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BumRushDaShow

(172,302 posts)
Sat May 9, 2026, 07:30 AM May 9

Jeffrey Epstein's brother claims released suicide note is a 'forgery': report

Source: The Independent

Friday 08 May 2026 19:34 EDT


Jeffrey Epstein’s brother believes his brother’s purported suicide note, released this week in court, is fake.

Mark Epstein, speaking with The National Enquirer, called the document a “forgery.” “I’ve known Jeff all my life. If he was going to kill himself, if he was going to write a suicide note, he would’ve written it ‘to somebody,’ not just a blanket statement saying goodbye,” Epstein said. “I don’t buy that.”

Jeffrey Epstein’s former cellmate claims to have discovered the document in July 2019, after Epstein was found unresponsive but alive in his cell. Epstein died by suicide the following month.

“It’s bulls**t and let me explain why,” Epstein’s brother added in the National Enquirer interview. “In the July incident, Jeffrey’s cellmate attacked him, he reported it as such, he told his lawyer as such, and then he recanted that story saying he couldn’t remember what happened because he was fearful of retaliation.”

Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/jeffrey-epstein-brother-suicide-note-forgery-b2973393.html

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Jeffrey Epstein's brother claims released suicide note is a 'forgery': report (Original Post) BumRushDaShow May 9 OP
Release the Epstein autopsy gab13by13 May 9 #1
If you can trust the autopsy. SergeStorms May 9 #13
Just now found the note, makes one go 🤔 hmmmmmm,....... ashredux May 9 #2
US fail Whip-poor-will May 9 #3
Reading it sounds just like the dirty old bustards tweets. He probably dictated it to whoever forged it. Autumn May 9 #4
Forging handwriting is very difficult NJCher May 9 #5
That will happen,of course by someone that Trump knows. Here's a $mill, Bengus81 May 9 #18
and since he uses DOJ NJCher May 9 #25
Well of course it is! I knew that right from the beginning. mwb970 May 9 #6
The Epstein distraction Epstein Suicide Note. GreenWave May 9 #7
If Trump opens his dumb-ass mouth about the whole thing, he'll say something like.. chouchou May 9 #8
Gee, yah think? mwmisses4289 May 9 #9
It certainly set off Mme. Defarge May 9 #10
The note reads exactly like one of Trump's Truth Social posts. travelingthrulife May 9 #11
The style and tone is pure Trump Picaro May 9 #12
You know who writes in the same style as Chump talks? Stephen Miller FakeNoose May 9 #15
Tend to forget that... Picaro May 9 #20
Has Ghislaine ever been interviewed or commented on Epsteins"suicide"? BattleRow May 9 #14
She's waiting for the pardon not fooled May 9 #22
That language in there is very suspect IMO. Doesn't read like a high roller billionaire Bengus81 May 9 #16
That whole thing haas always smelt to me AllaN01Bear May 9 #17
The vocabulary, the poor grammar, the punctuation, AND........ ColoringFool May 9 #19
Epstein committed suicide and then cremated himself. Why don't people understand? twodogsbarking May 9 #21
Epstein's brother would know Jilly_in_VA May 9 #23
No shit Sherlock! oasis May 9 #24
some are saying barbtries May 9 #26
It should be very easy to validate the handwriting. Bluetus May 9 #27
At this stage relogic May 9 #28
Wow. Who would have imagined? twodogsbarking May 9 #29
The National Enquirer? I wonder..... reACTIONary May 9 #30
Handwriting experts say the two notes (the 1st alleged suicide attempt and the 2nd) are by the same summer_in_TX May 9 #31

SergeStorms

(20,818 posts)
13. If you can trust the autopsy.
Sat May 9, 2026, 10:48 AM
May 9

The CME of NYC is an appointed position by the Mayor. There were enough important people involved that pressure on the CME is certainly not out of the question.

Autumn

(49,020 posts)
4. Reading it sounds just like the dirty old bustards tweets. He probably dictated it to whoever forged it.
Sat May 9, 2026, 08:13 AM
May 9

NJCher

(43,534 posts)
5. Forging handwriting is very difficult
Sat May 9, 2026, 08:21 AM
May 9

A professional analysis by a handwriting expert is needed.

If it’s a forgery they just won’t subject the letter to an analysis.That alone will tell us it’s propaganda and that someone needed to prop up their story.

Bengus81

(10,372 posts)
18. That will happen,of course by someone that Trump knows. Here's a $mill,
Sat May 9, 2026, 11:23 AM
May 9

here's what your "results" are.

NJCher

(43,534 posts)
25. and since he uses DOJ
Sat May 9, 2026, 02:40 PM
May 9

for his personal law firm, he'll find a way to let them use tax dollars to pay for the "fee."

mwb970

(12,162 posts)
6. Well of course it is! I knew that right from the beginning.
Sat May 9, 2026, 08:25 AM
May 9

What's done is done; what's obvious is obvious.

GreenWave

(12,800 posts)
7. The Epstein distraction Epstein Suicide Note.
Sat May 9, 2026, 09:06 AM
May 9

I guess the Epstein Distraction Undeclared War wasn't victorious enough to see unbridled jingoism drowning the files out.

How about the Pentagon Always Out Of Focus UFO Photos Epstein Distraction Release?

chouchou

(3,313 posts)
8. If Trump opens his dumb-ass mouth about the whole thing, he'll say something like..
Sat May 9, 2026, 09:23 AM
May 9

"We've found a second suicide note after he died"....

Mme. Defarge

(9,054 posts)
10. It certainly set off
Sat May 9, 2026, 10:16 AM
May 9

my hinky meter. I’ve been checking in to see if there’s been a post on this topic.

travelingthrulife

(5,580 posts)
11. The note reads exactly like one of Trump's Truth Social posts.
Sat May 9, 2026, 10:20 AM
May 9

The words come from Trump, not Epstein.

Picaro

(2,440 posts)
12. The style and tone is pure Trump
Sat May 9, 2026, 10:33 AM
May 9

Someone posted that this “suicide note” sounds strangely like a Trump tweet (refuse to call the demented ramblings he spews on his silly site “truths”).

I have to agree.

I very much believe that Trump had Epstein assassinated. He knew entirely too much and Trump had him eliminated.

FakeNoose

(42,426 posts)
15. You know who writes in the same style as Chump talks? Stephen Miller
Sat May 9, 2026, 11:03 AM
May 9

... who is the author of many of Chump's Truth Social tweets that have been posted in Chump's name.
If this doesn't ring bells, I don't think anything ever will.

Picaro

(2,440 posts)
20. Tend to forget that...
Sat May 9, 2026, 12:04 PM
May 9

You’re spot on.
Stephen Miller has learned to imitate Trump’s writing style.

Bengus81

(10,372 posts)
16. That language in there is very suspect IMO. Doesn't read like a high roller billionaire
Sat May 9, 2026, 11:20 AM
May 9

Of course it's fake.........

ColoringFool

(1,085 posts)
19. The vocabulary, the poor grammar, the punctuation, AND........
Sat May 9, 2026, 11:43 AM
May 9

the expressed aggrieved sentiments of injustice and "No Fun!"-----------

SOUND EXACTLY LIKE TRUMP. 1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣%‼️

So IMO, if Trump did NOT write this, then he either dictated it to Stephen Miller, or Stephen Miller wrote it while wittingly or unwittingly (more likely) imitating Trump’s style.

Jilly_in_VA

(14,624 posts)
23. Epstein's brother would know
Sat May 9, 2026, 01:39 PM
May 9

Don'tcha think? He's know both his handwriting and his syntax. Case closed.

barbtries

(31,353 posts)
26. some are saying
Sat May 9, 2026, 02:44 PM
May 9

that the note appears to have been written by one mad king. SOMETHING ABOUT THE CAPS.

Bluetus

(3,089 posts)
27. It should be very easy to validate the handwriting.
Sat May 9, 2026, 03:09 PM
May 9

Last edited Sat May 9, 2026, 04:24 PM - Edit history (1)

The handwriting is very distinctive. It would be very easy for any competent handwriting expert to determine this.

I also thought the text made little sense for a person in Epstein's circumstances. But we don't need a psychiatrist to determine if Epstein wrote it.

Why has his brother not already engaged a handwriting expert? Or if he has, why isn't he revealing the expert opinion?

relogic

(243 posts)
28. At this stage
Sat May 9, 2026, 03:39 PM
May 9

of unbelievable ai generated creations why would they not sample any number of handwriting specimens to produce a suicide note that is indistinguishable from one he actually penned?

Tell me what I’m missing. Is not this possible?

reACTIONary

(7,300 posts)
30. The National Enquirer? I wonder.....
Sat May 9, 2026, 05:02 PM
May 9

..... how much they paid him to supply the click bait. What a joke

summer_in_TX

(4,278 posts)
31. Handwriting experts say the two notes (the 1st alleged suicide attempt and the 2nd) are by the same
Sat May 9, 2026, 05:42 PM
May 9

person.

BUT the Epstein files released so far do not have enough of a verified sample of his handwriting to make a definitive claim that he wrote them.

https://www.aol.com/entertainment/newly-released-epstein-suicide-note-121500314.html

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