US judge releases purported Jeffrey Epstein suicide note

A document purported to be a suicide note written by disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein has been released by a judge in New York. The decision by US District Judge Kenneth Karas did not establish the note’s authenticity, but simply found that it was a judicial document subject to the public’s right of access. Recommended Stories list of 3 items end of list The document, which was released on Wednesday, was submitted as part of the criminal case of Nicholas Tartaglione, a former police officer and convicted murderer who had been Epstein’s cellmate. The financier, a convicted sex offender, had been found dead in his Manhattan jail cell in 2019 as he awaited trial on federal sex trafficking charges, in what authorities said was a suicide. Lawyers for Tartaglione said he had found the note when he and Epstein shared a cell for about two weeks in July 2019. Handwritten on a yellow legal pad, the note contained a simple message “They investigated me for month – Found NOTHING!!! So 15 year old charges resulted,” the note said. “It is a treat to ⁠be able to choose ones time to say goodbye. Watcha want me to do – Burst out cryin!! NO FUN – NOT WORTH IT!!” Tartaglione, who is serving four consecutive life sentences for drug-related murders, had previously referenced the existence of the note in a podcast interview. According to public descriptions by Tartaglione, the note was tucked inside a book in their shared cell. Epstein died several weeks later, on August 10, 2019. …