Bernie Madoff reportedly treated at hospital for severe injuries

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The Associated Press has reported that billionaire embezzler Bernie Madoff was recently discharged from Duke University Medical Center in Durham, NC, with severe injuries consistent with a violent assault.

An unnamed source told an ABC News affiliate that Madoff was treated at the hospital for facial fractures, broken ribs, and a collapsed lung. The source later reported that Madoff received the injuires after simply falling out of his bed.

Officials at Butner Federal Prison, where Madoff is currently serving a 150 year sentence, will not confirm the story. However, they say that Madoff is now being held in the prison’s medical ward. Spokeswoman Traci Billingsley has denied that Madoff was assaulted.

Madoff’s attorney, Ira Sorkin, denied the story and said that his client had merely been treated for “some dizzy spells and some high blood pressure."

*Reporter’s note: In my opinion, Madoff will not last one year in prison. He has lived a life of luxury that most could not even imagine. He was motivated by greed and the arrogant belief that he more than his victims, deserved to live like a sultan. Prison, with its filth, danger, and lack of amenities is a stark contrast to the world of yachts and exclusive dinner parties to which Madoff had become so accustomed.

Bernie Madoff may initially try to survive in prison simply due to the common human need for self preservation. However, prison is not a world friendly to billionaires and given the fact that he has no hope of ever being released, Madoff will eventually commit suicide.

In his mind, it will be a way to cheat his victims one last time.

 

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