New York Times petitions judge to unseal purported Jeffrey Epstein suicide note

A purported suicide note written by Jeffrey Epstein in a Manhattan jail has been sealed for seven years, according to a news report Friday.

The New York Times on Thursday petitioned the judge to unseal the note, in which Epstein reportedly writes it was "time to say goodbye." 

The note was discovered by his cellmate in 2019, after Epstein was found unresponsive after a suicide attempt, which he survived. The note, according to the New York Times, was sealed by a federal judge as part of the cellmate's criminal case. 

Weeks later, Epstein, a financier and convicted sex offender, was found dead in August 2019 in the jail cell, awaiting trial on additional sex-offense charges.