Epstein Note Sealed 7 Years in NY Courthouse Vault

A possible suicide note written by Jeffrey Epstein has remained sealed in a New York courthouse vault for nearly seven years, despite ongoing scrutiny of the financier's death in federal custody.

Nicholas Tartaglione, Epstein's cellmate at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan, discovered the note in late July 2019. Tartaglione, a former police officer serving four consecutive life sentences for a drug-related quadruple murder in upstate New York, said he found the single-page message on yellow paper from a legal pad. It was tucked between the pages of a graphic novel left in their shared cell after Epstein was moved following an apparent suicide attempt.

Epstein had been found unresponsive earlier that month with a strip of cloth around his neck but survived the incident. Initially, he accused Tartaglione of attacking him, telling jail officials he was not suicidal. Prison records show Epstein retracted the claim a week later, stating they had no issues and he felt safe with his cellmate.

Tartaglione recalled the note's contents expressing frustration that investigators had probed him for months and found nothing. It continued, in essence, "What do you want me to do,...