Purported Epstein Suicide Note Is Released
The New York Times • • nation
Key Points:
- A federal judge unsealed a suicide note purportedly written by Jeffrey Epstein, which had been sealed for years in connection with the criminal case of his cellmate, Nicholas Tartaglione.
- The note expresses Epstein's frustration over investigations and charges against him, ending with the words "NO FUN" and "NOT WORTH IT," underlined.
- Tartaglione discovered the note in July 2019 after Epstein was found unresponsive with a cloth around his neck; Epstein survived that incident but died weeks later at the Metropolitan Correctional Center.
- The note was released following a petition by The New York Times, though the newspaper has not independently verified Epstein as the author.
- Judge Kenneth M. Karas authorized the release of the note, which was added to the court docket in White Plains, New York.
