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NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. (NewsNation) — In a significant legal development, a federal judge in New York has unveiled a handwritten “suicide note” allegedly penned by Jeffrey Epstein, which had remained concealed for years.
This note, shrouded in secrecy, was sealed as evidence within the context of a criminal case involving Epstein’s former cellmate, Nicholas Tartaglione. Tartaglione has claimed that he discovered the note tucked inside a graphic novel, shortly after a distressing incident in July 2019 when Epstein was hurriedly removed from their shared cell following a suicide attempt.
Despite surviving that particular attempt, Epstein was later discovered unresponsive in his cell on August 10, 2019. At the time, the 66-year-old financier was facing trial on serious sex trafficking charges at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan. Authorities ultimately ruled Epstein’s death a suicide.
Epstein survived that incident but was found unresponsive in his cell on Aug. 10, 2019, as the 66-year-old financier awaited trial on sex trafficking charges at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan. Officials ruled Epstein’s death a suicide.
The note released Wednesday reads, in part, “They investigated me for months — found nothing!!!”
It continues: “It is a treat to be able to choose one’s time to say goodbye. Watcha want me to do — bust out cryin!!”
The message ends: “NO FUN — NOT WORTH IT!!”
U.S. District Judge Kenneth Karas in White Plains, New York, ordered the note’s release after The New York Times petitioned last week to unseal it and other documents in a case involving Tartaglione.
Few people had known about the note until Tartaglione, a former police officer who is serving a life sentence for killing four people, mentioned it on a podcast last year. Tartaglione claimed he discovered the note after Epstein was found with a strip of bedsheet around his neck.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.