Epstein Note
This document, released Wednesday, May 6, 2026, by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, shows a note that Jeffrey Epstein’s former cellmate said he found after Epstein’s reported suicide attempt in July 2019. (U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York via AP)
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A note Jeffrey Epstein’s former cellmate claimed he found after the financier’s first jail suicide attempt has been made public after it had been sealed and locked in a courthouse vault for nearly five years as part of an unrelated legal dispute. A judge released the note Wednesday after The New York Times petitioned last week to unseal it and other documents in a case involving the cellmate, Nicholas Tartaglione. Among other things, the note contains the phrase “time to say goodbye.” Tartaglione is a former police officer who is serving a life sentence for killing four people. It isn't clear who wrote the note Tartaglione claimed he found. It wasn’t mentioned in the lengthy government reports examining the circumstances of Epstein’s death.
