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Federal Judge Releases Alleged Jeffrey Epstein Suicide Note

  • On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Kenneth M. Karas unsealed a purported suicide note attributed to Jeffrey Epstein after The New York Times petitioned for its release, ending years of secrecy surrounding the handwritten document.
  • Nicholas Tartaglione, Epstein's former cellmate serving four life sentences for murder, allegedly discovered the note inside a graphic novel after Epstein's July 23, 2019, suicide attempt; it remained sealed for years under attorney-client privilege.
  • The undated, unsigned note opens with "They investigated me for months- FOUND NOTHING!!!" and includes "It is a treat to be able to choose one's time to say goodbye," echoing language Epstein used in prior emails referencing a 1931 Little Rascals film.
  • Federal prosecutors did not oppose the unsealing, citing "strong public interest" in Epstein's death, though the Justice Department admitted it does not know if the document is authentic and had never previously seen it.
  • Questions about the note's authorship remain unresolved, with neither federal investigators nor independent experts publicly confirming Epstein wrote it; its emergence through Tartaglione's case rather than official channels reveals gaps in the government's investigation.
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In August 2019, the sex offender Epstein died in his prison cell. Now, a letter has appeared that is supposed to come from him. It could support the official cause of death of the suicide.

·Hamburg, Germany
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At the request of the "New York Times", American justice released on Thursday, 7 May, a note that was reportedly found in the pedocriminal businessman's cell in July 2019, after a possible first attempt to put an end to his life.

·Paris, France
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Jeffrey Epstein allegedly wrote a farewell letter. Now a judge has made it public. “It’s a pleasure to be able to choose when to say goodbye,” he writes.

·Stockholm, Sweden
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A U.S. federal judge released on Wednesday an alleged suicide note from pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, which would have been found by the former tycoon's cellmate in a graphic novel.Continue reading...

·Barcelona, Spain
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A cellmate Epsteins is said to have found the letter after a first suspected suicide attempt by the sex offender in July 2019 in a comic novel.

·Vienna, Austria
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Slate.fr broke the news in France on Wednesday, May 6, 2026.
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