Epstein Mystery Explodes After Prison Guard’s Shocking Testimony

The questions surrounding Jeffrey Epstein’s jailhouse death just got even darker.

A former correction officer who was on duty the night Epstein died has now told congressional investigators that she was not the mysterious figure seen on surveillance footage approaching his cell tier — and she says she has no idea who it was.

Tova Noel, who worked at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan, testified before the House Oversight Committee that she never went back to Epstein’s tier around 10:39 p.m. on the night before his body was found in August 2019.

That matters because the orange-colored figure seen moving near Epstein’s cell may have been the last person to approach the area before the disgraced financier was discovered dead.

“To be very honest, I don’t know what it is, who it is,” Noel told investigators, according to a transcript released this week.

For years, Americans have been told Epstein’s death was a suicide. But this latest testimony is only adding fuel to suspicions that the public still has not been given the full truth.

Noel also said she was not carrying anything orange and never issued anything orange to Epstein or anyone else in the Special Housing Unit that night.

Even more troubling, most of the jail’s cameras were reportedly not recording because of a hard drive failure. The only available footage showed a partial view of the staircase near Epstein’s housing unit.

CBS News previously reported that neither the FBI nor the Justice Department Inspector General had questioned Noel about the mysterious shape. The Inspector General’s report suggested the figure was likely Noel, but she has now flatly denied it under congressional questioning.

Noel admitted she failed to perform required inmate checks that night, but denied any involvement in Epstein’s death. She said she did not even know who Epstein was when he arrived and was unaware of any special conditions surrounding his confinement.

Investigators also pressed Noel about 12 cash deposits made to her bank account starting in 2018. She refused to identify the source of the money but denied it had anything to do with Epstein.

“No one has ever approached me about money or given me money in reference to Mr. Epstein at all, ever,” she testified.

Noel also denied knowing anything about an alleged $6,500 payment to her and another officer to allow a man named Michael Rose access to Epstein’s cell to kill him.

Her attorney said she testified voluntarily because she wanted to help provide clarity to Epstein’s victims.

But for many Americans, this testimony raises more questions than answers. A mysterious figure. Failed camera systems. Missed inmate checks. Cash deposits. And a high-profile prisoner with ties to some of the most powerful people in the world dead in federal custody.

Nearly seven years later, the Epstein case still refuses to stay buried.