Jeffrey Epstein's former cellmate claims the paedophile financier wrote a suicide note, which has been kept secret by a court, the New York Times claims.
Jeffrey Epstein's former cellmate claims the paedophile financier wrote a suicide note, which has been kept secret by a court, the New York Times claims.
Fellow inmate at Metropolitan Correctional Centre Nicholas Tartaglione said he found the note within the pages of a graphic novel.
The piece of yellow paper ripped from a legal pad read: "What do you want me to do, bust out crying? Time to say goodbye."
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When Tartaglione said he found the note after Epstein had been found dead in another cell.
Weeks earlier, Epstein had denied a previous suicide attempt and told staff at the jail that marks on his neck were from Tartaglione attacking him.
Epstein was moved into another cell by himself, where he was found dead.
Tartaglione purportedly told his lawyer about the note after Epstein's death.
That lawyer then later purportedly handed it in to a federal district courthouse north of New York City.
The New York Times reports the note is in the hands of the court and has petitioned to have it released.
It was not included in the as-yet-released Epstein files and has not been mentioned in formal investigations of his death.
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Epstein's suicide has been the subject of much conjecture and suspicion.
Tartaglione, a former police officer, is serving four life sentences after being convicted of killing four people.
He has repeatedly denied causing any harm to Epstein.
He has been cleared of any involvement in Epstein's death.
The Metropolitan Correctional Centre was closed two years later.
Epstein had been indicted on charges of sex trafficking minors at the time of his death.
The Trump administration has come under fire after only releasing a fraction of the files connected with the Department of Justice's investigation of Epstein.
Under a law passed earlier, they are required to release every file.
Epstein's accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence for sex trafficking as well as conspiring with Epstein to abuse underage girls.
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