May 1, 2026
Former Cellmate Claims He Found Epstein’s Suicide Note, The NY Times Wants It Unsealed
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RSS Feed The former cellmate of Jeffrey Epstein is maintaining he found a suicide note left by Jeffrey Epstein after a first, failed attempt, weeks before Epstein was found dead in his cell on August 10th. The New York Times has filed a petition to unseal the note and a judge is giving all parties until Monday, May 4th to respond. Epstein’s former cellmate claims he ended the note with the words “time to say goodbye.”
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00:00:02
Speaker 1: Hey, folks, it is Friday, May first, and there is a deadline of Monday. What happens on Monday, we might see a long sought after and even to some degree unknown suicide note from Jeffrey Epstein. And with that, welcome to this episode of Amy and TJ and Rose. People heard I'll say this right now, what I didn't know there was a Jeffrey Epstein suicide note.
00:00:30
Speaker 2: Well, you ain't the only one.
00:00:32
Speaker 3: Yeah, Federal prosecutors claim they didn't know that there was a Jeffrey Epstein suicide note as well. In fact, it's quite puzzling. But this has all developed this week. The New York Times has filed a petition asking for the release of a Jeffrey Epstein suicide note. This is a note that he reportedly left behind on his first attempted suicide. And this is all according to his former cellmate. We should point out convicted quadruple murderer Nicholas Tartaglione.
00:01:08
Speaker 1: Okay, so you heard us, right, folks, we are now the Epstein case comes down to a note that hasn't been completely verified, and the source of that right now is a quadruple murderer.
00:01:23
Speaker 2: Do I have this right ropes.
00:01:24
Speaker 3: Yes, However, there is a little bit more of a substantial backing to the fact that this note exists, because.
00:01:33
Speaker 2: But authentic he are two different things.
00:01:35
Speaker 3: Well, according to the so the Justice Department's Epstein files, Now we know millions and millions of files were released, and it's taken reporters a significant amount of time to go through what may or may not be in these files, but we did. The New York Times pointed out that in the Justice Department's Epstein file dump, there is a note that says sometime between seven twenty three and seven twenty seven NT, which would be the initials of Nick Tartaglione. It says NT found the note and they say that that is referencing the suicide note. So it's been referenced, and they say it was authenticated. But this is all according to notes in the Epstein file that somehow federal prosecutors claimed they were not made aware of.
00:02:34
Speaker 1: Well, it was my understanding again as we talk about this note, this existence of the note, how legitimate this note is the only person of the person who said they found this note is a quadruple murderer. Doesn't mean he's lying, but that's who that is now Robes. It was my understanding. You correct me if I'm wrong that the only people who have authenticated, not acknowledged that he said there is the existence of a note. But the only people who said we have authenticated that Jeffrey Stein wrote it are the defense attorneys for the quadruple murderer, and they won't tell us how they authenticated it.
00:03:08
Speaker 2: Yes, is that correct?
00:03:09
Speaker 3: Yes, The chart that they were referencing from the DOJ dump said that Tartaglione's lawyer, Bruce Barkett authenticated the note in January of twenty twenty, but it didn't say.
00:03:23
Speaker 2: How he authenticated it.
00:03:24
Speaker 3: But that is in the chart that is in the DOJ files, and that is as good as it gets in terms of authentication, because, yeah, there are a lot of question marks, a lot of information that's needed to further authenticate this.
00:03:38
Speaker 2: And to the extent of right, there's no text.
00:03:41
Speaker 1: We don't know for sure. And again, this quadruple murderer is not in his possession. He hadn't seen it in a long time, but he has done interviews kind of paraphrasing guess what it said.
00:03:51
Speaker 3: He actually just spoke on a podcast about the note and I will quote what Tartaglione said was inside the note. First, he said that this note was written on a yellow legal pad and ripped out of the pad and tucked inside of a book. That's where he found it. And he said it said something like FBI, you know, looked into me for months and found nothing. What do you want me to do? Cry about it? And then Tartaglione said it was strange because then he claims that Jeffrey Epstein, after writing that, then wrote and drew out a smiley face and said time to say goodbye. That is what his salmate, Epstein cellmate says was in this suicide note.
00:04:33
Speaker 1: And again he found a reminder here he found the note and Jeffrey Epstein was still alive. Because this was after Jeffrey Epstein, I didn't recall ropes they say had authority say had attempted suicide weeks before he successfully attempted suicide.
00:04:50
Speaker 3: Yeah, and I think this is important because I think I forgot about this too. But if you look at the Bureau of Prisons report, I actually have the quotes that documented this alleged unsuccessful suicide attempt. Here is what it says Epstein was found in his cell on July twenty third, twenty nineteen, with a homemade noose fashioned around his neck. Epstein was lying in the fetal position on the floor of his cell, wearing a T shirt and boxers. He was breathing heavily and was snoring. His neck was red with no abrasions. Then they said Epstein was determined to have sustained a circular line of erythema at the base of the neck and friction marks on the front of the neck. So it's pretty well documented that he tried to commit suicide on July twenty third. Now, remember he was found dead on August tenth, so a few weeks later. It appears that he was then successful. But Epstein initially denied trying to kill himself. He said that actually the roommate who we've just been talking about, Nicholas Tartaglione, tried to kill him. He never repeated that, he only said it once. And Nicholas tartag Leone, again a convicted quadruple murderer, said he never tried to harm Epstein.
00:06:09
Speaker 1: The story is crazy. This is crazy, but it's also what we want to call it relevant. But Robes, it's not going to change anything. I'm saying, it's so so significant and should bolster the argument and the claims and what is right now robes the determination by authorities is that this.
00:06:31
Speaker 2: Man kills himself.
00:06:32
Speaker 3: Yes, but there are always people and you know this conspiracy theorist, but actually a lot of regular people who really believe in it. It's understandable, and I have to say I had been in this camp for some time. I held open the possibility that, yeah, something else happened. Too many strange things occurred to guards fall asleep, they don't complete their actual duties. Why was he taken off suicide Watch the day after he tried to commit suicide? And the fact that we all believe, most people belie Jeff r. Epstein had the goods on a lot of powerful men and women who had every reason to want him to die before actually going to trial and potentially outing them and their participation in illegal activity. That is why these conspiracy theories are always going to be a part of this. And this is why whether or not he died by suicide is really important to putting some of this to bed. So if there is a note that would bolster the fact that he was trying to kill himself.
00:07:28
Speaker 1: Oh swear, we can talk bolster. There are so many things out there that bolster the argument about what went down, and it will never be resolved. This isn't because you know, I can make an argument take either side right now?
00:07:43
Speaker 2: This help?
00:07:44
Speaker 1: Well, look at this, this proves look at this documentation. This guy was already talking about suicide. He put it da da da da. That's the argument. What's the other side, really, you want to listen to a quadruple murderer who has every incentive to get some attention, he's doing podcasts.
00:07:59
Speaker 2: What doesn't make it doesn't make any difference.
00:08:01
Speaker 1: And if he decided to kill himself two weeks ago doesn't mean that somebody didn't decide to kill him two weeks after that. Maybe they saw an opportunity that, hey, this will look like suicide. Because Robes, I can come up with every conspiracy out there. All these things never prove anything, and they're never going to be good enough to the people who are on both sides of this highly charged and emotional situation. So this note just throw one more wrinkle in it to it. Roabes the fact that the guy.
00:08:28
Speaker 2: Is a quadruple murderer, even I'm like, yeah.
00:08:31
Speaker 3: Perfect, perfect, Consider the source one of the chances who claims he's innocent.
00:08:36
Speaker 2: By the way, oh he didn't do it. Yes, Innocence project is all over this right, yes, all right.
00:08:45
Speaker 3: When we come back, I mentioned something the fact that Jeffrey Epstein was taken off suicide Watch the day after authorities believed that, yes, he tried to commit suicide. So we're going to tell you why Jeffrey Epstein was taken off that watch, and it was based on his own words while he was interviewed by a licensed psychologist. And welcome back everyone to this episode of Amy and TJ, where yes, we may get some answers, some new information as soon as Monday about Jeffrey Epstein and whether or not he left behind a suicide note after his first attempt that happened a couple of weeks before that day on August tenth, when those prison guards found him hanging from his cell. And so yes, there is, reportedly, according to his former cellmate, a suicide note that he found that is now sealed under his I guess all of his court documents that relate to his murder investigation or his murder case. He's a quadruple convicted, quadruple murderer. But he claims that this suicide note ended up in his documents and it's been sealed. So the New York Times has now asked a federal judge to unseal that alleged suicide.
00:10:19
Speaker 1: I just got confused about something. The note is a part of this other.
00:10:22
Speaker 2: Guy's case, correct, So why is his case sealed? Unclear?
00:10:27
Speaker 1: Is it sealed just because of the note. There's no reason this other guy who had had I mean, he's just public record. He has a crime. He's a criminal, common.
00:10:33
Speaker 2: Everything, don't.
00:10:34
Speaker 3: We don't know why it's the case, but we So this is what the New York Times is trying to figure out, so they have pushed this forward. The judge has given both parties until Monday to make their arguments about why or why not this alleged suicide note should be made public. But one of the big questions about whether or not Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide or not. People were confused because look, he was taken off suicide Watch the day after he reportedly tried to die by suicide.
00:11:05
Speaker 2: He was then.
00:11:06
Speaker 3: Evaluated, psychologically evaluated, and we have exactly what he said according to court documents to this licensed psychologist. This is what the report said inmate Epstein denied any past or present suicidal ideation, intention, or plan. He denied ever engaging in any suicide attempts or self injurious behavior in the past. He stated he lives to have fun, to enjoy life, and to learn. He said his future plans include fighting his case and going back to his normal life. The report went on to say, mister Epstein stated, I have no interest in killing myself. He explained, although his situation is not perfect due to his being incarcerated, he noted he has lots to do for his legal case. He described having a wonderful life to include interactions with interesting people and projects. He said it would be crazy to take his life. I would not do that to myself.
00:12:03
Speaker 1: So, I mean, these are it's yeah, they're trained not to just take somebody's word for it, right, correct, examine them or whatever he is saying those words.
00:12:11
Speaker 2: They thought he was good to go.
00:12:12
Speaker 1: He got off suicide Watch, not because somebody was trying to set it up or anything, but because somebody thought he wasn't suicidal.
00:12:19
Speaker 3: Correct. And he claimed again initially that the way they found him with that noose around his neck, snoring and breathing heavily. He claims that he was attacked by his roommate.
00:12:28
Speaker 2: I'm not sure.
00:12:31
Speaker 3: How that was explained to authorities, but he claims he didn't do that to himself. And yes, this this evaluation, this psychologist believed that Epstein was no longer or was not a threat to himself, and they took him off suicide Watch based on that interview that he gave on July twenty fourth, and again on August tenth, they found him. His death was ruled a suicide by hanging by the New York Medical Examiner's Office, and the Justice Department concurred with that finding. But most people, or I shouldn't say most people, some people will never be satisfied with that answer or that finding.
00:13:09
Speaker 1: If this note comes out, it becomes public and a he completely writes out that he wanted to kill himself, people will never ever.
00:13:17
Speaker 3: It might quitet some critics like, look, obviously, then the handwriting would have to be analyzed, and there are all sorts of other authenticating factors that probably would be at play before people would maybe accept that this was written by Jeffrey Epstein. But I think this is really fascinating, and look, information is always helpful in cases like this where there's a lot of ambiguity, a lot of questions, and a lot of conspiracies. So The New York Times is pursuing this and hopefully we'll get some answers on Monday from this judge or at least hear from both parties to see if we are eventually, if ever, going to see this reported suicide.
00:13:53
Speaker 1: Note, this is one of the most important documents I would argue in this whole Epstein case. You could make an argue for what this thing means. We got millions of documents that came out and you're telling me doj Folks didn't even know this existed. That's how behind we are in the Epstein Millions of things went out and there's a quadruple murderer that we're depending on to give us information.
00:14:18
Speaker 2: This is this story. It's unbelievable.
00:14:20
Speaker 3: That's where we are.
00:14:21
Speaker 2: That's the stories on But we will keep you updated.
00:14:23
Speaker 3: We will absolutely be following this on Monday to see what comes out of court. But in the meantime, everyone, we always appreciate you listening to us. I'm Amy Roeboch alongside TJ.
00:14:32
Speaker 2: Holmes. We will talk to you soon.
Speaker 1: Hey, folks, it is Friday, May first, and there is a deadline of Monday. What happens on Monday, we might see a long sought after and even to some degree unknown suicide note from Jeffrey Epstein. And with that, welcome to this episode of Amy and TJ and Rose. People heard I'll say this right now, what I didn't know there was a Jeffrey Epstein suicide note.
00:00:30
Speaker 2: Well, you ain't the only one.
00:00:32
Speaker 3: Yeah, Federal prosecutors claim they didn't know that there was a Jeffrey Epstein suicide note as well. In fact, it's quite puzzling. But this has all developed this week. The New York Times has filed a petition asking for the release of a Jeffrey Epstein suicide note. This is a note that he reportedly left behind on his first attempted suicide. And this is all according to his former cellmate. We should point out convicted quadruple murderer Nicholas Tartaglione.
00:01:08
Speaker 1: Okay, so you heard us, right, folks, we are now the Epstein case comes down to a note that hasn't been completely verified, and the source of that right now is a quadruple murderer.
00:01:23
Speaker 2: Do I have this right ropes.
00:01:24
Speaker 3: Yes, However, there is a little bit more of a substantial backing to the fact that this note exists, because.
00:01:33
Speaker 2: But authentic he are two different things.
00:01:35
Speaker 3: Well, according to the so the Justice Department's Epstein files, Now we know millions and millions of files were released, and it's taken reporters a significant amount of time to go through what may or may not be in these files, but we did. The New York Times pointed out that in the Justice Department's Epstein file dump, there is a note that says sometime between seven twenty three and seven twenty seven NT, which would be the initials of Nick Tartaglione. It says NT found the note and they say that that is referencing the suicide note. So it's been referenced, and they say it was authenticated. But this is all according to notes in the Epstein file that somehow federal prosecutors claimed they were not made aware of.
00:02:34
Speaker 1: Well, it was my understanding again as we talk about this note, this existence of the note, how legitimate this note is the only person of the person who said they found this note is a quadruple murderer. Doesn't mean he's lying, but that's who that is now Robes. It was my understanding. You correct me if I'm wrong that the only people who have authenticated, not acknowledged that he said there is the existence of a note. But the only people who said we have authenticated that Jeffrey Stein wrote it are the defense attorneys for the quadruple murderer, and they won't tell us how they authenticated it.
00:03:08
Speaker 2: Yes, is that correct?
00:03:09
Speaker 3: Yes, The chart that they were referencing from the DOJ dump said that Tartaglione's lawyer, Bruce Barkett authenticated the note in January of twenty twenty, but it didn't say.
00:03:23
Speaker 2: How he authenticated it.
00:03:24
Speaker 3: But that is in the chart that is in the DOJ files, and that is as good as it gets in terms of authentication, because, yeah, there are a lot of question marks, a lot of information that's needed to further authenticate this.
00:03:38
Speaker 2: And to the extent of right, there's no text.
00:03:41
Speaker 1: We don't know for sure. And again, this quadruple murderer is not in his possession. He hadn't seen it in a long time, but he has done interviews kind of paraphrasing guess what it said.
00:03:51
Speaker 3: He actually just spoke on a podcast about the note and I will quote what Tartaglione said was inside the note. First, he said that this note was written on a yellow legal pad and ripped out of the pad and tucked inside of a book. That's where he found it. And he said it said something like FBI, you know, looked into me for months and found nothing. What do you want me to do? Cry about it? And then Tartaglione said it was strange because then he claims that Jeffrey Epstein, after writing that, then wrote and drew out a smiley face and said time to say goodbye. That is what his salmate, Epstein cellmate says was in this suicide note.
00:04:33
Speaker 1: And again he found a reminder here he found the note and Jeffrey Epstein was still alive. Because this was after Jeffrey Epstein, I didn't recall ropes they say had authority say had attempted suicide weeks before he successfully attempted suicide.
00:04:50
Speaker 3: Yeah, and I think this is important because I think I forgot about this too. But if you look at the Bureau of Prisons report, I actually have the quotes that documented this alleged unsuccessful suicide attempt. Here is what it says Epstein was found in his cell on July twenty third, twenty nineteen, with a homemade noose fashioned around his neck. Epstein was lying in the fetal position on the floor of his cell, wearing a T shirt and boxers. He was breathing heavily and was snoring. His neck was red with no abrasions. Then they said Epstein was determined to have sustained a circular line of erythema at the base of the neck and friction marks on the front of the neck. So it's pretty well documented that he tried to commit suicide on July twenty third. Now, remember he was found dead on August tenth, so a few weeks later. It appears that he was then successful. But Epstein initially denied trying to kill himself. He said that actually the roommate who we've just been talking about, Nicholas Tartaglione, tried to kill him. He never repeated that, he only said it once. And Nicholas tartag Leone, again a convicted quadruple murderer, said he never tried to harm Epstein.
00:06:09
Speaker 1: The story is crazy. This is crazy, but it's also what we want to call it relevant. But Robes, it's not going to change anything. I'm saying, it's so so significant and should bolster the argument and the claims and what is right now robes the determination by authorities is that this.
00:06:31
Speaker 2: Man kills himself.
00:06:32
Speaker 3: Yes, but there are always people and you know this conspiracy theorist, but actually a lot of regular people who really believe in it. It's understandable, and I have to say I had been in this camp for some time. I held open the possibility that, yeah, something else happened. Too many strange things occurred to guards fall asleep, they don't complete their actual duties. Why was he taken off suicide Watch the day after he tried to commit suicide? And the fact that we all believe, most people belie Jeff r. Epstein had the goods on a lot of powerful men and women who had every reason to want him to die before actually going to trial and potentially outing them and their participation in illegal activity. That is why these conspiracy theories are always going to be a part of this. And this is why whether or not he died by suicide is really important to putting some of this to bed. So if there is a note that would bolster the fact that he was trying to kill himself.
00:07:28
Speaker 1: Oh swear, we can talk bolster. There are so many things out there that bolster the argument about what went down, and it will never be resolved. This isn't because you know, I can make an argument take either side right now?
00:07:43
Speaker 2: This help?
00:07:44
Speaker 1: Well, look at this, this proves look at this documentation. This guy was already talking about suicide. He put it da da da da. That's the argument. What's the other side, really, you want to listen to a quadruple murderer who has every incentive to get some attention, he's doing podcasts.
00:07:59
Speaker 2: What doesn't make it doesn't make any difference.
00:08:01
Speaker 1: And if he decided to kill himself two weeks ago doesn't mean that somebody didn't decide to kill him two weeks after that. Maybe they saw an opportunity that, hey, this will look like suicide. Because Robes, I can come up with every conspiracy out there. All these things never prove anything, and they're never going to be good enough to the people who are on both sides of this highly charged and emotional situation. So this note just throw one more wrinkle in it to it. Roabes the fact that the guy.
00:08:28
Speaker 2: Is a quadruple murderer, even I'm like, yeah.
00:08:31
Speaker 3: Perfect, perfect, Consider the source one of the chances who claims he's innocent.
00:08:36
Speaker 2: By the way, oh he didn't do it. Yes, Innocence project is all over this right, yes, all right.
00:08:45
Speaker 3: When we come back, I mentioned something the fact that Jeffrey Epstein was taken off suicide Watch the day after authorities believed that, yes, he tried to commit suicide. So we're going to tell you why Jeffrey Epstein was taken off that watch, and it was based on his own words while he was interviewed by a licensed psychologist. And welcome back everyone to this episode of Amy and TJ, where yes, we may get some answers, some new information as soon as Monday about Jeffrey Epstein and whether or not he left behind a suicide note after his first attempt that happened a couple of weeks before that day on August tenth, when those prison guards found him hanging from his cell. And so yes, there is, reportedly, according to his former cellmate, a suicide note that he found that is now sealed under his I guess all of his court documents that relate to his murder investigation or his murder case. He's a quadruple convicted, quadruple murderer. But he claims that this suicide note ended up in his documents and it's been sealed. So the New York Times has now asked a federal judge to unseal that alleged suicide.
00:10:19
Speaker 1: I just got confused about something. The note is a part of this other.
00:10:22
Speaker 2: Guy's case, correct, So why is his case sealed? Unclear?
00:10:27
Speaker 1: Is it sealed just because of the note. There's no reason this other guy who had had I mean, he's just public record. He has a crime. He's a criminal, common.
00:10:33
Speaker 2: Everything, don't.
00:10:34
Speaker 3: We don't know why it's the case, but we So this is what the New York Times is trying to figure out, so they have pushed this forward. The judge has given both parties until Monday to make their arguments about why or why not this alleged suicide note should be made public. But one of the big questions about whether or not Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide or not. People were confused because look, he was taken off suicide Watch the day after he reportedly tried to die by suicide.
00:11:05
Speaker 2: He was then.
00:11:06
Speaker 3: Evaluated, psychologically evaluated, and we have exactly what he said according to court documents to this licensed psychologist. This is what the report said inmate Epstein denied any past or present suicidal ideation, intention, or plan. He denied ever engaging in any suicide attempts or self injurious behavior in the past. He stated he lives to have fun, to enjoy life, and to learn. He said his future plans include fighting his case and going back to his normal life. The report went on to say, mister Epstein stated, I have no interest in killing myself. He explained, although his situation is not perfect due to his being incarcerated, he noted he has lots to do for his legal case. He described having a wonderful life to include interactions with interesting people and projects. He said it would be crazy to take his life. I would not do that to myself.
00:12:03
Speaker 1: So, I mean, these are it's yeah, they're trained not to just take somebody's word for it, right, correct, examine them or whatever he is saying those words.
00:12:11
Speaker 2: They thought he was good to go.
00:12:12
Speaker 1: He got off suicide Watch, not because somebody was trying to set it up or anything, but because somebody thought he wasn't suicidal.
00:12:19
Speaker 3: Correct. And he claimed again initially that the way they found him with that noose around his neck, snoring and breathing heavily. He claims that he was attacked by his roommate.
00:12:28
Speaker 2: I'm not sure.
00:12:31
Speaker 3: How that was explained to authorities, but he claims he didn't do that to himself. And yes, this this evaluation, this psychologist believed that Epstein was no longer or was not a threat to himself, and they took him off suicide Watch based on that interview that he gave on July twenty fourth, and again on August tenth, they found him. His death was ruled a suicide by hanging by the New York Medical Examiner's Office, and the Justice Department concurred with that finding. But most people, or I shouldn't say most people, some people will never be satisfied with that answer or that finding.
00:13:09
Speaker 1: If this note comes out, it becomes public and a he completely writes out that he wanted to kill himself, people will never ever.
00:13:17
Speaker 3: It might quitet some critics like, look, obviously, then the handwriting would have to be analyzed, and there are all sorts of other authenticating factors that probably would be at play before people would maybe accept that this was written by Jeffrey Epstein. But I think this is really fascinating, and look, information is always helpful in cases like this where there's a lot of ambiguity, a lot of questions, and a lot of conspiracies. So The New York Times is pursuing this and hopefully we'll get some answers on Monday from this judge or at least hear from both parties to see if we are eventually, if ever, going to see this reported suicide.
00:13:53
Speaker 1: Note, this is one of the most important documents I would argue in this whole Epstein case. You could make an argue for what this thing means. We got millions of documents that came out and you're telling me doj Folks didn't even know this existed. That's how behind we are in the Epstein Millions of things went out and there's a quadruple murderer that we're depending on to give us information.
00:14:18
Speaker 2: This is this story. It's unbelievable.
00:14:20
Speaker 3: That's where we are.
00:14:21
Speaker 2: That's the stories on But we will keep you updated.
00:14:23
Speaker 3: We will absolutely be following this on Monday to see what comes out of court. But in the meantime, everyone, we always appreciate you listening to us. I'm Amy Roeboch alongside TJ.
00:14:32
Speaker 2: Holmes. We will talk to you soon.