Epstein Attempted Suicide Three Times Before Death, New Details Reveal

​NEW YORK — Convicted sex offender and disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein made at least three distinct attempts on his own life in the weeks leading up to his August 2019 death, according to newly surfaced details from an internal prison investigation.

​The findings paint a damning picture of systemic negligence at Manhattan’s Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC), revealing that Epstein spent his final days hoarding restricted bedding and pre-fashioning multiple nooses while corrections officers repeatedly brushed off explicit warnings from his cellmate.

​The Hidden Warning Signs

​According to the investigation, the ground for Epstein’s ultimate suicide was laid just 13 days after he entered federal custody, immediately following a judge’s decision to deny him bail. Nicholas Tartaglione, a former New York police officer convicted of quadruple homicide who briefly shared a cell with Epstein, revealed that the disgraced financier explicitly asked him how to manufacture a noose.

​Tartaglione stated he later caught Epstein making active preparations to hang himself on two subsequent occasions. In one instance, Epstein tied a bedsheet to a window grate inside the dark cell. On another night, Tartaglione discovered a completed noose hidden directly beneath Epstein’s mattress.

​Though Tartaglione claims he immediately alerted MCC guards to both incidents, jail staff reportedly mocked his concerns and dismissed the warnings out of hand. Inmate Peter Bright later corroborated the account, confirming Tartaglione told him about Epstein’s hidden nooses and frantic preparations shortly after the financier’s death.

​The July 22 Incident

​The negligence culminated on July 22, 2019—less than three weeks before Epstein’s death—when Tartaglione discovered an unresponsive Epstein slumped on the cell floor with an orange fabric noose tightened around his neck.

​While Epstein initially claimed to investigators that Tartaglione had assaulted him, an internal prison inquiry later cleared the ex-cop of any wrongdoing, officially ruling the incident a staged or failed suicide attempt. A recently unsealed note written by Epstein during this period further underscored his frame of mind, reading in part: “It is a treat to be able to choose one’s time to say goodbye.”

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​A Scene of Utter Disarray

​Despite being placed briefly on suicide watch following the July 22 attempt, Epstein was removed from the status after just six days and returned to the Special Housing Unit.

​When guards finally discovered Epstein dead on the morning of August 10, 2019, the interior of his cell resembled a warehouse of contraband. Search records and newly analyzed photographs show a scene of complete disarray, with the cell strewn with extra, unauthorized linens and a hoard of pre-fashioned orange fabric ligatures hidden in plain sight.

​While the Department of Justice Office of Inspector General and the New York City Medical Examiner have firmly maintained that Epstein died by suicide, the revelation of multiple undetected attempts and stockpiled nooses underscores a staggering breakdown in basic prison protocol. The evidence confirms that the high-profile inmate was left completely unsupervised with the exact tools he needed to end his life.