<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/jeffrey-epstein" rel="" target="" title="Jeffrey Epstein"><span>Jeffrey Epstein</span></a><span>'s former cellmate claims the </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/jeffrey-epstein-suicide-death-statement-us-attorney-geoffrey-berman-usa-news/013128b4-3299-4b80-8c98-ca7657b85fa2" rel="" target="" title="paedophile financier wrote a suicide note"><span>paedophile financier wrote a suicide note</span></a><span>, which has been kept secret by a court, the </span><em><span>New York Times</span></em><span> claims.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Fellow inmate at Metropolitan Correctional Centre Nicholas Tartaglione said he found the note within the pages of a graphic novel.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The piece of yellow paper ripped from a legal pad read: "What do you want me to do, bust out crying? Time to say goodbye."</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/ghislaine-maxwell-pardon-donald-trump-clemency-jeffrey-epstein-usa-news/8372ac2a-a009-40d6-b287-edb89e010d27"><strong><span>'Outrageous': Push in Congress for Ghislaine Maxwell to be pardoned</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>When Tartaglione said he found the note after </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/jeffrey-epstein-death-perfect-storm-of-screw-ups/99a23635-a73b-424d-9afa-757594f71b90" rel="" target="" title="Epstein had been found dead in another cell"><span>Epstein had been found dead in another cell</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Weeks earlier, Epstein had denied a previous suicide attempt and told staff at the jail that marks on his neck were from Tartaglione attacking him.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Epstein was moved into another cell by himself, where he was found dead.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/jeffrey-epstein-suicide-note-cellmate-nicholas-tartaglione-metropolitan-correctional-centre-usa-news/0792b239-41aa-44c8-808c-a06fb474b73e" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Tartaglione purportedly told his lawyer about the note after Epstein's death.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>That lawyer then later purportedly handed it in to a federal district courthouse north of New York City.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The </span><em><span>New York Times</span></em><span> reports the note is in the hands of the court and has petitioned to have it released.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It was not included in the as-yet-released Epstein files and has not been mentioned in formal investigations of his death.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/supreme-court-vra-voting-rights-act-usa-donald-trump-us-election-news/fb8c4308-6a34-4f36-aa67-81a4688830c7" rel="" target="" title="Trump celebrates Supreme Court decision that could sway elections"><strong><span>Trump celebrates Supreme Court decision that could sway elections</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Epstein's suicide has been the subject of much conjecture and suspicion.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Tartaglione, a former police officer, is serving four life sentences after being convicted of killing four people.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He has repeatedly denied causing any harm to Epstein. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He has been cleared of any involvement in Epstein's death.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Metropolitan Correctional Centre was closed two years later.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Epstein had been indicted on charges of sex trafficking minors at the time of his death.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Trump administration has come under fire after only releasing a fraction of the files connected with the Department of Justice's investigation of Epstein.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Under a law passed earlier, they are required to release every file.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/ghislaine-maxwell-pardon-donald-trump-clemency-jeffrey-epstein-usa-news/8372ac2a-a009-40d6-b287-edb89e010d27" rel="" target="" title="Epstein's accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell"><span>Epstein's accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell</span></a><span> is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence for sex trafficking as well as conspiring with Epstein to abuse underage girls. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div 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