Epstein’s Close Friend, Steven Hoffenberg, Found Dead in Apartment
August 26th, 2022Via: Newsweek:
Steven Hoffenberg, a businessman who served 18 years in prison and one of Jeffrey Epstein’s close friends, was found dead in his Connecticut apartment Tuesday, although a positive identification can’t be made yet due to the body’s state of decomposition.
Epstein, a financier and sex offender who was awaiting trial on charges of child sex trafficking and conspiracy to commit sex trafficking, was found hanged in his New York City prison cell in 2019.
Police were called to Hoffenberg’s apartment Tuesday night for a requested welfare check, according to BNO News. Responding officers found the decomposing body of a white male. After an autopsy, the body was believed to be Hoffenberg. It is unknown when he died. The cause of death is pending toxicology results, but no signs of trauma were discovered.
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Hoffenberg, 77, was the latest of several Epstein associates found dead. French modeling scout Jean-Luc Brunel died by suicide in his prison cell this year in Paris. Brunel was also found hanged, while awaiting trial on charges of raping minors and sexual harassment. American Military News reported in June that Mark Middleton, a former special advisor to President Bill Clinton with ties to Epstein, was found dead in May. Middleton’s death also was ruled a suicide. He was found hanged from a tree with a shotgun wound in his chest.
