William Mersey, who was Paul Manafort’s cellmate, writes in the Daily Beast:
“I can’t speak to Manafort’s claim in his interview about suffering in solitary, since he spent just one day there on arrival at MCC before he was forwarded to general population, with yours truly as his bunky. Manafort did not suffer at MCC. Inmates kissed his ass because he was famous, did not rat out his boss, and could hopefully give them lessons on money laundering.”
“For all that, Paulie was civilized and considerate company. Yes, he snored and farted — and got up in the middle of the night to read the bible. All cellies have their idiosyncrasies. But I suffered much worse during my stay, though the way we parted company left a bad taste in my mouth.”
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