Judge Unseals Purported Epstein Suicide Note After Five Years
A federal judge in New York has released a handwritten note allegedly written by Jeffrey Epstein after a failed suicide attempt, which had been sealed for nearly five years.
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Judge Releases Purported Epstein Suicide Note After Years Sealed
A federal judge in New York has unsealed what is said to be a suicide note written by convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to multiple reports. The handwritten note, which had been sealed in a courthouse vault for nearly five years, was released Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Kenneth M. Karas as part of an unrelated legal case involving Epstein’s former cellmate, Nicholas Tartaglione.
According to the Washington Examiner, the note contains the text “NO FUN — NOT WORTH IT.” Tartaglione has claimed he discovered the note after Epstein’s first suspected suicide attempt in jail, less than a month before Epstein’s death in 2019, CBS News reports.
The note’s release comes as part of Tartaglione’s criminal case proceedings. The Financial Times notes that Tartaglione, Epstein’s cellmate, claims to have found the handwritten message. The document had remained sealed and locked away during the intervening years until the judge’s recent decision to unseal it.
The circumstances surrounding Epstein’s death in custody have remained a subject of public scrutiny. Watch for any additional details that emerge from the unsealed materials or further statements from those involved in the case.
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- Jeffrey Epstein's purported suicide note released by US judge · Financial Times