Possible Epstein suicide note unsealed by judge: ‘NO FUN — NOT WORTH IT’

Published May 6, 2026 8:10pm ET



A federal judge in New York has released a suspected suicide note purportedly authored by convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

The note was allegedly found by Nicholas Tartaglione, Epstein’s cellmate, and unsealed in his case by U.S. District Judge Kenneth M. Karas in the Southern District of New York. Tartaglione told the New York Times that he found the apparent suicide note inside a graphic novel in July 2019 after Epstein was found in his jail cell, unresponsive, with marks around his neck in an apparent first suicide attempt.

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