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A suspected suicide note by Jeffrey Epstein has been released in the US: what it says

A suspected suicide note by Jeffrey Epstein has been released in the US: what it says

07 May 2026, 19:15

A suspected suicide note by Jeffrey Epstein has been released in the US: what it says — Jeffrey Epstein

In the US, a federal court has released a note allegedly written by financier Jeffrey Epstein shortly before his death in prison in 2019. The document had remained classified for years.

A federal court in New York has released a note believed to have been written by the American financier Jeffrey Epstein before his death in prison in the summer of 2019. The document had been classified for almost five years and was held in the files of a separate criminal case.

According to US media reports, the note was found by Epstein’s former cellmate, Nicholas Tartaglione — a former police officer serving a life sentence for murder. He claimed to have discovered the note in a book after Epstein survived his first suicide attempt in July 2019.

The text of the note contains phrases about the possibility of “taking time to say goodbye”, as well as a claim that investigators allegedly “found nothing” against him. However, there is currently no official confirmation of the document’s authenticity.

Judge Kenneth Karas ruled to declassify the note following a request from The New York Times. The US Department of Justice did not object to its release.

As a reminder, Jeffrey Epstein died in August 2019 in a federal detention centre in New York. His death was officially ruled a suicide. At the time of his death, he was awaiting trial on charges of sexual exploitation of minors. The circumstances of his death have remained the subject of public debate and conspiracy theories for years.

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