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title: DOJ Epstein Files, Data Set 8 (EFTA00018224)
source: DOJ Epstein Files, Data Set 8
sourceUrl: https://www.justice.gov/epstein
date: '2026-01-01'
category: DOJ Data Set
eftaNumber: EFTA00018224
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Chronology
| Date | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 7/3/19 | Contraband phone seized from NT | |
| 7/6/19 | JE booked into MCC | |
| 7/23/19 | JE found unresponsive in cell w/NT and calls guard |
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| JE and NT removed from cell and search executed |
BS assumes correct | |
| JE claims NT assaulted him | BE assumes | |
| JE on suicide watch | ||
| 7/23/19 | Sometime between 7/23 and 7/27, NT found | |
| through 7/27/19 |
the note | |
| 7/24/19 | BB gets messages from NBC re: claims against NT |
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| 7/25/19 | News outlets carry story NT assaulted JE | |
| Client OK's BB talking to press and he refuted JE's claim and attacked prison conditions |
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| TR disagreed with that decision | ||
| 7/27/19 | BB visited NT and NT told him JE left him a note in his book. Asked guard if NT could go retrieve it and guard said no. BB told NT to give it to next lawyer that visits him. |
BB response/TR seems to corroborate that NT told BB the note was in his book |
| BB called JW, who was going to visit later that day and told him he would be getting a doc from NT |
BB response | |
| JW went later that day and NT gave him the note, which he still has. |
BB response | |
| 7/28/19 | BB's first investigator said he could not authenticate the note |
BB response |
| 7/29/19 | BB's second investigator said he could not authenticate the note |
BB response |
| 7/29/19 | BB advised TR about the note and what to do. | BB response, which seems to be corroborated by TR |
| 7/29/19 | JE removed from suicide watch and placed in different cell (not with NT) in SHU |
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| 7/30/19 | BB's co-counsel spoke with TR again and read note to him. BB spoke w/TR twice and TR also raised concerns re: authenticity of note. |
BB response |
| 8/2/19 through 8/6/19 |
BB and co-counsel away and no discussions re: note |
BB response |
| 8/9/19 | NY cleared of causing JE's injuries | |
| 8/10/19 | JE found dead in his cell |
| 8/21/19 | Stemheim appointed | |
|---|---|---|
| 8/23/19 | Disclosure of note to trial team w/BS present. | TR |
| He revealed he visited NT and NT told him a | ||
| letter was left in my book, etc. BS saw note on | ||
| the phone that day. | ||
| 11/10/19 | CNN report: BB quoted saying "notion Epstein was murdered is ridiculous." |
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| Also, said MMC guards threatened NT to "shut | ||
| up" and "stop talking." In a letter to Judge | ||
| Karas, BB wrote the message is that if NT | ||
| conveys info about the facility or about JE's | ||
| recent suicide, there will be a price to pay. | ||
| Also complained about deplorable conditions at MCC. |
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| 1/5/20 | BB appeared on 60 Minutes and said NT had | 60 Minutes video on line. |
| info on prison conditions, JE's attempted | ||
| suicide and JE's suicide. | ||
| Recently, BB authenticated note (1/5/20 60 | Ross letter | |
| Minutes show has another note on line. | ||
| 1/8/20 | Stemheim report available for pick up | |
| 1/16/20 | Barket Response to Stemheim report |