Epstein's Brother: Suicide Note is Fabricated

A purported, unsigned, and undated suicide note attributed to Jeffrey Epstein was unsealed on Wednesday, nearly seven years after his death in a Manhattan federal jail cell. The note, purportedly found by Epstein's former cellmate, Nicholas Tartaglione, claims Epstein found "nothing" in investigations and expresses a desire to "chose ones time to say goodbye."

However, Epstein's brother, Mark Epstein, has called the note a fake, stating that forging such a document would be "the easiest f***ing thing in the world." He suggests the note's phrasing, which echoes Epstein's private correspondence referencing a "Little Rascals" film, could have been easily copied from publicly available emails.

Nicholas Tartaglione, a former police officer serving life sentences for murder, claims he found the note in a book after attempting to revive Epstein following a suicide attempt on July 23, 2019. He reportedly passed the note to his lawyers four days later without alerting jail officials.

Forensic document examiners found common authorship between the newly unsealed note and a separate note found in Epstein's cell, though one expert ruled out Tartaglione as the author. The note's sealed status since May 2021, prior to some Epstein emails becoming public in 2026, presents a timeline challenge for the forgery theory.

The Department of Justice stated it had no knowledge of the note's accuracy, deferring to the court. The note's existence adds another layer of complexity to the ongoing inquiries into Epstein's case and the government's handling of related investigations.