Death of Jeffrey Epstein’s lawyer behind 2008 “sweetheart deal”

The Epstein case keeps getting attention, this time with the death of one of the lawyers most involved in the negociation of the infamous “sweetheart deal” in 2008, which allowed Epstein to avoid severe federal prosecution by pleading guilty to lesser charges, resulting in only 13 months in prison and a sex offender registry.

Roy Black, renowned Florida defense attorney and key player in the controversial 2008 plea agreement in the Epstein case, has died at the age of 80, according to his family. His death comes after battling an illness.

The death comes at a time when Jeffrey Epstein’s name is once again in the news, in the midst of controversy surrounding the Trump administration’s attempts to close the case.

The confusion was amplified by contradictory statements from Trump and his administration about a supposed client list: first confirmed by his Attorney General Pam Bondi, then denied, before Trump acknowledged its existence while blaming Democrats for inventing “fake news”. Then, in the last few days, The Wall Street Journal reported that not only did Pam Bondi know that Donald Trump’s name was in the Epstein documents, but that she had even warned him of this fact last May, a fact both Trump and Bondi had denied when questioned by reporters at the time, before the WSJ revelations.