Jeffrey Epstein’s life may have been in danger while locked up in a federal jail in New York more times than previously known, an explosive New York Times report revealed on Tuesday, which included previously unreported details about the convicted child sex offender’s final weeks.
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One of Epstein’s cellmates at the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) was Nicholas Tartaglione, who revealed to the Times that he had “caught Epstein preparing for suicide twice,” a claim that was corroborated to the Times by Peter Bright, another inmate at MCC while Epstein was there.
“Once, Tartaglione said, he noticed Epstein trying to tie a sheet to the grate over the cell window,” the Times’ report reads. “Another time, he woke up to Epstein standing in the dark looking ‘a little suspicious’ and discovered a noose hidden under his mattress.”
Perhaps more revealing than the two previously unreported potential suicide attempts was the correctional officers’ response to Tartaglione, who told the Times he reported both attempts to guards.
“They did not seem to take them seriously, laughing him off,” The Times reported. “We could find no mention of these attempts in the jail records released in the Epstein files.”
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The Times also detailed a memo written by Glenda Anderson-Layne, the “operations lieutenant on duty that night” at the jail, penned after Epstein’s first publicly known suicide attempt where he was discovered in his cell semi-conscious with “marks on his neck.” Epstein initially claimed Tartaglione had attacked him before walking it back, an allegation Tartaglione denies.
The memo included an account of Epstein’s “odd” behavior after the incident.
“Epstein behaved oddly after regaining consciousness. His eyes were open, but when anyone made eye contact with him, he quickly shut them,” the Times’ report reads, detailing the memo.
“In the observation cell, he sat on the edge of the bed and slumped forward, falling over, but as soon as the lieutenant looked away, he straightened up, as if it were all a performance. Anderson-Layne told him she would cuff him for his own safety if he repeated the act. ‘OK, I won’t do it again,’ he told her and flashed a thumbs-up.”
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