A federal judge has ordered the release of what appears to be Jeffrey Epstein’s final written message, discovered by his former cellmate after the convicted sex trafficker’s first attempt to end his life in July 2019.
The document had remained sealed in court records until this week, when it was made public following a legal petition filed by the New York Times.
According to court documents, the note was found by Epstein’s cellmate after his initial suicide attempt at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York, approximately one month before his death in August 2019.
The Justice Department has previously released millions of pages of evidence and photographs related to the criminal investigation into Epstein since December, but this particular document had been kept confidential as part of separate legal proceedings.
The release of this document may signal that additional sealed materials related to the case could become public in the coming weeks or months.
