Ghislaine Maxwell, serving a 20-year sentence for sex trafficking minors in connection with Jeffrey Epstein, has reiterated her belief that her former partner did not commit suicide but was murdered in his jail cell. In a July 2025 interview with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche—transcripts released by the Justice Department in August—Maxwell stated firmly: “I do not believe he died by suicide, no.”
Epstein was found dead on August 10, 2019, in Manhattan’s Metropolitan Correctional Center while awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charges. The official autopsy ruled it a suicide by hanging, a conclusion reaffirmed by federal authorities despite persistent conspiracy theories.
Maxwell, however, dismissed popular notions that Epstein was killed to silence him over blackmail involving powerful figures. “It’s ludicrous,” she said, noting potential assassins would have had easier opportunities outside jail. Instead, she speculated any murder could stem from internal prison dynamics: “Somebody can pay a prisoner to kill you for $25 worth of commissary.” She added, “If it is indeed murder, I believe it was an internal situation,” but emphasized she had no specific evidence tying it to Epstein’s secrets.
This is not Maxwell’s first such claim; she voiced similar doubts in a 2023 jailhouse interview. The 2025 statements came amid ongoing appeals of her 2021 conviction and scrutiny over Epstein file releases mandated by the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
Victim advocates criticize the interview as giving Maxwell a platform to deflect from her crimes. No new evidence has emerged challenging the suicide ruling, and investigations found no criminal foul play. Yet Maxwell’s words from prison fuel debate over one of the most controversial deaths in recent history.
As millions more Epstein documents undergo review for release, questions about accountability—and Epstein’s final hours—persist.
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