Judge releases possible Epstein suicide note allegedly discovered before he was found semiconscious in 2019
NBC News • • general
Key Points:
- A purported handwritten suicide note from Jeffrey Epstein, dating to his failed suicide attempt on July 23, 2019, was unsealed by a federal judge; the note has not been authenticated.
- The note references investigations and charges against Epstein, expressing frustration and a sense of choosing the timing of his goodbye.
- Epstein was found with an orange cloth around his neck and friction marks, and his cellmate, Nicholas Tartaglione, reported Epstein tried to hang himself; Epstein later claimed he was attacked but was reluctant to discuss his injuries.
- Epstein was arrested in July 2019 on multiple sex-trafficking charges involving minors and was found dead by suicide in August 2019 amid a series of staff failures at the Metropolitan Correctional Center.
- The Department of Justice has produced nearly 3 million pages of records related to Epstein's case but declined to comment directly on the note's authenticity or contents.
