Nicholas Tartaglione

US District Judge Kenneth Karas, based in White Plains, New York, has ordered the public release of a note that was reportedly found by Jeffrey Epstein's former cellmate following the financier's first suspected jail suicide attempt. The note had been sealed in a courthouse vault for nearly five years as part of an unrelated legal dispute. The New York Times had petitioned for its release. Judge Karas's decision brings to light a document previously kept from public view, related to a significant event in the highly publicized case of Jeffrey Epstein. The unsealing of this note is part of ongoing efforts to reveal details surrounding Epstein's time in custody and his eventual death, which was officially ruled a suicide by hanging.