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Judge releases purported suicide note linked to Jeffrey Epstein's 2019 jail incident

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A US judge has ordered the release of a note purportedly written by Jeffrey Epstein, found by his former cellmate shortly after his suspected suicide attempt in 2019. The note, which had been sealed for nearly five years as part of an unrelated legal dispute, expresses a desire to choose the time of goodbye. Its contents were revealed after the cellmate, Nicholas Tartaglione, mentioned it on a podcast, prompting a petition to unseal the document. AI

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Judge releases purported suicide note linked to Jeffrey Epstein's 2019 jail incident

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Associated Press ·

    Note linked to Epstein’s first suspected suicide bid released by US judge

    A note Jeffrey Epstein’s former cellmate claimed he found after the financier’s first suspected jail suicide attempt was made public on Wednesday after it had been sealed and locked in a courthouse vault for nearly five years as part of an unrelated legal dispute. US District Jud…

  2. Axios Technology TIER_1 English(EN) · Rebecca Falconer ·

    Epstein's purported suicide note released by judge

    <p>A federal judge unsealed a purported Jeffrey <a href="https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/epstein-files" target="_blank">Epstein</a> suicide note on Wednesday.</p><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>The convicted sex offender was <a href="https://www.axios.com/2019/08/10/je…

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