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BumRushDaShow

(171,836 posts)
Sat May 9, 2026, 07:30 AM Saturday

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

SergeStorms

(20,791 posts)
13. If you can trust the autopsy.
Sat May 9, 2026, 10:48 AM
Saturday

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

(49,006 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
Saturday

NJCher

(43,447 posts)
5. Forging handwriting is very difficult
Sat May 9, 2026, 08:21 AM
Saturday

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

(10,340 posts)
18. That will happen,of course by someone that Trump knows. Here's a $mill,
Sat May 9, 2026, 11:23 AM
Saturday

here's what your "results" are.

NJCher

(43,447 posts)
25. and since he uses DOJ
Sat May 9, 2026, 02:40 PM
Saturday

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

mwb970

(12,161 posts)
6. Well of course it is! I knew that right from the beginning.
Sat May 9, 2026, 08:25 AM
Saturday

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

GreenWave

(12,769 posts)
7. The Epstein distraction Epstein Suicide Note.
Sat May 9, 2026, 09:06 AM
Saturday

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

(3,270 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
Saturday

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

Mme. Defarge

(9,047 posts)
10. It certainly set off
Sat May 9, 2026, 10:16 AM
Saturday

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

travelingthrulife

(5,522 posts)
11. The note reads exactly like one of Trump's Truth Social posts.
Sat May 9, 2026, 10:20 AM
Saturday

The words come from Trump, not Epstein.

Picaro

(2,432 posts)
12. The style and tone is pure Trump
Sat May 9, 2026, 10:33 AM
Saturday

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

(42,251 posts)
15. You know who writes in the same style as Chump talks? Stephen Miller
Sat May 9, 2026, 11:03 AM
Saturday

... 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

(2,432 posts)
20. Tend to forget that...
Sat May 9, 2026, 12:04 PM
Saturday

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

Bengus81

(10,340 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
Saturday

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

ColoringFool

(1,002 posts)
19. The vocabulary, the poor grammar, the punctuation, AND........
Sat May 9, 2026, 11:43 AM
Saturday

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

(14,590 posts)
23. Epstein's brother would know
Sat May 9, 2026, 01:39 PM
Saturday

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

barbtries

(31,342 posts)
26. some are saying
Sat May 9, 2026, 02:44 PM
Saturday

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

Bluetus

(3,048 posts)
27. It should be very easy to validate the handwriting.
Sat May 9, 2026, 03:09 PM
Saturday

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

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

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

(7,274 posts)
30. The National Enquirer? I wonder.....
Sat May 9, 2026, 05:02 PM
Saturday

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

summer_in_TX

(4,252 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
Saturday

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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