US judge releases purported Jeffrey Epstein suicide note

Judge does not make claim on authenticity of document, filed in court as part of criminal case of former cellmate.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 itemslist 1 of 3Democrats walk out of heated Epstein files briefinglist 2 of 3Why did Trump fire Pam Bondi from Justice Department, who is Todd Blanche?list 3 of 3Giuffre family urges UK’s King Charles to meet Epstein survivors in USend of listThe 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.The note’s existence gained renewed attention following a New York Times report last year. The newspaper reported the document was never seen by federal investigators and was absent from ‌millions ‌of Epstein-related documents released by the Department of Justice in recent years.