(14 Aug 2019) Jail guards on duty the night Jeffrey Epstein apparently killed himself are suspected of falsifying log entries to show they were checking on inmates every half-hour as required, according to a person familiar with the investigation into the financier's death.
The person, who was not authorized to discuss the case and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Tuesday, said guards never made some of the checks noted in the log.
Federal investigators suspect the guards were asleep, according to second person with knowledge of the investigation, also granted anonymity for the same reason.
Those details came amid new developments Wednesday in the fight over Epstein's estate, with a woman filing a lawsuit claiming he raped her when she was a teenager in 2002.
Jennifer Araoz sued Epstein's former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell and three unnamed members of his staff _ the first of many lawsuits expected to be filed by Epstein's accusers as a new state law went into effect Wednesday that opens up a one-year window for victims of long-ago sex crimes against children to take legal action.
The AP names alleged victims of sexual offenses only if they consent to being identified, as Araoz has done.
The lawsuit accuses Maxwell of helping Epstein recruit teenage girls and providing "organizational support to Epstein's sex trafficking ring."
Federal prosecutors in New York are investigating whether any Epstein associates will face charges.
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