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He was transported in cardiac arrest at 6:39 a.m. to New York Downtown Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, according to sources.
Epstein, 66, was set to stand trial next year for allegedly sexually abusing dozens of girls in New York and Florida.
He was placed on suicide watch following the July 23 incident, but was not on suicide watch at the time of his death.
Epstein was arrested in July for alleged sex trafficking of girls at his Upper East Side mansion and his home in Palm Beach, Florida.
"I am angry Jeffrey Epstein won’t have to face his survivors of his abuse in court.
She claims that she eventually became a teen sex slave to Epstein, and a victim of sex trafficking, beginning at age 17, at the hands of both Epstein and Maxwell. »