A federal judge late Wednesday ordered the alleged suicide note penned by disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein to be unsealed, making the document public.
Reportedly filed away in a New York courthouse for several years, the alleged suicide note had been under seal as part of a criminal trial involving Nicholas Tartaglione, Epstein’s former cellmate. Tartaglione claims he discovered the purported suicide note just weeks before Epstein’s death in July 2019, when Epstein had been found injured and unresponsive in his jail cell, according to The New York Times.
However, less than a week after the alleged suicide note’s existence became public, the document itself was made available online, with The Times publishing the document. (RELATED: Epstein Reportedly Left Suicide Note — But It’s Currently Under Lock And Key)
“They investigated me for months — found NOTHING,” the handwritten note appears to read. “So 16 year old charges [illegible]. It is a treat to be able to choose [illegible] to say goodbye. Watcha want me to do [illegible] out cryin!! NO FUN — NOT WORTH IT!!”
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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.
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In 2019, Esptein alerted prison guards that Tartaglione had allegedly assaulted him, according to the Times. Bureau of Prisons records show that a week after the accusation, Epstein told officials that he “never had any issues” with Tartaglione and felt safe sharing a cell with him.
The murkiness of the interactions between Tartaglione and Epstein may cast some doubt on the providence of the alleged suicide note, though its presentation as evidence under seal in a separate case could also lend it credence.