{"id":627896,"date":"2026-05-07T01:07:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T01:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/627896\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T01:07:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T01:07:17","slug":"judge-releases-possible-epstein-suicide-note-allegedly-discovered-before-he-was-found-semiconscious-in-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/627896\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge releases possible Epstein suicide note allegedly discovered before he was found semiconscious in 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

A purported suicide note from Jeffrey Epstein<\/a> obtained by his former jail cellmate was unsealed Wednesday by a federal judge.<\/p>\n

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The letter, which is handwritten on lined paper and has not been authenticated, dates to what was believed to be Epstein\u2019s unsuccessful suicide attempt on July 23, 2019, less than two weeks before he died<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Epstein was found \u201cwith an orange cloth around his neck\u201d and \u201cfriction marks\u201d on his neck, according to a report from the Justice Department Office of the Inspector General. Epstein\u2019s cellmate told officers Epstein tried to hang himself. <\/p>\n

The note is handwritten and reads, \u201cThey investigated me for month \u2014 Found NOTHING!!!\u201d <\/p>\n

The writing is difficult to read but appears to say, \u201cSo 16 year old charges resubmitted.\u201d Then it reads, \u201cIt is a treat to be able to choose one\u2019s time to say goodbye. Watcha want me to do – Bust out cryin!! NO FUN, NOT WORTH IT!!\u201d<\/p>\n

\"WhatA possible note from what is believed to have been Jeffrey Epstein\u2019s first suicide attempt in July 2019, when he was found semiconscious with marks on his neck.U.S. District Court Southern District of NY<\/p>\n

Epstein was discovered by his cellmate, a former New York City police officer named Nicholas Tartaglione. Immediately after the incident, Epstein said he was attacked by Tartaglione but later told investigators he did not know what occurred and did not want to talk about how he had sustained injuries, according to a report from the Justice Department\u2019s office of inspector general.<\/p>\n

According to Tartaglione\u2019s former attorney Bruce Barket, the purported suicide note was written on a yellow legal pad.<\/p>\n

Barket said he and his team never formally authenticated the note, \u201cbut we all became comfortable that this was Epstein\u2019s note in part because of some similar writing that CBS ran.\u201d Barket was referring to an image of another alleged Epstein note also written on a yellow legal pad that was obtained by \u201c60 Minutes\u201d<\/a> that also ends with the line \u201cNO FUN!!\u201d<\/p>\n

Previously, a spokesperson for the Justice Department provided a statement about the alleged note after reporting about its existence, \u201cIt is difficult to comment on something neither The New York Times, nor we, have seen. The Department underwent an exhaustive effort to collect all records in its possession responsive to the Act. This included collecting records from the Bureau of Prisons and Office of Inspector General. As a result of these efforts, nearly 3 million pages have been produced.\u201d<\/p>\n

Epstein, 66, was arrested<\/a> in July 2019 on multiple sex-trafficking charges from alleged incidents spanning from 2002 to 2005 related to the sexual abuse of girls as young as 14<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Despite being placed under suicide watch after he was found semiconscious<\/a> in his cell that same month, he denied being suicidal.<\/p>\n

He was found dead by suicide in his jail cell that August \u2014 the result of what federal investigators concluded in 2023 was a cascade of misconduct, negligence and errors by staff at the Metropolitan Correctional Center.<\/p>\n

If you or someone you know is in crisis, call or text 988 or go to 988lifeline.org<\/a> to reach the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, or visit SpeakingOfSuicide.com\/resources<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A purported suicide note from Jeffrey Epstein obtained by his former jail cellmate was unsealed Wednesday by a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":627897,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4,450,451,3,452,453],"class_list":["post-627896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/627896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=627896"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/627896\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/627897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=627896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=627896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=627896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}