When the story of his death broke, first on 4chan then on Fox, it was only one more detail in the myriad stories, Tweets, blogs and documentaries about the downfall of the billionaire pedophile. Epstein's upcoming trial was potentially going to be the trial of the decade, up there with El Chapo and Amanda Knox. Epstein's story seemed to have been written by a team of Hollywood writers. Fuelled by the censorial details of his life, the public was offered a litany of playboy rumors. There were previous court cases, plea deals with the FBI, Ponzi schemes, fake passports, private jets, cameras in the walls of his New York City penthouse, private islands with sex rings including famous business magnates, Hollywood actors, princes and presidents. It was as if the public had stepped into a dime store thriller. Merely two weeks earlier, Epstein was found semiconscious on the floor of his prison cell with marks around his neck. People were talking openly on social media about his chances of making it to trial alive.