By Faris Tanyos is a news editor for CBSNews.com, where he writes and edits stories and tracks breaking news. He previously worked as a digital news producer at several local news stations up and down the West Coast. Read Full Bio Updated on: May 7, 2026 / 3:16 PM EDT / CBS News Add CBS News on Google An apparent suicide note written in 2019 by the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was released Wednesday. A U.S. district judge ordered the release of the document at the request of The New York Times.   The note had been submitted to the court in May 2021 as part of the criminal murder case for Nicholas Tartaglione, a former cellmate of Epstein. Tartaglione has previously claimed that the note was written by Epstein after a failed suicide attempt less than a month before his death.  Tartaglione claimed in a podcast interview that he found the note in a book the morning after Epstein's death, and he gave it to his lawyers, who included it in his appeal.…