JEFFREY Epstein’s suicide note has been kept secret for nearly seven years – locked in a New York Court house, it has been reported.
The bombshell note was discovered by a cellmate after Epstein was found unresponsive in his Manhattan jail cell with a strip of cloth around his neck.
Epstein survived the incident but was found dead just 18 days later.
The note was later sealed by a federal judge as part of the cellmate’s own criminal case, according to documents seen by the New York Times.
According to the cellmate, Nicholas Tartaglione, the note said it was “time to say goodbye”.
The outlet has not seen the note was told by the Justice Department that the agency had not seen it.
It comes after the DoJ released a tranche of files related to the disgraced financier earlier this year.
A two-page document in the records reportedly describes how the scrawled message became tangled up in Tartaglione’s legal case.
The document said Tartaglione’s lawyers verified the note, but it does not explain how.
Wild conspiracy theories have swirled since Epstein’s death, aged 66, which was ruled a suicide by hanging.
A “homemade noose” was found next to the body, the medical examiner said.
Revelations of security lapses inside the now-closed Manhattan Correctional Center sparked rumours the paedo was murdered.
Revelations of the suicide note mean investigators looking into Epstein’s death lacked what could have been a key piece of evidence.
When questioned by jail officers about red marks on his neck after the July incident, Epstein claimed he was attacked by Tartaglione. He said he was not suicidal.
A guard wrote: “Epstein had indicated that his cellmate had attempted to kill him and had been harassing him.”
Epstein was awaiting trial over a slew of sex trafficking charges at the time.
Tartaglione, a former cop, was behind bars serving four consecutive life sentences for murdering four people.
But prison records show that a week after Epstein accused his cellmate of an attack, he U-turned and said they “never had any issues”.
Tartaglione told the outlet he found the note tucked into a graphic novel after Epstein was moved to a different part of the jail.
Source : https://www.the-sun.com/news/16298345/jeffrey-epstein-suicide-note-paedo-goodbye/