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BumRushDaShow

(168,629 posts)
Sun Mar 8, 2026, 04:15 AM Yesterday

Report reveals Epstein guard's incriminating Google search and 'mysterious cash deposit'

Source: Raw Story

March 7, 2026 4:18PM ET


A prison guard responsible for checking in on the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has been tied to a "mysterious cash deposit" and an incriminating Google search, according to a new report.

The New York Post dropped an article Saturday called, "Epstein prison guard googled him minutes before body found — and made mysterious deposit before pedophile’s suicide: DOJ," in which the outlet reports, "One of Jeffrey Epstein’s prison guards googled the sex predator minutes before he was found dead — and also made a mysterious $5,000 cash deposit 10 days before the predator’s jail-cell suicide, new Department of Justice documents reveal."

The report continues: "Tova Noel was one of the two Metropolitan Correctional Center workers accused of falsifying records to say they checked on Epstein throughout the night before his Aug. 10, 2019, suicide. The guards were fired but criminal charges against both were later dropped."

The article notes that Noel Googled Epstein's name less than an hour before he was found dead in his cell.

Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/epstein-2675773552/

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Report reveals Epstein guard's incriminating Google search and 'mysterious cash deposit' (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Yesterday OP
Paid to look the other way? SunSeeker Yesterday #1
Bill Barr or more likely someone several layers under Barr fujiyamasan 23 hrs ago #27
seems odd Skittles Yesterday #2
Isn't there a DuckDuckGo bank? multigraincracker Yesterday #3
It's called liberalgunwilltravel Yesterday #4
If the guard took a measly $5,000 to knock someone off he's seriously dumb. Seems like too little to be a payoff unless Vinca Yesterday #5
Much more info in Julie K Brown's substack thesquanderer Yesterday #15
What occurred to me is... IthinkThereforeIAM Yesterday #18
Unless the guard was just paid to look the other way or leave for a bit Polybius Yesterday #21
That would made sense. A $5,000 coffee break. Vinca Yesterday #22
I thought they... 2naSalit Yesterday #6
Subpoena him. TheRickles Yesterday #7
Her. Bluetus Yesterday #14
Yes, thanks. TheRickles Yesterday #16
Trump is part of the biggest criminal syndicate in history and Vladimir is the Godfather. Botany Yesterday #8
Yes!!! The real question is WHERE DID THE FUCKING MONEY COME FROM? LymphocyteLover Yesterday #10
Where did the money come from? Botany Yesterday #12
Yes, all that, but more specific legal proof would be lovely! LymphocyteLover 23 hrs ago #29
The proof is there, it is real and factual as can be, however we are in a multi billion dollar disinformation .... Botany 20 hrs ago #32
maddening-- fascist rightwing propaganda needs to be outlawed LymphocyteLover 3 hrs ago #35
It may be untraceable. LudwigPastorius Yesterday #24
Hmm, bummer LymphocyteLover 23 hrs ago #28
"wise guys" graycampervan 17 hrs ago #34
Post removed Post removed Yesterday #9
Post removed Post removed Yesterday #19
New York Post says ... Yonnie3 Yesterday #11
I doubt the guard knew WHY.. Escape Yesterday #13
The total of the payments, according to the article, was over $11,000. LudwigPastorius Yesterday #25
Another piece of the puzzle... jmbar2 Yesterday #17
Curiouser and curiouser NBachers Yesterday #20
Can't she be questioned by SOMEBODY? hamsterjill Yesterday #23
It's 2018. 5k is hardly a suspicious amount. Come on. Callie1979 Yesterday #26
What's in your wallet? twodogsbarking 23 hrs ago #30
The guard should be lookin' over her shoulder. chouchou 22 hrs ago #31
Careless of them Nasruddin 19 hrs ago #33

fujiyamasan

(1,593 posts)
27. Bill Barr or more likely someone several layers under Barr
Sun Mar 8, 2026, 02:35 PM
23 hrs ago

Barr is smart enough to have plausible deniability, but he has always been the fixer.

Skittles

(171,052 posts)
2. seems odd
Sun Mar 8, 2026, 05:56 AM
Yesterday

I mean, if you were paid in cash to look the other way for a murder guaranteed to make big news, would you be depositing the cash in a BANK?

yeah I know, there are some really fucking stupid people in this world (Trump voters remind us of that literally every day)

multigraincracker

(37,414 posts)
3. Isn't there a DuckDuckGo bank?
Sun Mar 8, 2026, 07:14 AM
Yesterday

If not, that’s a dang good idea. Anyone been thinking of opening a bank?

Vinca

(53,798 posts)
5. If the guard took a measly $5,000 to knock someone off he's seriously dumb. Seems like too little to be a payoff unless
Sun Mar 8, 2026, 07:41 AM
Yesterday

he made other deposits at other banks or made a large purchase to hide the rest of it.

thesquanderer

(12,973 posts)
15. Much more info in Julie K Brown's substack
Sun Mar 8, 2026, 10:11 AM
Yesterday
https://substack.com/@jkbjournalist

She also says, "there are also a lot of monthly 'Quick Zelle' cash payments to this woman's bank account during this time span." which is quoted in the linked article.

IthinkThereforeIAM

(3,306 posts)
18. What occurred to me is...
Sun Mar 8, 2026, 10:51 AM
Yesterday

Last edited Sun Mar 8, 2026, 05:15 PM - Edit history (1)

... so she had "his own", established money to pay for his initial lawyer fees, until the syndicate "feels" it is safe to get it all dropped as to criminal prosecution.

Keeping up appearances you know!

Polybius

(21,802 posts)
21. Unless the guard was just paid to look the other way or leave for a bit
Sun Mar 8, 2026, 11:13 AM
Yesterday

Such as don't watch Epstein, go somewhere else or take a nap for an hour or two.

Botany

(77,076 posts)
8. Trump is part of the biggest criminal syndicate in history and Vladimir is the Godfather.
Sun Mar 8, 2026, 08:44 AM
Yesterday

Murder, blackmail, treason, rape, election rigging, sex trafficking, kompromat, money laundering,
torture, and cheating @ golf too.

Btw those guards who looked the other way when Epstein was murdered might have had no other
choice because I am pretty sure they were approached by some “wise guys” who showed them pictures
of their children or home or families with the line of, “be a shame if anything happened to them.”

I wonder how many Republicans have to support Trump because this international crime operation
has dirt on them. Lindsey Graham became a Trump boot licker after one round of golf.

LymphocyteLover

(9,732 posts)
10. Yes!!! The real question is WHERE DID THE FUCKING MONEY COME FROM?
Sun Mar 8, 2026, 08:48 AM
Yesterday

That's who was behind this crime.

Botany

(77,076 posts)
12. Where did the money come from?
Sun Mar 8, 2026, 09:11 AM
Yesterday


Musk



Thiel



Wexner



Epstein and blackmail



M.B.S.



The Fossil Fuel Industries





Vlad Putin

And Trump is their boy too. The fix was in. Trump was a known criminal who as young man
had to go to military school to stay out of juvenile detention and has been a crook his whole
life including stealing from the widows and families of American servicemen and women who
got killed in Iraq and Afghanistan but much of our media is owned by these rich and powerful
forces so instead we heard about Hillary’s emails.












Botany

(77,076 posts)
32. The proof is there, it is real and factual as can be, however we are in a multi billion dollar disinformation ....
Sun Mar 8, 2026, 05:45 PM
20 hrs ago

.. network that has made @ least 35% of Americans who believe the lies that snow is not cold, water is not wet, and it doesn’t get dark @ night.

LudwigPastorius

(14,574 posts)
24. It may be untraceable.
Sun Mar 8, 2026, 01:59 PM
Yesterday

Pre-2025, Zelle's app accepted some pre-paid debit cards as a way to send money.

The Russian mob excelled in using stolen credit cards to purchase prepaid debit cards as a way to launder money.

If the Feds tried to trace a payment back, it would only show the stolen CC user's info.

graycampervan

(47 posts)
34. "wise guys"
Sun Mar 8, 2026, 08:53 PM
17 hrs ago

I never believed he killed himself. He would've walked out of those charges like he did before. No way that guy committed suicide.

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Yonnie3

(19,371 posts)
11. New York Post says ...
Sun Mar 8, 2026, 09:06 AM
Yesterday

This Raw Story article simply echos a New York Post article. The New York Post which has at times been less than truthful, especially when it comes to disparaging Democrats. One must wonder if this story is for driving clicks or if it serves some bigger purpose for the New York Post.

Escape

(442 posts)
13. I doubt the guard knew WHY..
Sun Mar 8, 2026, 09:44 AM
Yesterday

she was being asked to skip her checkups. I am guessing she was just paid to "look the other way".

Also, the $5,000 might have been just the amount she deposited. There could very well be more that she stashed or used for other purposes.

How will the DOJ block further investigation.? I am sure Bondi Barbie is on it..

LudwigPastorius

(14,574 posts)
25. The total of the payments, according to the article, was over $11,000.
Sun Mar 8, 2026, 02:01 PM
Yesterday

That's not chickenfeed for "taking a nap" at the right time.

jmbar2

(7,940 posts)
17. Another piece of the puzzle...
Sun Mar 8, 2026, 10:46 AM
Yesterday

This document, from a Finnish backup of Epstein docs, is her attorney's application for deferred prosecution, which was granted.

The factors that justify a deferred prosecution in this case include, but are not limited
to:
The Nature and Circumstances of the Offense
Tova's Background
Adverse Collateral Consequences of a Prosecution and Conviction
Systemic Issues and Inadequate Training
Existence of Adequate Non-Criminal Alternatives to Prosecution
Precedent for Prosecution and Deferred Prosecution


I'm not rushing to judge her as complicit yet. She actually had a pretty solid history, and was working a brutal schedule, with little support in a very hostile environment. She earned more in mandatory overtime over six months than her entire annual salary, often having to work 2-3 shifts back to back.

https://yirah.fi/epstein/dokumentti/EFTA00077325

hamsterjill

(17,478 posts)
23. Can't she be questioned by SOMEBODY?
Sun Mar 8, 2026, 01:18 PM
Yesterday

Drag her ass in and ask her under oath. Surely there's a claim that someone could make.

Callie1979

(1,281 posts)
26. It's 2018. 5k is hardly a suspicious amount. Come on.
Sun Mar 8, 2026, 02:20 PM
Yesterday

A bank doesnt even fill out a CTR unless its over 10k

Nasruddin

(1,233 posts)
33. Careless of them
Sun Mar 8, 2026, 07:16 PM
19 hrs ago

Whoever was in charge of this mission failed to clean up afterwards.
Definitely not MOSSAD

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