The handwritten message was reportedly found by his former cellmate after an earlier suicide attempt
A US federal judge has unsealed an alleged suicide note written by Jeffrey Epstein, nearly seven years after the disgraced financier died in a Manhattan jail while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges.
The note was reportedly found in July 2019 by Epstein’s then-cellmate, Nicholas Tartaglione, after Epstein was discovered injured in what officials later described as a failed suicide attempt. Tartaglione, a former police officer later convicted of quadruple murder, said he found the note tucked inside a book and gave it to his lawyers.
“They investigated me for months – found nothing!!! So 15-year-old charges resurface,” the barely legible handwritten note appears to read.
BREAKING A federal judge has unsealed a purported suicide note written by Jeffrey Epstein, which was reportedly found by his former cellmate, Nicholas Tartaglione, after Epstein’s July 2019 suicide attempt.The note had been under seal for years.(Link below) pic.twitter.com/JveOpZhkSi
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“It is a treat to be able to choose one’s time to say goodbye. What do you want me to do – burst out crying!! NO FUN – NOT WORTH IT!!” it adds.
The document was kept under seal in Tartaglione’s court file until a federal judge ordered its release following a petition by The New York Times. Prosecutors reportedly supported making the note public, arguing that transparency is vital.
Epstein was found dead in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York in August 2019. His death was officially ruled a suicide, but it has continued to fuel public scrutiny and conspiracy theories because of his ties to wealthy and politically powerful figures.
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