millionaire s death. according to the new york post this image of her reading a book about cia operatives was taken monday at a los angeles fast food restaurant. abc news has not been able to verify the photo. jeffrey epstein and his network of enablers stole from me. they robbed me of my youth, my identity, my innocence, and my self-worth. reporter: maxwell and three others were named this week as co-conspirators in a new lawsuit brought by jennifer araoz, who claimed they helped facilitate her sexual assault by epstein when she was just 14. maxwell has denied similar allegations in the past and has not been charged with any crime. the alleged co-conspirators are now under the microscope even more so now that epstein has died. reporter: tonight, two more women are suing epstein s estate, claiming they were recruited by an epstein employee who may have also been one of his victims. the southern district of new
accused sex trafficker jeffery epstein. tonight, the medical examiner is out with the official cause and manner of his death. it comes as the woman accused by at least one young woman of recruiting underage girls for epstein was reportedly seen in public. here s stephanie ramos. reporter: tonight, the official cause of death for disgraced financier jeffrey epstein revealed. new york s chief medical examiner ruling the multimillionaire, who was awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charges, died from suicide by hanging. according to the new york times, in epstein s autopsy he hanged himself with enough force that he broke several bones in his neck. guards who were supposed to check on him every 30 minutes failed to do so according to sources. guards finding him early saturday morning in his manhattan jail cell. the report coming as conspiracy theories swirled about how epstein could kill himself days after being removed from suicide watch and after an earlier suicide attempt. al
welcome back to velshi & ruhle. epstein s suicide flood to conspiracies online. the president himself retweeted a conspiracy video about epstein and clinton. despite the fact that no evidence of foul play has eme e emerged. joining me now danny cevallos. we heard from attorney general bill barr saying he s appalled and outraged and action must be taken. he would be the person in charge of instead of actions being taken. do we know of any formal investigation surrounding how this happened as in epstein s death. believe it or not, stephanie, they can expect epstein s
reporter: the president says controversial plea deal for billionaire jeffrey epstein. now president trump says his administration will examine accosta s handling of that case. i feel very badly, actually, for secretary accosta because i ve known him as being somebody that worked so hard and has done such a good job. i feel very badly about that whole situation. but we re going to be looking at that and looking at it very closely. reporter: but the white house had already announced last march that accosta s role as u.s. attorney in epstein s plea deal was under review, though no update has been provided in the months since. whether it s aor an assistanr a judge, you go back 12 or 15 years ago or 20 years ago, look at their past decisions, i would think you d probably find that they would wish they maybe did it a different way. reporter: and two officials here tell nbc news that some top aides have been dissatisfied withaccosta, evefrustrated that he hasn t s
now against epstein. as well as powerful figures who shared his company. face serious allegations because of it. reporter: all jeffrey cared about was getting more girls. his appetite. jeffrey as in epstein. the hedge fund manager investigated for child abuse sexual abuse and trafficking young women. before opening an investment firm. back in 2008 the fbi began investigating his alleged tvs with young girls who today in their 20s and 30s. some spoke. i have seen hundreds and hundreds of girls go through his swinging door. dozens of them. all with similar stories of sexual abuse. even down to the details of what his genitals look like. he would want us to stand next to him and would masturbate while he stared at us and touched us.