have it? she didn t know she had a weapon. did they prove beyond a reasonable doubt that she caused this death? no. daunte wright caused his own death unfortunately. make no mistake, we re here because of the defendant s actions, not daunte wright s. as soon as we get a verdict, we ll bring it to you live. while here in new york city, day two of deliberations in maxwell s trial. jurors have to decide if maxwell played a criminal role in the sex trafficking ring of jeffrey epstein or if she herself was manipulated by epstein as her defense team claimed. julie k. brown, you must know this name. she s the miami herald reporter that broke the story. she s the reason we know about it and the author of proversion of justice.
of very powerful, influential lawyers, he was strategic in who he hired. he hired kenneth star who was, you know, this is the time when george bush was in the white house. he hired people who were attached to certain prosecutors who had personal relationships with prosecutors involved in the case. so he was very strategic. and maxwell is also being strategic, hiring, you know, a former u.s. attorney. hiring people who are also filing motion after motion after motion, just, you know, papering this whole they think and giving them so much material that, you know, it delays things because they have to answer all of these motions, and that s somewhat what epstein did as well. julie, mike barnicle has a question for you. mike? julie, thinking about all the
bones in his neck. it just doesn t, he wasn t a large man, and it just seems if anything, i think perhaps it might have been an assisted suicide, that s the only other option that i believe is possible. yeah, the prominent forensic pathologist shares your skepticism that this was suicide. a fascinating new book. we just scratched the service, it s called perversion of just, the jeffrey epstein story from award winning investigative reporter for the miami herald, julie k. brown who set off so much of this story with her series in the miami herald. thank you so much for being here this morning, we appreciate it. coming up next here, amid the growing unrest in cuba, the united states is preparing for a potential influx of migrants on florida s coast. nbc s kerry sanders takes us along his ride with the u.s. coast guard searching for cubans fleeing the communist government
angeles county where weinstein is accused of attacking five women between 2004 to 2013. he had been fighting the extradition on medical grounds claiming problems with his back and vision. weinstein is appealing his conviction in new york where he was sentenced last year to 23 years in prison for separate charges. if found guilty of the california crimes, weinstein could spend the rest of his life in prison. earlier this week, we took a look at jeffrey epstein and the mystery behind his wealth and influence. now, almost three years after investigative reporter julie kay brown s award winning reporting for the miami herald helped put the convicted sex offender behind bars again, she is out with a new book titled perversion of justice the jeffrey epstein story, congratulations on the book. great to have you with us again. it was your reporting that set this off that helped bring
come out have been publicly, you know, attacked, you know, by certain individuals connected to epstein. so you know, it remains to be seen whether any of the men that were involved will be held accountable. julie, obviously there are many questions and conspiracy theories swirling around the death of jeffrey epstein in jail. i ll just read the title of one of your chapters, jeffrey epstein didn t kill himself. what was your reporting around that for the book? well, you know, there are just so many, like everything else to do with this case, unfortunately, there are so many things that are still being kept secret. and one of the things that we still don t know is exactly what happened the night that he killed allegedly killed himself or i always say authorities say he killed himself because they haven t laid out the evidence to how they made that conclusion, and epstein s brother, his lawyers,