After being kept under wraps for several years, a note purportedly written by Jeffrey Epstein has finally come to light. This document, often referred to as a suicide note, offers a glimpse into the mindset of the controversial financier before his death.
The note begins with a defiant declaration: “They investigated me for months — FOUND NOTHING!!!” This statement suggests Epstein felt vindicated by the lack of incriminating findings against him at the time of writing.
Continuing in a tone that is both resigned and sardonic, the note states, “It is a treat to be able to choose one’s time to say goodbye. Watcha want me to do — Bust out cryin!!” Here, Epstein appears to express a sense of control over his own fate, even as he acknowledges the gravity of his situation.
The note draws to a close with the words “NO FUN,” which are emphatically underlined, and concludes with the phrase “NOT WORTH IT!!” This ending reflects a bleak assessment of his circumstances and perhaps, his life as a whole.
This note was discovered after Epstein survived an apparent suicide attempt in July 2019, when he was found with a strip of cloth around his neck. However, in August of the same year, Epstein’s life ended in a cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City, where he was officially reported to have died by suicide at the age of 66.
In August of that year Epstein killed himself inside Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City at the age of 66.
The note was made public on Wednesday after The New York Times petitioned the court to unseal it.
An undated handout photo made available by New York State Division of Criminal Justice showing Jeffrey Epstein, issued 25 July 2019
Epstein’s cellmate Nicholas Tartaglione found the note after the failed attempt and it ended up being part of his own criminal case.
In an interview with the outlet, Tartaglione said the note was found tucked inside a graphic novel after Epstein was moved to a different part of the jail.
Tartaglione is seen here in a prison mugshot
He then handed it over to his lawyers after Epstein claimed that it was Tartaglione that had hurt him, not himself.
There was no mention of the note as part of the official investigation into Epstein’s death.
A chronology which mentions the existence of the note was found inside the Epstein files which details its journey after being passed around numerous lawyers.
That file said that Tartaglione’s lawyers managed to authenticate the note, an explanation as to how they did so is not revealed.
Judge Kenneth Karas asked the parties involved if they had any view on the note being made public.
The US attorney’s office in Manhattan, who prosecuted Tartaglione, said ‘there appears to be a strong public interest in the circumstances surrounding Epstein’s death’, the Times reported.
Donald Trump and Melania Trump are pictured here with Jeffrey Epstein, and Ghislaine Maxwell at Mar-a-Lago, Palm Beach, Florida, February 12, 2000
The note was made public on Wednesday after The New York Times petitioned the court to unseal it, Epstein is seen here outside of his New York City mansion
Following the release of more than three million documents related to the late sex offender by the DOJ, more questions have been raised about the nature of his death.
Earlier this year never-before-seen footage revealed the moment prison guards found the pedophile’s corpse.
A video shows the a guard approaching a desk near Epstein’s cell at 6:30am on the day of his death. Seconds later, the person then makes his way to the cell.
Over a minute after this, a guard can be seen moving back and forth between the security desk, where he is joined by two others, and the area housing Epstein’s cell.
The guards are then seen running between the two areas. Epstein was officially declared dead at 6:39am.
The inside of Epstein’s cell is seen here after he was found hanging from a bunk bed
His post-mortem found three distinct fractures were identified on his neck: one on the left hyoid and one in the thyroid cartilage on the right side, and one on the left.
At the time of his death he had pleaded not guilty after federal prosecutors charged him with sex trafficking minors and conspiracy. He was awaiting trial when he died.
His suicide fueled public speculation that he was assassinated as part of a cover-up to protect high-profile individuals who were potentially complicit in his crimes.
From that, a theory that the well-connected financier maintained a list of clients to whom underage girls were trafficked emerged.
Aside from Ghislaine Maxwell, who was jailed for 20 years for her role in luring underage girls for her former boyfriend Epstein, there have been no US arrests relating to the financier or the names released in the files relating to him.
Maxwell sat down with then Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche last July to discuss what she knew about the Epstein case.
The records of those conversations were then subsequently released and provided no incriminating information on high-profile individuals including Donald Trump.
She also denied the existence of a so-called ‘client list’.
