Federal Judge Unseals Purported Jeffrey Epstein Suicide Note From Nicholas Tartaglione

A federal judge unsealed a purported suicide note from Jeffrey Epstein on Wednesday, placing the unverified and undated document on the court docket in the case of a former cellmate who said he had found it.

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CNN said the note reads in part: “They investigated me for month – found NOTHING!!!” and described it as not signed.

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The note was reportedly discovered in July 2019 by Epstein’s cellmate, Nicholas Tartaglione, and CNN said Tartaglione told Jessica Reed Kraus that “Jeffrey Epstein tried killing himself when he was in the cell with me.”

CNN also reported that a medical examiner ruled Epstein died by suicide after he was found dead in his New York City prison cell in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.

Multiple outlets tied the unsealing to District Judge Kenneth Karas, with DW saying Karas ordered the note unsealed after The New York Times reported on the document and sought its release.

DW reported that the note was “scribbled on a yellow legal pad” and quoted the note as: “They investigated me for months — FOUND NOTHING!!!”

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DW also said the judge found no legal reason to keep it under seal and that “No party has identified any competing consideration that would justify sealing the Note,” as quoted in Karas’s ruling.

Axios said the judge released the purported suicide note on Wednesday and described the Justice Department and FBI as concluding last July that Epstein died by suicide.

Axios also said the Justice Department and FBI were “now headed by one of those influencers, Kash Patel,” referring to the agency leadership context around the case.

The note’s text, as described by CNN, included lines such as “It is a treat to be able to chose ones time to say goodbye.”

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CNN reported that the Justice Department said it had released millions of documents related to Epstein and that it deferred to the court because it had “no knowledge as to … the accuracy of the factual narrative described in the unsealing motion.”

The Hill said the note had spent years sealed and was released by a judge in Epstein’s cellmate’s criminal case after The New York Times urged unsealing.

The Hill also reiterated that Epstein “killed himself in August 2019 as he was awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges,” while noting that the release comes as questions persist around the circumstances of his death.

In parallel, CNN said the Department of Justice released “10 hours of jailhouse security footage” showing no one entered Epstein’s jail cell on the day he died.