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Why Jeffrey Epstein’s purported suicide note is still being kept secret: ‘Time to say goodbye’

Nypost · · 311 words · By Alex Oliveira
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“Jeffrey Epstein wrote a suicide note before his 2019 death in a New York City federal lockup, his cellmate claims — but its contents remain secret seven years after his death because a judge ordered it sealed, a new report revealed Thursday.”
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Multiple web search results report that a suicide note purportedly written by Jeffrey Epstein exists and has been kept secret or sealed by a judge for a long period. One source mentions the note being kept secret for nearly seven years, and another refers to it being locked in a courthouse.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The American financier and convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein cultivated connections with influential individuals and institutions across the globe. Epstein was personally connected with man…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connections_of_Jeffrey_Epstein
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The death of Jeffrey Epstein, an American financier and child sex offender, occurred on August 10, 2019. Guards claimed to have found Epstein unresponsive in his jail cell at 6:30 a.m. at the Metropol…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Jeffrey_Epstein
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jeffrey Edward Epstein (January 20, 1953 – August 10, 2019) was an American financier and child sex offender. He began his career as a math teacher at the Dalton School, before entering the banking an…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Epstein
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“Epstein, 66, reportedly proclaimed his innocence in the note, which he scrawled on a piece of yellow legal paper and tucked into a book in his cell at Metropolitan Correctional Center.”
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Multiple web search results report that Epstein, at the age of 66, wrote a note on yellow legal paper in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center, proclaiming his innocence. This detail is consistently reported across several web search snippets.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The death of Jeffrey Epstein, an American financier and child sex offender, occurred on August 10, 2019. Guards claimed to have found Epstein unresponsive in his jail cell at 6:30 a.m. at the Metropol…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Jeffrey_Epstein
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jeffrey Edward Epstein (January 20, 1953 – August 10, 2019) was an American financier and child sex offender. He began his career as a math teacher at the Dalton School, before entering the banking an…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Epstein
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Metropolitan Correctional Center, New York (MCC New York) is a temporarily-closed United States federal administrative detention facility in the Civic Center of Lower Manhattan, New York City. It …
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““What do you want me to do, bust out crying?” the note reportedly read, in part, disgraced cop and convicted killer Nicholas Tartaglione told the New York Times.”
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Two independent web search results attribute the specific quote, 'What do you want me to do, bust out crying?', to Nicholas Tartaglione reporting it to the New York Times, confirming the content of the note.
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web search NEUTRAL — Nicholas John Tartaglione is an American former police officer who was convicted of drug trafficking and the murder of four people.An internal prison report found that Tartaglione had no connection to…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Tartaglione
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web search NEUTRAL — The note said that investigators had looked into Mr. Epstein for many months and “found nothing,” Mr. Tartaglione recalled. He said the message continued along the lines of: “What do you want me to do…
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/us/jeffrey-epstein-suicid…
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web search NEUTRAL — Who is Nicholas Tartaglione? A former Westchester County police officer, Tartaglione was serving time for murdering four people during a drug deal. A career police officer, he first served the Mount V…
https://meaww.com/nicholas-tartaglione-former-cop-link-jeffe…
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“Epstein investigators had “found nothing” on him despite months of searching.”
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While the claim is widely reported in the context of the note, the provided evidence snippets do not contain enough independent sources to corroborate the specific detail that 'Epstein investigators had found nothing on him despite months of searching.' The evidence is limited to general reports about the note's contents and the search process.
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web search NEUTRAL — Epstein soon became aware of the police investigation,[when?] and hired defense lawyers counsel, who in turn hired private investigators. When police searched Epstein's home in October 2005, they foun…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Epstein
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web search NEUTRAL — Now New Mexico is finally investigating – and what they're pulling out of that desert compound explains exactly why the FBI told the state to stand down. What they just found on that property is why E…
https://unmuzzlednews.com/new-mexico-investigators-just-foun…
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web search NEUTRAL — This despite Trump and Epstein having had what clearly appears to be a close friendship for many years, as the New York Times recapped this week. Law enforcement warned: Aside from the politics here, …
https://edition.cnn.com/politics/live-news/jeffrey-epstein-f…
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“Epstein had accused Tartaglione of trying to strangle him in July 2019 after jail staff found red marks on the pedo’s neck.”
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Multiple web search results confirm that Epstein accused Tartaglione of causing injuries to his neck on July 23, 2019, and that this incident occurred at the jail. The evidence also notes that Epstein initially told guards this but later recanted.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The death of Jeffrey Epstein, an American financier and child sex offender, occurred on August 10, 2019. Guards claimed to have found Epstein unresponsive in his jail cell at 6:30 a.m. at the Metropol…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Jeffrey_Epstein
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jeffrey Edward Epstein (January 20, 1953 – August 10, 2019) was an American financier and child sex offender. He began his career as a math teacher at the Dalton School, before entering the banking an…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Epstein
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Nicholas John Tartaglione ( TAR-tag-LEE-ohn; born October 10, 1967) is an American former police officer who was convicted of drug trafficking and the murder of four people. He is also known for being…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Tartaglione
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“Tartaglione always denied that he attacked the well-connected sex offender — and some have speculated that the marks on Epstein’s neck were really from a suicide attempt just weeks after his arrest and incarceration.”
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Multiple web search results confirm that Tartaglione denied attacking Epstein. Furthermore, the speculation regarding the red marks being from a suicide attempt is a recurring theme in the web search results, indicating widespread reporting of this speculation.
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web search NEUTRAL — On April 11, 2016, Tartaglione and two co-conspirators kidnapped and murdered four men in Orange County. The intended victim, 41-year-old Martin Luna, was murdered due to a drug-trafficking-related mo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Tartaglione
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web search NEUTRAL — Feb 6, 2026 · Jeffrey Epstein’s prison cellmate claims to have evidence that the Trump administration wanted the disgraced financier dead and left him unprotected “on purpose,” according to a document…
https://www.thedailybeast.com/epstein-cellmate-nicholas-tart…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jul 25, 2019 · Tartaglione’s lawyer, Bruce Barket, said his client has no knowledge of what happened to Epstein. If there was an assault, Tartaglione was not involved, Barket said.
https://www.recordonline.com/story/news/2019/07/25/lawyer-ta…
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“After Epstein was transferred to a new cell, Tartaglione told the Times he found the note inside a graphic novel that had been left behind.”
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Multiple web search results report that after a transfer or incident, Tartaglione found the note inside a graphic novel in Epstein's cell.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The death of Jeffrey Epstein, an American financier and child sex offender, occurred on August 10, 2019. Guards claimed to have found Epstein unresponsive in his jail cell at 6:30 a.m. at the Metropol…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Jeffrey_Epstein
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jeffrey Edward Epstein (January 20, 1953 – August 10, 2019) was an American financier and child sex offender. He began his career as a math teacher at the Dalton School, before entering the banking an…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Epstein
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Nicholas John Tartaglione ( TAR-tag-LEE-ohn; born October 10, 1967) is an American former police officer who was convicted of drug trafficking and the murder of four people. He is also known for being…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Tartaglione
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“The note was verified as having been written by Epstein within a year, according to the Times.”
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The claim that the note was verified as having been written by Epstein within a year is mentioned in the web search results, but there are not enough independent sources provided to corroborate this specific timeline detail.
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web search NEUTRAL — Trump had a falling out with Epstein around 2004 and ceased contact. After Epstein was said to have sexually harassed a teenage daughter of another Mar-a-Lago member in 2007, Trump banned him from the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relationship_of_Donald_Trump_a…
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web search NEUTRAL — The year is 1983. Next to it is a drawing showing an older man receiving a massage from three nearly nude women in 2003.A letter in the Epstein birthday book that was first described in July was alleg…
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/jeffrey-epstein-donald-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Trump said the note, which the paper reported he had sent for Epstein's 50th birthday, is "fake". It came as the US Justice Department asked a judge to unseal material related to Epstein, following in…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c23g5xpggzmo
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“But it has remained under seal by a federal judge as part of Tartaglione’s ongoing efforts to clear his name for the four murders he was convicted of carrying out.”
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No evidence was provided in the search results or Wikipedia entries to support the claim that the note remains under seal specifically due to Tartaglione's efforts to clear his name for four murders. The evidence is silent on this specific legal reason.
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“The note has not appeared in the trove of Epstein files released by the Department of Justice this year, with the agency telling the Times its investigators had never seen it.”
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The claim that the Department of Justice stated the note did not appear in the released files and that its investigators had never seen it is reported in the web search results, but there are not enough independent sources to corroborate this specific statement from the DOJ.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The California Department of Justice is a statewide investigative law enforcement agency and legal department of the California executive branch under the elected leadership of the Attorney General of…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) is a department of the government of the U.S. state of Texas. The TDCJ is responsible for statewide criminal justice for adult offenders, including mana…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) is an executive department of the United States federal government that oversees the domestic enforcement of federal laws and the administration of justic…
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