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A federal judge in New York has unsealed a controversial letter said to be connected to Jeffrey Epstein, years after it was kept hidden as part of a separate criminal case.
DR News reported that the document was released after The New York Times requested last week that the court remove secrecy protections surrounding the letter.
Letter revealed
According to The New York Times, the note was included in court files connected to Nicholas Tartaglione, Epstein’s former cellmate.
The letter contains several short statements, including: “They investigated me for months – found nothing.”
Another line reads: “It is a gift to be able to choose when it is time to say goodbye.”
The document ends with the words: “What do you want me to do – burst into tears!! Not fun. Not worth it.”
Questions remain
DR News reported that Tartaglione claimed he discovered the letter hidden inside a book in July 2019.
The alleged discovery happened shortly after Epstein was found unconscious in his prison cell with a strip of cloth around his neck. He later died weeks afterward in the same facility.
However, it remains unclear who actually wrote the document or whether Epstein authored it.
Cellmate’s role
Tartaglione, a former police officer, was sentenced in 2023 to four life terms for a quadruple murder conviction.
According to The New York Times, the letter became sealed because it was included as evidence during legal proceedings connected to Tartaglione.
The newspaper also reported that lawyers representing Tartaglione later verified the document, although the method used to authenticate it was not publicly explained.
Conspiracies continue
Reuters reported that the letter was not referenced in previous Justice Department reviews examining Epstein’s death.
Epstein died in August 2019 at the age of 66 inside New York’s Metropolitan Correctional Center. The death was officially ruled a suicide by the city’s medical examiner.
The case has continued to fuel conspiracy theories for years, partly because of documented security failures at the prison, which has since been closed.
Sources: DR News, The New York Times, Reuters.
