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Case Notes

MCC cellmate with Epstein in SHU before first suicide attempt

INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY

Nicholas Tartaglione, a former New York police officer, was Epstein’s cellmate at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in July–August 2019. Tartaglione was not charged in connection with Epstein’s death or the July 2019 incident in which Epstein was found injured in the cell; internal investigations cleared him of any wrongdoing. However, in a separate federal case, Tartaglione was convicted in April 2023 on 11 counts of murder, four counts of kidnapping resulting in death, one count of kidnapping conspiracy, and one count of narcotics conspiracy related to the 2016 kidnappings and killings of four men. In June 2024 he was sentenced to four consecutive life sentences for those offenses. While prison‑related accounts and pardon applications present him as possessing potentially damaging information about prison conditions around Epstein’s death, he is not legally accountable in the Epstein case itself but is a separate, unrelated murder defendant.

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Determination Timeline

CONTEXT ONLYApr 8, 2023

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Media Coverage (7)

The night Jeffrey Epstein claimed his cellmate tried to kill him

CBS NEWS

Epstein was assigned a new cellmate, Efrain Reyes, and moved back on July 30. Nine days later, Reyes was transferred. Reyes was later identified as Epstein's fi…

Nicholas Tartaglione: Ex-cop and former prison cellmate of Jeffrey Epstein sentenced to life in prison for murder of 4 men

CNN·Jun 12, 2024

Former New York police officer Nicholas Tartaglione, who once shared a prison cell with Jeffrey Epstein, was sentenced to four consecutive life sentences for th…

Death of Jeffrey Epstein - Wikipedia

WIKIPEDIA·Jan 1, 2024

On August 13, 2020, Attorney General Barr ordered the BOP to reassign the warden of the MCC, Lamine N'Diaye, temporarily, while the FBI and Justice Department i…

Ex-cop, a former prison cellmate of Jeffrey Epstein, convicted for murdering 4 men

CNN·Apr 8, 2023

Former New York police officer Nicholas Tartaglione, who shared a cell with Jeffrey Epstein at the federal Metropolitan Correctional Center, was convicted of 11…

Federal prison officials accused of falsifying records the day of Epstein’s death – CBS News

CBS NEWS·May 28, 2020

Mention of the broader prison context in which Tartaglione was a witness but not a subject of criminal charges tied to Epstein.

Jeffrey Epstein's former cellmate cleared of wrongdoing in incident that preceded his death – NBC News

NBC NEWS·Dec 17, 2019

Report that prison investigators cleared Nicholas Tartaglione of any involvement in the July 23 incident.

Timeline of the events surrounding Epstein’s death – CBS News

CBS NEWS·Aug 10, 2019

Overview of the prison context and Epstein–Tartaglione interactions without linking Tartaglione to Epstein’s abuse or trafficking.

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