Epstein ‘thought he’d be better off dead’

LAWYER Alan Dershowitz is not buying the conspiracy theories about former client Jeffrey Epstien’s death. Since the pedophile died in his cell last weekend, apparently having killed himself, people immediately began to weave elaborate theories suggesting that everyone from Bill Clinton to Prince Andrew had bumped him off. But The Dersh — who repped Epstein in his 2005 trial where the billionaire was convicted of soliciting a minor for prostitution — exclusively told Page Six, “I’m not a conspiracy-theory person. I think it was just a suicide.” He added, “I think he killed himself because he didn’t want to spend the rest of his life in prison. He did a costbenefit analysis and thought he’d be better off dead.” Dershowitz told us he believes the fault lies with the Bureau of Prisons. “There should be a thorough investigation . . . He never should have been taken off of suicide watch,” he told us. An official autopsy released Friday concluded that Epstein killed

himself. Dershowitz — who in the past has been regarded as a close associate of Epstein — has distanced himself from the convicted sex offender. “I haven’t seen him in years,” he told us. “We never had a friendship. I have no personal feelings. He was a client and someone who I had academic contact with. We didn’t have a personal relationship.” Two women have claimed they were “directed” by Epstein to have sex with the high-profile lawyer, which Dershowitz strongly denies.