The former Upper East Side mansion of the notorious pedophile Jeffrey Epstein was recently subjected to an act of vandalism.
The defacement echoed the chilling words "Deny, defend, depose," which are infamously associated with Luigi Mangione, the accused murderer of the United Healthcare CEO. These words were reportedly etched onto the bullets used in the fatal act.
As reported by The New York Post, the vandals used red spray paint to mar the gilded faade of the East 71st Street residence. Alongside the ominous three-word phrase, the phrases "Free Luigi" and "They Fear The People" were also scrawled across the property. The graffiti, however, was short-lived. By Friday noon, workers were already on the scene, diligently scrubbing away the defacement.
The mansion, which Epstein used as a hunting ground for his heinous acts against underage women, has been a hard sell since his 2019 arrest for sex trafficking and subsequent jail suicide. The property, once a hub for the world's most influential figures, was left deserted with a hefty $88 million price tag. It wasn't until spring 2021 that the mansion found a new owner in Michael Daffey, a former Goldman Sachs executive, who managed to secure the property for $51 million, a bargain for one of Manhattan's largest homes.
Despite its dark past, the mansion has morphed into a peculiar tourist attraction. The new owners, however, have had their fair share of dealing with vandals. According to neighborhood sources, the mansion's faade has previously been smeared with animal blood and excrement. The recent act of defacement is yet another reminder of the property's grim history and its connection to some of the most controversial figures of our time.
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