Charles Homans

And then, what you want me to do?

Bust out crying.

No fun.

Not worth it.

What did you make of that note?

So there's a sentence, it is a treat to be able to choose one's time to say goodbye, that seems like a pretty clear reference to planning to kill himself.

And there's this other sentence here, which is part of why we believe this note is authentic, which is this kind of strange line, what you want me to do, bust out crying.

This is a line from The Little Rascals, the very early movie TV show characters.

And it's something that for whatever reason Epstein had latched onto as a kind of little personal catchphrase.

Like he threw it into emails with very close friends and family sometimes.

And it's something that Tartaglione almost certainly would not have known about.

This is a really very specific phrase that he seemed to only use with people he was very close to.

So for complicated reasons, this note ends up getting sealed in Tartaglione's case.

The only reason we know about it is because we sued to get this judge in the case to unseal this document.

Which the judge eventually did.

Which the judge eventually did.

Wow.

But at the time, the jail authorities didn't know about this note at all.

And they were still trying to figure out what exactly to make of this attempt, who to believe.

And in the end, the jail psychologist decides that Epstein's risk of suicide is only moderate.