Jeffrey Epstein Cellmate Shares Shocking Details of Alleged Suicide Note Hidden in Novel Before Prison Death

A former cellmate of Jeffrey Epstein has claimed to have read his alleged suicide note. Nicholas Tartaglione, a convicted murderer, shared a cell with the disgraced financier at Metropolitan Correctional Center.

In a conversation with The New York Times, Tartaglione, 58, stated that he found Epstein’s suicide note hidden inside a graphic novel just days before his death. In the letter, the s– offender allegedly wrote that despite months of probe, investigators had found nothing against him.

According to Tartaglione, Epstein further wrote that he was not going to cry and was instead going to say ‘goodbye.’ Tartaglione said, “I opened the book to read, and there it was, a piece of yellow paper ripped from a legal pad.”

“What do you want me to do, burst out crying? Time to say goodbye,” the note supposedly said. The note has not been released in the recently declassified Epstein Files, as it was sealed by a judge in Tartaglione’s criminal case.

Tartaglione said he discovered the letter in July 2019, shortly after Epstein allegedly said he had tried to kill him. The incident took place on July 23, when the child trafficker was found injured in his cell with a noose around his neck. Epstein initially claimed that Tartaglione had attacked him but later recanted.

Suspecting that he had tried to take his own life, prison authorities made Epstein undergo a suicide risk assessment. However, he denied having any such thoughts during the assessment and was taken off suicide watch.

Meanwhile, Tartaglione shared the alleged suicide note with his lawyers to prevent Epstein from continuing to blame him for trying to harm him. That is why the note was submitted to the court and was eventually sealed. The New York Times has now filed a petition to unseal the document.

Tartaglione previously discussed the letter on a podcast in 2025. “It said something like 'FBI, you know, looked into me for months and found nothing.' Then he wrote, 'What do you want me to do? Cry about it?' And he was weird because he wrote a smiley face, and then he wrote 'time to say goodbye,’” he said at the time.

Even the Department of Justice officials have stated that they had never seen the note. The investigators who looked into Epstein’s death also could not access it. The revelation is significant because there are already several conspiracy theories around the s– offender’s death.

Epstein was found dead in his prison cell on August 10, 2019, while awaiting trial. He was 66 at the time. His death was ruled a suicide by the New York City medical examiner. However, Epstein’s family, especially his brother, believes that he was murdered.

As for Tartaglione, the former police officer is currently serving four consecutive life sentences. He was awaiting trial on kidnapping and murder charges involving four people when he became Epstein’s cellmate. He was convicted in 2023 and sentenced the following year.