包括唐纳德·特朗普总统的前任劳工部长亚历山大·阿科斯塔，当时是美国律师）向爱泼斯坦提出的慷慨认罪协议的公开报道，其中他避免了更多严重的联邦指控，并阻止FBI对他的行为进行更大规模的调查。
爱泼斯坦被指控对数十名未成年女孩进行性剥削，并贩卖其中许多女孩，包括一些来自国外的女孩。据报道，爱泼斯坦利用他在曼哈顿的高档联排别墅，棕榈滩大厦，新墨西哥州大院和加勒比海的私人岛屿来促进他的性交易企业。
昨天，一名联邦法官开始开封数千页法庭文件，这些文件涉及多年来针对爱泼斯坦及其所谓的同谋的各种法律诉讼。其中包括爱泼斯坦的一些控告者的宣誓证词，并揭露了一些新的指控，这些指控此前曾被爱泼斯坦广泛的社会网络推动者所困扰。
爱泼斯坦被起诉的纽约南区美国检察官办公室发言人拒绝向新闻周刊发表评论。
爱泼斯坦的律师没有回应立即的评论请求。经营曼哈顿大都会惩教中心的联邦监狱局没有回应立即提出置评请求。
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随着更多信息的出现，这个故事将会更新。
BREAKING: FINANCIER JEFFREY EPSTEIN DEAD IN APPARENT SUICIDE
Financier Jeffrey Epstein has died from an apparent suicide in his Manhattan jail cell where he was awaiting an upcoming trial on federal sex trafficking charges, the Federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed to Newsweek Saturday morning.
The bureau said in a written statement that, at approximately 6:30 a.m., Epstein was found unresponsive in his cell from "an apparent suicide" attempt. Life-saving measures were initiated immediately afterward while staff arranged an emergency transport to a local hospital.
Upon arrival at the emergency room, he was subsequently pronounced dead by hospital staff. It is unknown exactly how long Epstein went unnoticed in his jail cell before correctional officers found him unresponsive.
The FBI is investigating the incident.
Epstein was being held at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan, a federal detention complex where he had previously been found semi-conscious in what was believed to be a botched suicide attempt.
He had reportedly been on suicide watch at the detention center since the alleged prior attempt. Epstein had marks on his neck and was discovered in a fetal position during that July 24 incident. News outlets reported that some officials believed those details to be dispositive of suicide, though they had not ruled out an attack from a fellow inmate.
The Bureau of Prisons confirmed on Saturday that Epstein had been living in the facility's Special Housing Unit, which is often used to monitor potentially suicidal inmates as they transition back into the general population. This is different from a round-the-clock suicide watch, which is much more restrictive.