Judge releases purported Epstein suicide note
By: Michael Loria
USA Today
..... A federal judge on May 6 [2026] unsealed Jeffrey Epstein's purported suicide note, a terse handwritten document in which the letter writer celebrated going out on his own terms.
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"It is a treat to be able to choose one's time to say goodbye," the note says. "Watcha want me to do - Bust out crying!! NO FUN-NOT WORTH IT!!
..... According to the letter, which has not been authenticated, Epstein said that the case against him was thin.
..... "They investigated me for months - FOUND NOTHING!!!" the note says, adding the charges date back many years.
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The release of the note comes about seven years after the disgraced financier was found dead by apparent suicide in a Manhattan jail where he was awaiting sex trafficking charges. The document was under seal for years in connection with the case of Epstein's onetime cellmate, Nicholas Tartaglione, a former police officer who was later sentenced to life in prison in connection with orchestrating a quadruple murder.
..... Judge Kenneth M. Karas of the Southern District of New York, who oversaw Tartaglione's case, unsealed the document in respond to a petition from The New York Times, court filings show.
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Tartaglione found the letter a little over a week before Epstein's death on August 10, 2019. according to court filings, which also says the note was written in connection with an earlier apparent suicide attempt.
..... During the time Epstein and Tartaglione were cellmates in July 2019, Epstein was found unconscious in his cell with marks on his neck form an apparent suicide attempt. Epstein denied trying to take his own life and said Tartaglione assaulted him. The former officer rejected the accusation.
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Epstein was then moved to another cell and later found dead.
..... The release of the mote comes as public interest in Epstein's suspected crimes and the mysterious circumstances of his death at the Metropolitan Correctional Center has grown into one of the defining issues during the Trump administration.
..... President Donald Trump and Epstein were, at one point, friends. Trump denies an connection with Epstein's suspected criminal activities.