New York Judge Unseals Alleged Jeffrey Epstein Suicide Note
A federal judge has ordered the release of a handwritten document purported to be a suicide note written by the convicted sex offender prior to his 2019 death.
Release of Document
A federal judge in New York has ordered the release of a document purported to be a suicide note written by convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The handwritten document was unsealed on Wednesday, marking the first time the text has been made public.
According to reports, the note includes the phrase "not worth it". The document was reportedly discovered following Epstein's first suicide attempt.
Context and Timeline
The note is allegedly related to a suicide attempt that occurred weeks before Epstein's death in a New York correctional facility in 2019. Other reports indicate the document may have been written a month before his death.
Legal filings indicate that the document was submitted to the court as part of a criminal case involving a former cellmate of Epstein.
Authenticity and Verification
Despite the release of the document, its authenticity has not been formally established. The judge did not make any claims regarding the authenticity of the document upon its release.
Furthermore, sources report that it could not be verified whether the note was actually authored by Epstein.
Sources (8)Open
- 1.Deutsche Welle — US: New York judge makes alleged Esptein suicide note public
- 2.Aljazeera — US judge releases purported Jeffrey Epstein suicide note - Al Jazeera
- 3.Msn — US: New York judge makes alleged Esptein suicide note public
- 4.Time — What to Know About the Alleged Jeffrey Epstein Suicide Note - TIME
- 5.Msn — US judge releases purported Jeffrey Epstein suicide note
- 6.Bbc — US judge releases Jeffrey Epstein's purported suicide note - BBC
- 7.Usmagazine — Federal Judge Unseals Jeffrey Epstein’s Alleged Suicide Note: ‘Not Worth It’
- 8.Theguardian — Alleged suicide note written by Jeffrey Epstein unsealed by federal judge
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All factual claims are supported by their cited snippets: the unsealing and "first time public" claim is backed by source [^8], the "not worth it" phrase by source [^7], the discovery after a first suicide attempt by sources [^1, ^3], the weeks/month-before-death timeline by sources [^4, ^6], the former cellmate criminal case context by sources [^2, ^5], and the authenticity disclaimers by sources [^1, ^2, ^3, ^5]. No fabricated quotes, no single-source dependency, no unsupported editorializing, and the headline accurately reflects the content.
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