This article originally appeared onZeroHedgeand was republished with permission.
A federal judge on Wednesdayunsealeda purported suicide note attributed to Jeffrey Epstein,written before his first reported incident in July 2019 and discovered by his then-cellmate, Nicholas Tartaglione, tucked inside a graphic novel.
The undated, unsigned document - released as part of Tartaglione’s unrelated criminal case docket - contains lines such as “They investigated me for month - found NOTHING!!!“ and references to saying goodbye. It has been kept under seal for nearly seven years.
The note’s release comes amid a flood of Epstein-related document dumps in 2025–2026, yet it does little to quiet the persistent, deeply unsettling questions about how Epstein actually died on August 10, 2019, inside the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) in Manhattan.Official ruling: suicide by hanging. Public consensus, reinforced by every major new tranche of files: something about that story has never added up - and the weirdness only multiplies with each disclosure.
Epstein was found unresponsive in his cell shortly before 6:30 a.m. on August 10, 2019. Attorney General William Barr immediately called it an “apparent suicide.” The medical examiner ruled it a hanging. Case closed - or so the government insisted.
The facts on the groundwere different:
Less than three weeks earlier, on July 23, Epstein had been found semi-conscious with an orange cloth tied around his neck.He was placed on suicide watch for barely 31 hours before being removed, despite a psychologist’s note that he “needs a cellmate” for safety.
On August 9,his cellmate was transferred out with no replacement- in direct violation of standing orders sent to more than 70 staff members.
Hours before his death, Epstein was allowed a 20-minute unmonitored phone callfrom the SHU shower area using a non-inmate phone line, violating every Bureau of Prisons protocol. Logs omitted the call entirely.
His cell contained a hoard of extra linens and blankets- material explicitly prohibited because it can be fashioned into nooses. No required cell search occurred that day.
Source: The Vigilant Fox
