Mystery over orange blob seen on CCTV near Epstein's jail cell
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Forensic experts are raising doubts about the US government’s narrative regarding the final night of Jeffrey Epstein’s life, prompted by a recent analysis of CCTV footage that revealed an enigmatic orange shape near his prison cell just hours before his death. 

Almost 11 hours of surveillance video from outside his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Centre in New York was at last released this month, six years after the convicted sex offender was discovered deceased.

Coroners originally determined that Epstein died by suicide through hanging after being found unresponsive in his jail cell on August 10, 2019, shortly after the recording was made. 

But a new analysis carried out by CBS News has raised questions over whether this assessment was correct.

Within the 11-hour footage, which some are alleging has been tampered with, a mysterious orange figure is visible ascending the stairs to Epstein’s cell block at the New York prison around 10:40 p.m. on the evening before his death. 

Although federal investigators initially believed that the brief appearance of the object was likely a corrections officer ‘carrying linen or inmate clothing,’ forensic specialists informed CBS that it might have been another inmate.  

Conor McCourt, a retired NYPD sergeant and forensic video analyst, commented to the broadcaster: ‘Given the limited video, it’s more probable that the figure is a person in an [orange] uniform.’

Trump’s administration is already under fire for allegedly doctoring the supposedly ‘raw’ footage using Adobe Premiere Pro from two clips.  

A shadowy, orange object could be seen moving up the stairs to Epstein's cell block at the New York prison at around 10:40pm the night before he was found dead

A shadowy, orange object could be seen moving up the stairs to Epstein’s cell block at the New York prison at around 10:40pm the night before he was found dead

A shadowy, orange object could be seen moving up the stairs to Epstein's cell block at the New York prison at around 10:40pm the night before he was found dead

Jeffrey Epstein (pictured) was found unresponsive in his cell early in the morning of August 10 and was later declared dead in hospital

One of the clips was originally four hours and 19 minutes long, but it had nearly two minutes and 53 seconds cut out.

The cut occurs at 11:58:58 pm – which is mere milliseconds before there is a one-minute gap in the tape. The second clip resumes at midnight on the dot.

Attorney General Pam Bondi blamed the gap on a ‘nightly system reset.’

Though the timing may suggest overlap, the metadata shows that the file was modified multiple times on May 23, 2025, over a span of more than three hours, contradicting the notion that this was ‘raw’ footage.

WIRED pressed the DOJ for comment on the edits, and a spokesperson replied in minutes, saying ‘Refer you to the FBI’. The FBI then declined to comment.

The latest confusion over the tape comes after the family of Jeffrey Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre demanded answers after President Donald Trump admitted he knew the billionaire pedophile ‘stole’ Giuffre from his Mar-a-Lago resort. 

The president claimed on Tuesday that the convicted sex offender took Giuffre when she was just 16 years old and working as a locker room attendant at the spa at his Florida estate.

President Donald Trump admitted that his falling out with Jeffrey Epstein took place after the billionaire pedophile 'stole workers' from his Mar-a-Lago club in the early 2000s

President Donald Trump admitted that his falling out with Jeffrey Epstein took place after the billionaire pedophile ‘stole workers’ from his Mar-a-Lago club in the early 2000s

Donald Trump with then-girlfriend and future wife Melania Knauss, financier Jeffrey Epstein, and British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell at the Mar-a-Lago club in February 2000

Donald Trump with then-girlfriend and future wife Melania Knauss, financier Jeffrey Epstein, and British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell at the Mar-a-Lago club in February 2000

He told the Daily Mail that is why he had a falling out with Epstein.

Giuffre’s family now says it was ‘shocking to hear President Trump invoke our sister and say that he was aware that Virginia had been “stolen” from Mar-a-Lago.

‘It makes us ask if he was aware of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s criminal actions, especially given his statement two years later that his good friend Jeffrey “likes women on the younger side… no doubt about it,’ they said in a statement.

‘We and the public are asking for answers; survivors demand this.’

The family also hit out at Congress for considering to get Maxwell to testify about Epstein’s crimes.

‘If our sister could speak today, she would be most angered by the fact that the government is listening to a known perjurer. A woman who repeatedly lied under oath and will continue to do so as long as it benefits her position,’ the statement read. 

‘Ghislaine Maxwell is a monster who deserves to rot in prison for the rest of her life for the extraordinary violence and abuse she put not just our sister Virginia through, but many other survivors, who may number in the thousands. A predator who thought only of herself, she destroyed the lives of girls and young women without conscience…’ the family said.

Giuffre was one of the most prominent and vocal accusers of Epstein and Maxwell before she took her own life at the age of 41 earlier this year. 

Trump is pictured in September 2000 with Ghislaine Maxwell, who is now set to testify before Congress about Epstein's crimes

Trump is pictured in September 2000 with Ghislaine Maxwell, who is now set to testify before Congress about Epstein’s crimes

Giuffre was one of the most prominent and vocal accusers of Epstein and Maxwell before she took her own life at the age of 41 earlier this year

Giuffre was one of the most prominent and vocal accusers of Epstein and Maxwell before she took her own life at the age of 41 earlier this year

She has said she was recruited by Maxwell into Epstein’s sex ring in 2000 as a teenager working as a locker room attendant at the spa at Mar-a-Lago. 

Trump seemed to confirm those reports in his remarks aboard Air Force One on Tuesday. 

‘Everyone knows the people that were taken,’ he told reporters. ‘People were taken out of the spa hired by him.’

‘I didn’t know that. And then when I heard about it, I told him, I said, “Listen, we don’t want you taking our people, whether it was spa or not spa. I don’t want you taking people,” the president continued.

‘And he was fine. And then not too long after that, he did it again. And I said, “Out of here.”‘

Trump officially banned Epstein from his Mar-a-Lago club in 2004. But before that, both Epstein and Maxwell were photographed partying at the Palm Beach social club including with Trump’s then-girlfriend Melania.  

Trump has offered a number of reasons over the years for his falling out with Epstein, who died in a New York prison in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.

He previously said he cut off contact with Epstein because he was a ‘creep.’

Other reports say the two men fell out over an oceanfront Palm Beach property that was being sold out of bankruptcy that each man wanted. 

But now the president’s one-time friendship with the financier is coming under renewed scrutiny after the Trump administration denied reports that Epstein kept a list of rich and powerful people for whom he trafficked young girls.

Ghislaine Maxwell, pictured with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, was grilled about Prince Andrew during her nine-hour meeting with the US Deputy Attorney General, The Mail on Sunday can reveal

Ghislaine Maxwell, pictured with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, was grilled about Prince Andrew during her nine-hour meeting with the US Deputy Attorney General, The Mail on Sunday can reveal

Andrew has always vehemently denied claims by Virginia Giuffre that she was sex-trafficked to him by Epstein when she was just 17 (pictured: Andrew and Ms Giuffre in 2001)

Andrew has always vehemently denied claims by Virginia Giuffre that she was sex-trafficked to him by Epstein when she was just 17 (pictured: Andrew and Ms Giuffre in 2001) 

Maxwell was spotted returning to prison with a box of materials after she was grilled by Trump's Department of Justice on Thursday

Maxwell was spotted returning to prison with a box of materials after she was grilled by Trump’s Department of Justice on Thursday

The president has now been accused of a cover-up and has been facing questions about his relationship with Epstein ever since.

On Sunday, the Mail revealed that Maxwell was grilled about Prince Andrew during her nine-hour meeting with the US Deputy Attorney General.

The 63-year-old convicted sex-trafficker – a former close friend of the Duke of York – answered all questions ‘honestly and truthfully’ as she was quizzed about Andrew and ‘more than 100 different people’ connected to paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, her former boss and ex-lover.

While it is not known exactly what Maxwell said about the Duke, this is the first time she has ever been formally questioned about him. A source said: ‘This is the first time anyone has asked Ghislaine about any of the men.

‘She told the truth and didn’t back away from any questions. She wants the truth to come out.’

Andrew has always vehemently denied claims by Virginia Giuffre that she was sex-trafficked to him by Epstein when she was just 17.

The Prince paid Ms Giuffre a multi-million-pound sum to settle a civil suit with no admission of wrongdoing. Ms Giuffre committed suicide earlier this year.

Maxwell is serving 20 years in Tallahassee Federal Prison in Florida for procuring and grooming young girls to be sexually abused by Epstein.

This week’s extraordinary two-day meeting with US Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche took place on the orders of Donald Trump, who has found himself embroiled in a huge political row by promising – and then failing – to release the full Epstein Files.

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