By Jennifer Bowers Bahney
Publication Date: 2026-03-08 00:21:00
New York State Sex Offender Registry via AP, File
One of the guards responsible for monitoring Jeffrey Epstein while he sat in a Manhattan jail cell Googled him just minutes before he was found dead and made mysterious cash deposits in the days leading up to his death, according to new documents released by the Department of Justice.
The DOJ released additional files pertaining to Epstein on Thursday night that included information about Tova Noel, one of two Metropolitan Correctional Center workers charged with keeping an eye on Epstein before he stood trial on federal sex trafficking charges.
The New York Post reported Saturday that an FBI record of Noel’s internet search history from Aug. 10, 2019, showed she googled “latest on Epstein in jail” at 5:42 a.m. and then again at 5:52 a.m. Noel’s colleague, Michael Thomas, found the disgraced billionaire dead by hanging at 6:30 that morning.
Noel denied googling Epstein in her sworn statement to the DOJ in 2021.
Journalist Michael…
