Bernard Madoff Beaten In Jail?

The whole thing sounds eerily like Out of Sight, although in that film dangerous Don Cheadle was a boxer, not a judo expert. The rest is right on the money, though, right down to the disgraced financier and the prison library. Bernard Madoff needs Jack Foley to look out for him.

Madoff's lawyers are denying the whole thing, saying Madoff was treated for hypertension. (Small wonder.) The Bureau of Prisons also says no beating was reported. But there's a prison-movie answer for that, too:

It's not uncommon for prisoners to deny being beaten because they don't want to risk a reputation as a snitch, according to prison experts and prisoner advocates.

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