Source: 'Madoff fell out of bed' (broken ribs, facial fractures & collapsed lung)

ABC-11 ^ | December 24, 2009 | Staff

[AAABEST]

DURHAM, NC -- A source tells ABC11 Eyewitness News that disgraced financier Bernie Madoff is being treated for serious injuries after he fell out of his prison bed.

Now, the source says Madoff was not attacked in prison, but that he fell off a bed onto his face. The source said there was a lot of facial bleeding.

(snip)

According to the sources, Madoff came to Duke with facial fractures, broken ribs and a collapsed lung.

[AAABEST]

He "fell out of bed."

[Steely Tom]

Believable.

[MissDairyGoodnessVT]

with a little help from “friends”

[UCANSEE2]

Someone who lost a lot of money probably got their revenge.

[onyx]

Must have fell from the top bunk, huh?

[meadsjn]

Even my teenagers predicted this.

[ReneeLynn]

Is this a top bunk/bottom bunk kind of layout? If he fell from the top I believe it. If he’s got a private cell, I don’t.

[Just Lori]

As unchairitable as this may sound: I couldn’t care less.

How many lives did he ruin? How many people’s life savings are GONE because of his evil greed? He deserves what he gets.

[stefanbatory]

in the Dirty Dozen, everybody was slipping on soap...

[Harley]

He "fell out of bed."

Five times!

[freekitty]

Yes it is believable given his age. I just broke my elbow tripping over one of my dogs. Landed on my face. Very bloody with black eyes.

However, given where he is at the moment; I would go for the “I had some help” theory.

[glorgau]

Slipped on a bar of soap...

[bmwcyle]

Top bunk?

[chris_bdba]

And if you beleive that I have a bridge in Brooklyn for sale....!

[Hang'emAll]

Is this a top bunk/bottom bunk kind of layout? If he fell from the top I believe it. ............

I did it myself in the service. First night in the top bunk. Went to get up in the morning and bam, down on my feet then hands and knees. Never happened again.

[Yaelle]

Did he accidentally impale himself on anything too? That happens all the time when “falling out of prison beds.”

[Freddd]

I for one don’t believe a thing happened to him. I do believe he may have been let out to have a nice Christmas.

Like Tiger, he’s probably in intensive care, for ‘privacy’ reasons....

[a fool in paradise]

How many lives did he ruin? How many people’s life savings are GONE because of his evil greed? He deserves what he gets.

Al Gore has stolen far more and done far more harm yet walks free as a bird.

[dog breath]

I knew a woman who kept falling down stairs and such resulting in weird bruises. At least that was her husband's story until she divorced him. It must of been a heck of a fall off that bed Bernie, unfortunately those face smacking floors in prison don't care who you were once. Hang tight Bernie, God may take pity on you eventually.

[Trueblackman]

Riiiiigggghhht!!!