Jeffrey Epstein's 'suicide note' is revealed after nearly seven years under wraps

A federal judge has made public an alleged suicide note written by Jeffrey Epstein, marking the first time the document has been seen in public in almost seven years.

Nicholas Tartaglione, who shared a cell with Epstein at the notorious Metropolitan Correctional Centre in New York City, said he discovered the note following the paedophile's failed suicide attempt in July 2019.

Epstein was found dead in his cell weeks later.

"They investigated me for months — FOUND NOTHING!!!" the note reads.

"It is a treat to be able to choose one's time to say goodbye. Watcha want me to do — Bust out cryin!! NO FUN – NOT WORTH IT!!"

But mysteriously, the note bears no signature.

Tartaglione mentioned the note in a podcast interview last year, but the document was released after the New York Times published a story last week on its existence and filed a petition with a court in White Plains, New York.

Tartaglione, a former police officer currently serving a life sentence for quadruple murder, is appealing his conviction.

Epstein pleaded guilty in 2008 in Florida to soliciting prostitution from a minor, a conviction that led to a controversial plea deal and a short jail sentence.

He was arrested again in July 2019 and charged with sex trafficking of minors, accused of recruiting and abusing underage girls in New York and Florida.

He found Epstein unresponsive in their shared cell with marks on his neck in what authorities later described as an apparent suicide attempt.

Following this incident, Epstein told prison officials that Tartaglione had attacked him.

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In the weeks before his death, Epstein insisted he was not suicidal.

Tartaglione gave the note to his lawyers as potential evidence against any future assault claims from Epstein, according to the Times.

Tartaglione's legal team employed handwriting experts to verify that Epstein had authored the note.

The document had remained sealed as part of Tartaglione's appeal due to attorney-client privilege.

But in ordering the unsealing, the judge rejected privacy concerns, noting Epstein's death and the widespread public discussion of the purported note.

After the alleged suicide attempt, the paedophile was placed on suicide watch for six days.

He was promptly taken off suicide watch and placed in a special housing unit with another inmate - while a guard was tasked with looking into his every 30 minutes.

On August 9, 2019, Epstein's cellmate was transferred out, but nobody took his place.

Later in the evening, contrary to the jail's normal procedure, Epstein was not checked every half an hour - with the two guards told to check his unit falling asleep and failing to check on him for three hours.

Meanwhile, the two cameras in front of Epstein's cell were claimed to have malfunctioned.

New York City's medical examiner determined that Epstein died by suicide on August 10.

Then in 2023, a report by the US Department of Justice's Inspector General said jail officials had shown repeated "negligence, misconduct, and outright job performance failures".

It denied the suggestion that what happened was anything other than a suicide.