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This document is an internal email chain from the US Attorney's Office (USANYS) circulating a NY Daily News article dated September 12, 2019. The article details a letter written by Nick Tartaglione, Jeffrey Epstein's former cellmate, in which Tartaglione denies harming Epstein and claims he was chosen as a cellmate because he would not extort him. The document discusses Epstein's suicide, the investigation into jail conditions at MCC, and Tartaglione's own legal troubles involving quadruple murder charges.
People (10)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Jeffrey Epstein | Inmate / Accused sex trafficker |
Subject of the article; deceased by suicide on Aug 10, 2019.
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| Nick Tartaglione | Former police officer / Inmate |
Epstein's former cellmate; wrote a letter to the Daily News denying he touched Epstein.
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| Stephen Rex Brown | Journalist |
Author of the NY Daily News article.
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| Reid Weingarten | Attorney |
Epstein's attorney; stated Epstein did not seem despondent before death.
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| Bruce Barket | Attorney |
Tartaglione's attorney; noted his client has not been questioned since July 23.
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| William Barr | Attorney General |
Stated 'irregularities' were uncovered at the jail.
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| Martin Luna | Victim |
Murdered by Tartaglione (alleged).
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| Hector Santiago | Victim |
Murdered by Tartaglione (alleged).
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| Miguel Luna | Victim |
Murdered by Tartaglione (alleged).
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| Hector Gutierrez | Victim |
Murdered by Tartaglione (alleged).
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Organizations (6)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| USANYS |
United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York (email sender/recipient domain).
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| NY Daily News |
Newspaper that received the letter from Tartaglione and published the article.
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| Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) |
Federal prison where Epstein and Tartaglione were held.
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| Southern District of New York |
Federal district; declined comment for the article.
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| Harvard University |
Mentioned in a CBS News link regarding a donation.
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| CBS News |
Source of a URL link in the email.
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Timeline (3 events)
2016-04
Murders of Martin Luna, Hector Santiago, Miguel Luna, and Hector Gutierrez.
Otisville, Orange County
2019-07-23
Jeffrey Epstein's first attempted suicide.
Metropolitan Correctional Center
2019-08-10
Locations (4)
| Location | Context |
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New York, NY; prison facility.
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Tartaglione was a former cop here.
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Location of Tartaglione's animal rescue farm where bodies were found.
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Nickname for Tartaglione's cell.
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Relationships (3)
Shared a cell at Metropolitan Correctional Center; Tartaglione alerted guards to Epstein's first suicide attempt.
Bruce Barket is identified as Tartaglione's attorney.
Reid Weingarten is identified as Epstein's attorney.
Key Quotes (5)
"I never touched the man."Source
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"I despise anyone who hurts children but whatever was going to happen to him, I was not going to be a part of it."Source
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"The prison told Epstein they were putting him in a cell with me because they knew I would neither hurt nor extort him."Source
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"At or around the time of his death we did not see a despairing or despondent person."Source
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"Irregularities have been uncovered at the nightmarish lockup."Source
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Cc: "[REDACTED] (USANYS) [Contractor]" <[REDACTED]>; "[REDACTED] (USANYS)" <[REDACTED]>
Subject: RE: 'I never touched the man,' Jeffrey Epstein's former cellmate insists in letter to Daily News
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2019 18:11:39 +0000
To: [REDACTED] (USANYS) <[REDACTED]>; [REDACTED] (USANYS)" <[REDACTED]>; "[REDACTED] (USANYS)" <[REDACTED]>; "[REDACTED]" <[REDACTED]>
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Subject: RE: 'I never touched the man,' Jeffrey Epstein's former cellmate insists in letter to Daily News
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2019 18:11:39 +0000
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jeffrey-epstein-donated-8-9-million-to-harvard-university-says/
From: [REDACTED] (USANYS) <[REDACTED]>
Sent: Friday, September 13, 2019 1:49 PM
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Cc: [REDACTED] (USANYS) [Contractor] <[REDACTED]>; [REDACTED] (USANYS) <[REDACTED]>
Subject: 'I never touched the man,' Jeffrey Epstein's former cellmate insists in letter to Daily News
Sent: Friday, September 13, 2019 1:49 PM
To: [REDACTED] (USANYS) <[REDACTED]>; [REDACTED] (USANYS) <[REDACTED]>; [REDACTED] (USANYS) <[REDACTED]>; [REDACTED] (USANYS) <[REDACTED]>
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Subject: 'I never touched the man,' Jeffrey Epstein's former cellmate insists in letter to Daily News
'I never touched the man,' Jeffrey Epstein’s former cellmate insists in letter to Daily News
NY Daily News
By Stephen Rex Brown
9/12/19
By Stephen Rex Brown
9/12/19
Jeffrey Epstein's former cellmate proclaimed “I never touched the man” in a letter to the Daily News Thursday as a probe into the multimillionaire perv’s suicide continues.
Nick Tartaglione, a former Briarcliff Manor cop facing the death penalty for quadruple murder, insisted in a two-page handwritten note that he shared a cell at Metropolitan Correctional Center with Epstein because he posed no threat to the accused sex trafficker of underage girls.
“As far as Jeff Epstein is concerned, I never touched the man. I despise anyone who hurts children but whatever was going to happen to him, I was not going to be a part of it,” Tartglione, 51, wrote from an 8-by-10-foot cell he called The Box.
“The prison told Epstein they were putting him in a cell with me because they knew I would neither hurt nor extort him. The staff here at MCC had hundreds of inmates to choose from yet I was their first choice,” Tartglione wrote.
Epstein’s first attempted suicide on July 23 in the cell he shared with Tartaglione. Sources previously told The News that Tartaglione believed he may have saved Epstein’s life by quickly alerting jail staff to the attempted hanging.
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Epstein, 66, was moved to suicide watch, separating him from Tartaglione. Sources said at the time that investigators were trying to determine whether Tartaglione had assaulted Epstein.
Epstein, 66, was moved to suicide watch, separating him from Tartaglione. Sources said at the time that investigators were trying to determine whether Tartaglione had assaulted Epstein.
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The sex offender was subsequently taken off of suicide watch and hanged himself on Aug. 10 in a cell he occupied alone. He was awaiting trial on charges that carried a maximum sentence of 45 years in prison.
“At or around the time of his death we did not see a despairing or despondent person,” Epstein’s attorney Reid Weingarten said at a recent hearing for the financier’s victims.
The probe of how the perv with powerful friends managed to kill himself includes an examination of the first attempt, prosecutors have said in court. Tartaglione’s attorney Bruce Barket said he has not been interviewed by investigators since Epstein’s death.
“(Tartaglione) has not been questioned by any law enforcement official since July 23,” Barket said.
“I can’t imagine how they can claim a complete investigation without speaking to the person who was in the cell in that first event.”
A spokesman for the Southern District of New York declined comment.
Attorney General William Barr said “irregularities” have been uncovered at the nightmarish lockup. The jail staff on duty at the time of Epstein’s hanging were reportedly exhausted from working multiple overtime shifts and failed to follow protocol. The MCC is also coping with longstanding staff shortages.
“I still have some faith in the justice system,” Tartaglione wrote. “Every person in this country has the right to be presumed innocent until proven guilty. To anyone who reads this I only ask for that presumption because I haven’t felt it yet in the past 33 months.”
Tartaglione, who has long complained about conditions at MCC, is seeking to be transferred to another federal lockup due to threats he says were made by jail staff after Epstein’s suicide.
“It just doesn’t seem appropriate that he be housed and guarded by the very people who are under investigation given his proximity to the investigation,” Barket said at a recent hearing.
“My client shouldn’t have to fear for his life.”
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The attorney said he did not know his client had sent the letter until after it was in the mail. “It’s a product of the frustration at the entire situation,” Barket said.
The attorney said he did not know his client had sent the letter until after it was in the mail. “It’s a product of the frustration at the entire situation,” Barket said.
The musclebound ex-cop is charged with killing Martin Luna, 41, Hector Santiago, 32, Miguel Luna, 25, and Hector Gutierrez, 43, in April 2016, as well as conspiring to distribute over five kilos of cocaine. Prosecutors say two of the victims had ties to a Mexican drug cartel.
The four men’s bodies were found buried on Tartaglione’s sprawling animal rescue farm in Otisville, Orange County. Tartaglione has been locked up since December 2016 and still does not have a trial date.
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