Feds: Don’t air Epstein’s cellie’s tale

Manhattan federal prosecutors say paperwork on Jeffrey Epstein’s last cellmate should remain sealed, despite the cellmate’s death two months ago.

The new filing in Manhattan Federal Court confirmed that Efrain Reyes shared a cell in August 2019 with the notorious multimillionaire who hanged himself at the Metropolitan Correctional Center while awaiting trial for trafficking underage girls.

The Daily News has asked a judge to unseal documents regarding Reyes (photo), who pleaded guilty to a narcotics conspiracy in Bronx public housing and cooperated with prosecutors.

In a heavily redacted letter submitted last week, Assistant U.S. Attorney Frank Balsamello wrote that the Reyes documents contained little information about Epstein. They should remain sealed because of the potential impact on matters unrelated to the multimillionaire sex offender, the prosecutor wrote.

“The Reyes documents say very little about Epstein or Mr. Reyes’ experience living with Epstein,” Balsamello wrote.

The prosecutor then listed information relating to Epstein that covered two pages — all of it redacted.

Judge Katherine Polk Failla will hold a hearing on the unsealing request.

The News exclusively reported last month that Reyes was transferred from the cell at the lower Manhattan lockup he shared with Epstein less than 24 hours before the perv was found dead.

Reyes was released from a private jail in Queens for cooperating witnesses in April after catching coronavirus, according to his niece. He died at his mother’s Bronx apartment in November while trying to get his life back on track.

A source who became close friends with Reyes while they were held at the private jail contacted The News and shared additional details about the cellmates. Epstein plied Reyes with drugs so he’d fall asleep early, the source said.

After the suicide, Reyes said he was questioned by then-Attorney General William Barr, who was personally overseeing Epstein investigations, according to the source.