Jeffrey Epstein’s Alleged Suicide Note Made Public for First Time

Mug changeable of Jeffrey Epstein made disposable by the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Department, taken pursuing his indictment for soliciting a prostitute successful 2006. Credit: Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Department / Public Domain

A national justice successful White Plains, New York, unsealed an alleged Jeffrey Epstein termination enactment connected Wednesday, making it nationalist for the archetypal time. The papers had been sealed for years arsenic portion of a abstracted transgression lawsuit until the New York Times petitioned the tribunal for its release.

The enactment opens with a defiant declaration: “They investigated maine for months — FOUND NOTHING!!!” and references charges dating backmost galore years. Epstein wrote that choosing one’s ain clip to dice was thing to welcome: “It is simply a dainty to beryllium capable to take one’s clip to accidental goodbye.”

He questioned what radical expected of him, adding “Watcha privation maine to bash — Bust retired cryin!!” earlier closing with “NO FUN – NOT WORTH IT!!” The enactment had nary signature.

The Justice Department said that it had nary anterior cognition of it, adjacent aft releasing millions of Epstein-related documents successful a transparency effort.

Cellmate recovered Epstein unconscious weeks earlier his death

The enactment came to airy done Nicholas Tartaglione, a erstwhile constabulary serviceman from Briarcliff Manor, New York, who shared a compartment with Epstein astatine the Metropolitan Correctional Center successful Lower Manhattan.

In July 2019, Tartaglione discovered Epstein unconscious with a cloth astir his neck. Epstein recovered but died wrong the installation weeks aboriginal astatine property 66.

Epstein's alleged suic*de enactment has been unsealed by a Federal judge. It's hard to work but appears to accidental the following:

"They investigated maine for period – FOUND NOTHING!!! So 16 twelvemonth aged charges results. It is simply a dainty to beryllium capable to take one's clip to accidental goodbye.

Watcha want… pic.twitter.com/IhvTIve6WI

— Pubity (@pubity) May 7, 2026

New York City’s aesculapian examiner concluded Epstein died by suicide. Questions astir that uncovering person persisted, fueled by documented information failures astatine the now-closed jail.

Prison officials questioned Epstein aft the July incidental astir marks connected his neck. He initially said that Tartaglione had attacked him, denying suicidal intent, but aboriginal said helium had nary issues with his cellmate. Tartaglione has denied assaulting Epstein.

Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged termination enactment recovered successful graphic novel

Tartaglione told the Times the enactment was written connected yellowish insubstantial from a ineligible notepad and that helium recovered it tucked wrong a graphic caller aft Epstein was removed from their cell. He gave it to his attorneys, believing it could antagonistic immoderate aboriginal assault claims from Epstein. The lawyers aboriginal brought successful handwriting experts to authenticate it.

The papers was aboriginal sealed by the tribunal implicit the attorney-client privilege aft a ineligible quality arose among Tartaglione’s lawyers.

Judge Kenneth M. Karas ordered it released aft Manhattan prosecutors said that they did not reason disclosure, citing beardown nationalist involvement successful the circumstances of Jeffrey Epstein’s death.

Tartaglione was convicted successful 2023 successful a quadruple execution lawsuit and is serving 4 consecutive beingness sentences. He denies the charges and is pursuing an appeal.