Jeffrey Epstein’s Suicide Watch ‘Companion’ Says He Killed Himself

This March 28, 2017, file photo, provided by the New York State Sex Offender Registry shows Jeffrey Epstein. A judge denied bail for jailed financier Jeffrey Epstein on sex trafficking charges Thursday, July 18, 2019, saying the danger to the community that would result if the jet-setting defendant was free formed the "heart of this decision." New York State Sex Offender Registry via AP

Financier Jeffrey Epstein’s prison confidant Bill Mersey said he is sure the convicted sex offender killed himself in his Manhattan jail cell in August.

Bill Mersey, 69, a former fellow prisoner, told the Daily Mail that Epstein was terrified of spending life in prison.