U.S. Court Releases Purported Suicide Note of Jeffrey Epstein

A federal judge in New York has released a purported suicide note attributed to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, which had been under judicial seal for nearly seven years.

Key points

• The document was discovered in July 2019 by Nicholas Tartaglione, a former cellmate of Jeffrey Epstein, inside a book.
• The note contains phrases such as "It is a treat to be able to choose ones time to say goodbye" and claims that investigators found nothing during their months-long probe.
• The release follows a petition by The New York Times to unseal the document from the court records of Nicholas Tartaglione.
• The authenticity of the handwritten note has not been verified by U.S. authorities.

Why it matters

The release of this document provides new, albeit unverified, insight into the final days of a high-profile criminal whose death in federal custody remains a subject of public scrutiny and conspiracy theories.