New York judge releases purported Epstein suicide note
Key takeaways
- A federal judge on Wednesday released a document described as a suicide note purportedly written by the late Jeffrey Epstein and including the line: “It is a treat to be able to choose one’s time to say goodbye.”
- Epstein, the disgraced financier and accused sex trafficker, was found dead in his Manhattan jail cell in August 2019 in what was ruled a suicide.
- The handwritten note was said to have been found by his former jail cellmate, convicted murderer and ex‑police officer Nicholas Tartaglione.
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Add ARY News on Google AAResize. A federal judge on Wednesday released a document described as a suicide note purportedly written by the late Jeffrey Epstein and including the line: “It is a treat to be able to choose one’s time to say goodbye.”
Epstein, the disgraced financier and accused sex trafficker, was found dead in his Manhattan jail cell in August 2019 in what was ruled a suicide.
The handwritten note was said to have been found by his former jail cellmate, convicted murderer and ex‑police officer Nicholas Tartaglione. U.S. District Judge Kenneth Karas, who oversaw the Tartaglione case, released the note after a request by The New York Times, which reported its existence last week.