Latest / The Epstein Chronicles / Mega Edition: Tova Noel’s Account of the Morning Jeffrey Epstein Died (Part 1-3) (5/18/26)
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- 0:00Speaker 1: What's up, everyone, and welcome to another episode of the
- 0:03Epstein Chronicles. In this episode, we're going to begin taking
- 0:08a look at the Tova Noel deposition that she gave
- 0:11to the OIG investigators as part of the investigation into
- 0:16the death of Jeffrey Epstein. So we're going to skip
- 0:20over all of the swearing in and all of that
- 0:23and we're just going to dive in. So once again,
- 0:27the person asking questions has his name or adacted, and
- 0:31Tovin Noel's lawyer is named mister Foy, So when mister
- 0:36Foy interjects and you hear me say Foy, that's what
- 0:39I'm talking about. And she also has a second attorney
- 0:42with her, mister Sarahga, So when either of them objected,
- 0:50I'll make sure to notate that as we're making our
- 0:52way through this. And the final person that's involved in
- 0:55this is miss greg who is part of the union
- 0:59I believe or the corrections officer Toavi Noel redacted, Thank
- 1:05you everyone, Miss Noel, you're here today as a subject
- 1:09in this DOJ OIG investigation. This DOJ OIG investigation concerns
- 1:15your allegedmisconduct to include allegations of false statements, job performance failure,
- 1:20security failure, and reporting false information. This is an official
- 1:24DOJ OIG investigation, and you're being asked to voluntarily provide
- 1:30answers to our questions. Will you agree to voluntarily interview
- 1:34with the DOJ OIG, Miss Noel, Yes question? All right, great,
- 1:39And then everybody that does voluntary interviews with the DOJ,
- 1:43we provide them with voluntary interview forms. I don't know
- 1:47if you guys were sent that at the time, but
- 1:49it says United States Department of Justice, Office of the
- 1:53Inspector General, Warnings and Assurances to employee requested to provide
- 1:58information on a voluntary basis. You're being asked to provide
- 2:02information as part of an investigation being conducted by the
- 2:05Office of the Inspector General. This investigations being conducted pursuant
- 2:11to the Inspector General Act of nineteen seventy eight, as amended.
- 2:16This investigation pertains to your alleged misconduct, to include allegations
- 2:20of false statements, job performance failure, security failure, and reporting
- 2:25false information. This is a voluntary interview. Accordingly, you do
- 2:30not have to answer questions. No disciplinary action will be
- 2:33taken against you if you choose not to answer questions.
- 2:37Any statement that you furnish may be used as evidence
- 2:39in any future criminal proceeding or agency disciplinary proceedings, or both,
- 2:45And of course there's the DPA waiver. I understand the
- 2:49warnings and assurances started above or stated above, and I'm
- 2:53willing to make a statement or answer questions. No promises
- 2:56or threats have been made to me, and no pressure
- 2:59or corep version of any kind has been used against me.
- 3:03You can take a look at this and review it
- 3:06if you agree. There's a section there for your name
- 3:09and signature. FOI. So the only thing that this is
- 3:12actually subject to is the defer prosecution agreement redacted. Well,
- 3:17so there's the agreement that you had. So that's the
- 3:20part where I'm talking about, the specific part where it
- 3:22says criminal. That's something I think that was worked out
- 3:27with the US Attorney's Office, FOI, right exactly. I know
- 3:31there is no sort of protection with regard to the
- 3:34disciplinary internally, the administrative thing will happen at some point,
- 3:39but I just wanted to make that clearer. But go ahead.
- 3:41You can sign TOVA redacted. Now obviously that is pursuing
- 3:46to you answering questions truthfully. Foy, right, of course, that's
- 3:50the exception to our agreement. Noel, uh huh, redacted, all right,
- 3:56and the rest will be filled out by the two
- 3:58of us. Foy okay, redacted, and thank you for signing,
- 4:02Miss Noel. All right. So I'm going to sign where
- 4:04it says signature of the Office of the Inspector General
- 4:08Special Agent again, this is redacted. I'm printing my name
- 4:13and special agent redacted. Can you fill out the rest
- 4:15of the signature of witness name a witness, date, time,
- 4:19and place, mister adacted. This is agent redacted signing on
- 4:23the signature of witness redacted. And then do you understand
- 4:27the form as you read and you review? Noel, yes,
- 4:31I do, redacted? Great, thank you. Before starting the interview,
- 4:35I'd like to place you under oath. Can you please
- 4:38raise your right hand. Do you swear to tell the
- 4:40truth and nothing but the truth during the interview? Miss Noel? Yes, question,
- 4:47Thank you, ma'am. All right. Please let me know if
- 4:49you do not understand any of my questions redacted, try
- 4:53to rephrase or ask it a different way. Noel, okay,
- 4:57redacted question. All right, So this this is something we
- 5:00ask everybody what's your current home address? Noel redacted? Thank you?
- 5:07What's your date of birth? Noel redacted? Question? And your
- 5:12last four of your Social Security number? Noel redacted? Question?
- 5:17Thank you. What's the highest level of education Noel? Bachelor's degree? Question?
- 5:23And what was your bachelor's degree in? Noel criminal justice? Redacted?
- 5:27And where did you receive your degree from? Noel? John Jay? Question?
- 5:32John Jay in New York City? Noel, yes, sir, question
- 5:35and what did you graduate? Miss Noel twenty seventeen redacted?
- 5:39Thank you? What did you do just briefly, prior to
- 5:43working with the BOP redacted? Prior to working with the VOP,
- 5:49I worked in the post office redacted? Okay, what did
- 5:52you do there? Noel? I was a malhandler redacted? And
- 5:55for how long? Noel six months? Redacted? Six months? No well,
- 6:00uh huh question? And that was in twenty sixteen. When
- 6:03did you do that? Noel? Yes, redacted twenty fifteen and
- 6:08twenty sixteen, Noel, No, not at the post office? I
- 6:11was there twenty seventeen. Noel sixteen seventeen. Uh huh? Redacted?
- 6:17Oh okay, And do you have any military service? Noel? Yes?
- 6:21Question and what is that Noel military service question. Yeah,
- 6:26can you tell me what the service? Noel, the army redacted?
- 6:31The army? And how long were you in the army?
- 6:34Noel six years redacted? From when until when? Noel two
- 6:38thousand and eight to twenty fourteen redacted? And what did
- 6:41you do in the military, Noel. I was a patient
- 6:44administrative specialist redacted? And what is that Noel patient admin redacted?
- 6:50Patient as in like a hospital Noel. Yes. Question. Okay,
- 6:55So you worked in a hospital. And what was your
- 6:57rank when you left the military Noel specialist redacted? And
- 7:02did you leave were you honorably discharged? Noel, yes, redacted? Okay, Foy,
- 7:09this is the lawyer for Tovin. Noel. Can I one
- 7:12second real quick? For the post Office? You said sixteen seventeen,
- 7:16but you started MCC in twenty eighteen, So would it
- 7:21be seventeen into eighteen? Noel eighteen? Yeah, redacted? You did
- 7:26start with the BOP in eighteen, Noel. Yes. Question not
- 7:30in sixteen, Noel, No, that was an error in indiscernible. Foy, Right,
- 7:36so it's eighteen when you left the Post office in seventeen?
- 7:40Going to so I think it's sixteen. No seventeen eighteen,
- 7:44Noel eighteen Foy Post Office, then MCC redacted. Okay. And
- 7:50did you work for anybody prior or in between your
- 7:52military service and the Post Office Noel no redacted. No, okay.
- 7:58So were you ont to employ at that time? Noel, No,
- 8:02I was going to school redacted. Oh, that's when you
- 8:04went to John Jay. Noel, that's when I was going
- 8:07to John Jay. Yeah, redacted. Okay, thank you. And then
- 8:11when was your enter on duty date with BOP? Miss
- 8:15Noel June twenty fourth, twenty eighteen, redacted. Okay. And when
- 8:20did you graduate from BOP training down at the Federal
- 8:23Law Enforcement Training Center, Noel, I want to stay September
- 8:27of twenty eighteen. Redacted. Okay, But you did graduate from there, Noel, Yes,
- 8:33I did? Redacted. Was that a correctional officer training? Noel yes, redacted?
- 8:38All right? And when was your first office assignment with
- 8:42the BOP? Noel, say that again, redacted. When was your
- 8:46first office assignment with the BOP? So where did you start?
- 8:51Did you start working at MCC and work there the
- 8:54entire time? Noel, yes, sir, redacted? Okay? And what position
- 9:00have you had with the BP Noel correctional officer redacted, okay,
- 9:05the entire time. Noel, yes, Sir redacted, all right, And
- 9:09when you were there last you did who did you
- 9:12report to? Who is your direct supervisor or did you
- 9:15have one? Noel Lieutenant redacted redacted? And do you know
- 9:19how to spell that last name? Noel redacted. Question from redacted?
- 9:24Thank you. What is your current again, this is something
- 9:27we ask everybody. We won't be contacting your client, but
- 9:30what is your current cell number? Noel redacted? Mister redacted? Okay?
- 9:35And how long have you had that number? Noel years redacted? Years? Noel,
- 9:39uh huh redacted, so for a long time? Noel, yes, redacted?
- 9:45And to include in twenty nineteen, Noel yes, redacted. Okay.
- 9:50So any other cell phone numbers Noel no redacted? Okay,
- 9:54and your current email address Noel redacted redacted asked a question. Okay, great,
- 10:01and have you had that one for years? Also? Noel, yes, redacted, okay,
- 10:05any others Noel yes, redacted. What are the others? Noel redacted?
- 10:14Mister redacted, you've had that for years? Noel yes? Question okay,
- 10:19both in twenty nineteen, Noel yes, redacted, Okay, thank you,
- 10:24do you have any current I should have asked this,
- 10:26Are you currently employed right now? Noel no redacted by
- 10:30no other means Noel, no question? Okay? And when did
- 10:34the did you last work at the MCC Noel August tenth,
- 10:38twenty nineteen, redacted. And was that the same supervisor that
- 10:42you mentioned? Noel, yes, redacted. Okay. Briefly, what training have
- 10:47you attended or conducted during your employment with the BOP.
- 10:51You mentioned the correctional officer training at FLETC. What other
- 10:56training have they provided you? Noel on their two week
- 11:00training when you first start at BOP. I forget what
- 11:03it's called redacted if training Noel, uh huh redacted? And
- 11:08any other training Noel, no redacted. Annual refresher training, Noel,
- 11:13I have one redacted. Okay, so you've gone to annual
- 11:17And what about like a shoe training course Noel no redacted. Okay,
- 11:23but you did, and this is just you guys can
- 11:25take a look at this if you would like. This
- 11:27is the training that we have for you that we
- 11:30asked for your your list of training. I'm not asking
- 11:33you to necessarily verify that you've conducted all of it,
- 11:36but it shows the last time you did your annual
- 11:38training was on three to eight, twenty nineteen. Was when
- 11:43you actually completed that week of training, Noel, Yes, redacted?
- 11:46Does that sound correct? Noel? Correct? Question Again, this just
- 11:51goes along with it. It shows what the syllabus was, as
- 11:54well as the sign in sheet where miss Noel signed in. Again,
- 11:58we're not asking you to or for if you want
- 12:01to take a look at this, you can. It shows
- 12:04that you did the training in March of twenty nineteen,
- 12:07and anything that I'm going to provide to you can
- 12:10you just initial in date. And that's just a way
- 12:12for us to verify that that's what we showed you. Noel, okay,
- 12:17FOI each page or just the top redacted? Nope, just
- 12:20the top of the page, foy okay redacted? No, you
- 12:25do have that. So just briefly, you don't have to
- 12:27like list off the core syllabus. But what did they
- 12:31cover during the annual training, Noel. They spoke about different
- 12:35areas like dealing with inmates, They spoke about the issues
- 12:38on the job, like dealing with shortages. They spoke about
- 12:42basically like mask fitted. I remember redacted? Mask fitting Noel,
- 12:47Uh huh, redacted was that back in twenty nineteen, people
- 12:51were wearing masks as well. Noel, no like redacted it's
- 12:56for OC spray's redacted. Oh, for OC spray Noel, yeah, redacted. Okay.
- 13:02Did they include things like ethic standards or conduct Noel, yes, redacted.
- 13:07What about like counts and rounds Noel, I don't recall
- 13:11them talking about counts and rounds redacted. Okay. So did
- 13:14they go over like MCC policy and guidance Noel, yes, redacted. Okay.
- 13:20And did they ever provide you with the policies and
- 13:23guidelines or did they just speak to you about it
- 13:25Noel for in training redacted? Yes, Noel, they just spoke
- 13:31about it. Question at another time, did they provide you
- 13:34with the policies and guidelines Noel, Yeah, it's on like
- 13:37the computer. Redacted. Okay. Do you have to certify that
- 13:42you like received it and you reviewed it policies and guidelines? Noel.
- 13:47I think I signed that like you received it? Redacted? Right, Okay,
- 13:52if you don't mind. He asked her to sign the paper.
- 13:57You want it in the lower rate redacted, doesn't matter,
- 14:00top or bottom, you know, wherever there's room. I typically
- 14:03do the top, but bottom is totally fine. All right, folks,
- 14:05We're going to wrap up with the first episode here
- 14:08and in the next episode dealing with the topic, we're
- 14:10going to pick up where we left off. All the
- 14:13information that goes with this episode can be found in
- 14:16the description box. What's up, everyone, and welcome to another
- 14:20episode of the Epstein Chronicles. In this episode again right
- 14:24back to that tovin Owell interview with the OIG investigators redacted.
- 14:30And now you mentioned that you didn't quite remember them
- 14:33going over training when conducting counts and rounds in this training?
- 14:37Did you were you did you ever receive training on
- 14:40conducting counts and rounds? Miss Noel Yes, redacted? Okay, when
- 14:45would that have been? Noel? In and I have training redacted?
- 14:49And what does I have stand for? Noel? Huh redacted?
- 14:55You want some clarity? I can tell you, mister redacted, sure, redacted?
- 15:00Just what it stands for? Institution familiarization training redacted? Okay, great,
- 15:06and that's something that the MCC provided directly, Miss Noel Yes, redacted, okay, great.
- 15:14And then you had mentioned did you ever receive policy
- 15:17on counts and rounds? Noel no redacted? I know you
- 15:23said you certified, do you remember that specific policy like
- 15:27receiving that, Noel, like specifically on counts and rounds redacted.
- 15:33I'm not asking you to, like verbatim, tell me what
- 15:35it was. I'm just saying, like where you provided and
- 15:38you reviewed reviewed it. Do you remember, Noel, not specifically
- 15:42on counts and rounds? Just like a general she gets
- 15:45cut off, right, Noel, Like she gets cut off again,
- 15:49like you know, the housing orders or unit policy and
- 15:52things like that, when you're supposed to conduct counts, when
- 15:55you're supposed to do rounds, that type of thing redacted,
- 15:59the post orders redacted post orders? Right? Okay, great, you
- 16:04mentioned you didn't remember ever going to quarterly shoe training.
- 16:08This is a sign in cheat for quarterly shoe training.
- 16:12Is this your signature on there? For June twenty sixth,
- 16:14twenty nineteen, Noel, You see how I'm last one on
- 16:19the bottom of all of them redacted? Correct, Noel, because
- 16:22I wasn't at the training when I came redacted? Did
- 16:25they provide it to you? One on one though, Noel?
- 16:27No redacted? So I'll come he gets cut off by Noel.
- 16:32Because when I came back from an injury, the lieutenant
- 16:35asked me to sign because they had program review. They
- 16:38need to show that I received the training, but I
- 16:41never did. She just asked me to sign. That's why
- 16:44I wonder why redacted? Who asked you to do that? Noel?
- 16:47Lieutenant redacted redacted? So that supervisor you mentioned was your
- 16:52first line supervisor asked you to sign without providing you
- 16:55the training Noel, yes, redacted. And she didn't like provide
- 16:59you anything to review, Noel, no redacted. She didn't go
- 17:04over anything with you, Noel, no redacted. Did you discuss
- 17:08this with her, that how you can sign something without
- 17:11being provided the training? Noel. Well, I just told her
- 17:15I wasn't here. I was out on an injury. She
- 17:18said she knows, but she needed me to sign because
- 17:21they needed for a program review. Redacted. What's her first name? Noel? Redacted? Question?
- 17:28And is she a lieutenant? Noel. I don't know what
- 17:31she is now, but she is not at MCC anymore.
- 17:34She's somewhere in Jersey redacted. I'm sorry before you go.
- 17:38Are you done with that question? Redacted? Actually let me
- 17:43I didn't do this and I did forget to do this.
- 17:47There's an advisory to the union representative redacted. Mm hmm question,
- 17:52can you review this? And I do apologize, but since
- 17:55you're speaking up a little bit, let me hand this
- 17:57to you and then you can review that, and then
- 18:00if you want to just take a look. After you're
- 18:02done reviewing, you may sign it if you agree. Redacted.
- 18:06Will you be able to give me a copy of it? Question? Yeah?
- 18:10I think it says on that that there will be
- 18:12forwarded a copy to you. Redacted. I didn't even see
- 18:15that part. Question Should I continue asking questions while she's
- 18:19reviewing that? Or do you want to wait? Foy? Yeah,
- 18:22you can ask questions absolutely redacted. Sure. So there's another
- 18:26training that you It says that you conducted on July
- 18:29twenty sixth, twenty nineteen, for shoe suicide prevention training. Do
- 18:34you also not receive that training? Noel? Yeah, I didn't redacted.
- 18:39You did not receive that training, Noel? No redacted? Did
- 18:42you receive so there are slides in the back that
- 18:45showed the training and how they conducted it. Did they
- 18:48provide you with those slides? Noel? No, because I wasn't there, redacted.
- 18:54You weren't there, Noel, I was out with an injury. Redacted. Okay,
- 18:58when were you out with an injury. What are the dates,
- 19:01Noel from March twenty nineteen. I came back in June.
- 19:05So when I came back in June, that's when I
- 19:07was told to sign this redacted. Okay, question, all right,
- 19:11thank you for signing the advisory to union representative redacted.
- 19:18I'm just going to sign that form as name of
- 19:21OIG special Agent. Again, I do apologize for not providing
- 19:24that upfront. Noel, I want to call because indiscernible. I'm
- 19:30just saying that, Well, I know that the dynamics or
- 19:33that I should interrupt you in the middle of a question,
- 19:36but interrupt or answering a question. So I was just
- 19:38asking were you done, because I wanted to just step
- 19:41out for a second. Redacted. You want to step out, Noel?
- 19:45Uh huh? Redacted? Okay, we don't want to interrupt the
- 19:48interview because we have a lot of questions to get through. Redacted.
- 19:51H question. If the attorney's asked that, that's not really
- 19:55but if you would like to redacted. So, based on
- 19:58the agreement we just signed, right redacted, Sure, the union
- 20:03rep it acknowledges the right to have me representing her,
- 20:05and part of those rights are the ability to assist
- 20:08in representing her right and so I don't want to dispute,
- 20:12and I don't want to hold up the processes at all.
- 20:14I just want to say something to her. Redacted. Sure,
- 20:17let that redacted do that this time. But if this
- 20:21continues to happen, I'm going to have to give you
- 20:23a different form that says you can stay here voluntarily
- 20:25if you want, but we're going to ask you not
- 20:28to interrupt the interview, and if you do, we're going
- 20:31to ask her if she wants to continue with the
- 20:33interview without you misredacted. So, but that form says something
- 20:39contrary to what you're saying, redacted, I'm going to give
- 20:42you a different form that says that I'm going to
- 20:44let you interrupt the interview now to talk to her
- 20:47out there, and if you do it again, I'm going
- 20:49to ask you not to be here any longer so
- 20:52that we can continue with the interview. Obviously, her attorneys
- 20:55would stay here. So I just want to make sure
- 20:58that we don't just continue misredacted. I just need clarity, then,
- 21:04I need clarity redacted. Sure, misredacted. So the representing of
- 21:09and talking to the employee who I have the right
- 21:11to represent is considered by you an interruption of the interview.
- 21:15Mister adacted. We haven't even gotten to the questions yet, misredacted. Well,
- 21:20she gets cut off by the OIG investigator. Yes, we
- 21:23need to continue with the interview, but we're now. I
- 21:26can allow you to do that now. I'm just not
- 21:29going to be able to allow you to continue to
- 21:31stop the interview and leave the room misredacted. I'm just
- 21:35asking for clarity, right, So it was kind of he
- 21:37cuts her off, sure, absolutely, misredacted, And I don't mean
- 21:41to be difficult. It kind of was yes or no.
- 21:45So you're saying to me, based on the document that
- 21:47I signed, mister adacted, I'm saying that you can assist
- 21:50her redacted. I didn't get to mister sure, go ahead, misredacted. Okay,
- 21:57so you're saying, based on the document that I signed,
- 21:59it's I right to represent the employee, which is asking
- 22:03to caucus and say something to miss Noel is interrupting
- 22:06the interview even though I have the right to do
- 22:08so based on the document I signed, mister adacted, it's
- 22:12more for her to be able to ask you for
- 22:15a question redacted. So it's just a yes or no.
- 22:20The interviewer. Oh oh, no, no, I'm the one that's
- 22:23leading the interview here. So if she stops and ask
- 22:25you for clarity, absolutely you stopping to inform her. No, redacted,
- 22:29I never identified to you that I would be informing
- 22:32her of anything, mister adacted. Okay, but so yes, to
- 22:36answer your question, you can be here to represent her
- 22:40if she's asking you for information. I don't want you
- 22:42stopping our interview misredacted. Mm hmmm question and then asking
- 22:48to leave the room. I'm going to allow it this time.
- 22:51After that, I'll consider that an interruption of the interview
- 22:55miss redacted. Mm hmmm. Question, and then we have to
- 22:59proceed from that, and then there's different form to provide you.
- 23:02So does that make sense, misredacted? Noah doesn't question. Okay,
- 23:07So I'm asking you not to interrupt misredacted. Wait, it
- 23:10doesn't make sense, but I'm not that was he cuts
- 23:13her off. So I'm asking you not to interrupt the interview.
- 23:16She may defer to you and ask you for questions. Misredacted.
- 23:20Uh huh, I'm asking you not to interrupt my questions. Misredacted. Okay,
- 23:25it doesn't make sense to me what I'm interpreting is
- 23:29my ability to represent is only if the employee asks
- 23:32a question. That's what you're saying to me. Redacted. Correct.
- 23:38So our attorneys are here, misredacted, I got it, I
- 23:41got it, redacted, Her attorneys are here. I'm asking if
- 23:44she has a question from her union representative. Misredacted. Uh huh, redacted,
- 23:50she may have a question for you, misredacted, I got it. Question.
- 23:54I'm asking you not to interrupt, misredacted. I got it. Act.
- 24:00These questions are not for you. They're not directed at you.
- 24:04They're directed at miss Noel misredacted. I'm not answering questions.
- 24:09I'm just trying to I'm representing her. But I understand
- 24:12that there has been a determination of how I'm able
- 24:14to represent, and so redacted deal with that in a
- 24:17different venue. You can move forward, mister redacted, All right,
- 24:21let me read this real quick in the paperwork, so
- 24:24that we're not going to have any disputes. Misredacted, We
- 24:29don't have to. You don't have to continue, right because
- 24:31I don't want to interrupt. So you can go forward
- 24:34and ask questions. Redacted. Okay, So it just says that
- 24:38you may not attempt to answer the questions or dictate
- 24:41the employee's actions, to question or otherwise take charge of proceedings.
- 24:46But again, please feel free to go confer with Miss
- 24:49Noel misredacted. I appreciate it, Thank you, redacted. I'm going
- 24:55to pause the recording. It's currently ten thirty two am.
- 24:58Whereupon the above entitled went off the record and went
- 25:02back on the record. Okay, the recorder is back on.
- 25:05This is ten thirty eight am, Tuesday, June twenty second,
- 25:09twenty twenty one. This is Senior special Agent redacted. We're
- 25:13resuming the interview. Miss Noel. I just remind you that
- 25:16you are under oath and this is a voluntary interview.
- 25:20What was your question? Redacted? You need me to initial
- 25:24redacted if you don't mind, And again it's just a
- 25:27show that you know what we're looking at. Redacted. Now,
- 25:31since we took that break, is there anything else? He
- 25:34gets cut off by the union rep. No, we can
- 25:37move forward, Noel, No, thank you, redacted. Thank you again
- 25:42very much for your cooperation in this matter. Is there
- 25:44anything else you wanted? All right? Do you know where
- 25:47we left off? What was the last question that we asked?
- 25:51It was what we asked for indiscernible about the injuries.
- 25:55All right, folks, we're gonna wrap up right here and
- 25:57in the next episode dealing with the topic, we're gonna
- 25:59pick up where we left off. All the information that
- 26:02goes with this episode can be found in the description box.
- 26:06What's up, everyone, and welcome to another episode of the
- 26:10Epstein Chronicles. In this episode, we're going to pick up
- 26:13where we left off with the deposition given by Toba
- 26:18Noel to the OIG investigators. Question. Okay, so you were
- 26:23telling us. You said March through June you were injured,
- 26:26Miss Noel. Yes, question, and you were not actually working
- 26:30during that time? Noel, no question. Do you remember around
- 26:35when in March and when did it end? Was it
- 26:38the beginning of March and the March middle Noel, I'm
- 26:41not sure. I just know it was March redacted, sometime
- 26:44in March, Noel, yes, redacted. But when you came back,
- 26:48was it around the twenty sixth when they asked you
- 26:51to sign those Noel. I came back in June. I
- 26:56don't recall the exact day redacted, Okay, Noel, but I
- 27:00remember the day that I came into work and the
- 27:02lieutenant asked me to go see Lieutenant redacted, and she
- 27:05asked me to sign and I said, but I wasn't here.
- 27:08I was out on injury. And she said she's aware,
- 27:11but they need me to sign it for the program
- 27:13review redacted. Okay, Noel, So I signed redacted. So both
- 27:19training when you signed, they didn't actually even provide you anything, Noel,
- 27:23no redacted, verbally, electronically, nothing, Noel. No question? Okay. And
- 27:29what was on the date that was signed that that happened, Noel.
- 27:33Actually she told me not to date it. I remember
- 27:36when I was signing, she said, don't date it redacted.
- 27:40But you dated it anyway. Did you have a conversation
- 27:42about that, Noel, no redacted after you dated it. She
- 27:47didn't say why did you date it or anything like that,
- 27:51Noel know redacted question, Okay, did you receive that training
- 27:55through in the annual training courses as well, like the
- 27:59suicide prevention you know how to operate in the shoe
- 28:02during mcc annual or the I think you call it
- 28:06the IF training, or during the correctional Officer training at
- 28:10FL etc. Noel, Those trainings are like general overall training.
- 28:16It's not specifically speaking about shoe Like shoe may come
- 28:21up in the conversations, but it's not specific to shoe
- 28:24or how to operate or run the shoe redacted. Okay, Noel,
- 28:29uh huh redacted. Do you know if they were doing
- 28:32this with other employees as well, having them signed training
- 28:36that weren't actually conducting. Noel, I don't know, redacted. Okay,
- 28:40but did you do this for the directions of your supervisor? Noel?
- 28:44Supervisor yes, redacted, So she did she specifically you must
- 28:50sign this, Noel, yes, redacted. Okay again, and that was
- 28:53redacted Noel, redacted. Question, and you said, and I apologize,
- 29:00I don't know if we interrupted. When Where did you
- 29:02say she is currently? Noel, she is in Jersey. I know.
- 29:07I'm trying to redacted at the FCI four Dix Noel, yes, redacted. Okay,
- 29:13mister Foy, question real quick, redacted. Absolutely. Do you want
- 29:17a more precise answer to when she was out and
- 29:20when she came back, Foy, because I happened to know
- 29:25the approximate dates redacted. Sure you can provide that, Foy.
- 29:29And this is based on my review of discovery and
- 29:32conversations with miss Noel. We're looking at about March fifteenth
- 29:36to June twenty fourth, ish redacted, Okay, Foy. And I
- 29:40note that the execution was on the twenty sixth, but
- 29:43I think there was some time, you know, It's not
- 29:45like the first minute she was there they had her
- 29:48assign the document redacted? Okay, Noel, right, Foy. So those
- 29:54are the estimated times. I could be off by a
- 29:56day or two. But the fifteenth of March to June
- 29:59twenty fe fourth redacted. During your time at the MCC,
- 30:04how often were you assigned to the Special Housing unit
- 30:07also known as the shoe Noel redacted? And this is
- 30:13an approximate. I'm not asking you for like the exact amount, Noel.
- 30:18When I came back from injury, my assignment was a shoe.
- 30:21So from June twenty whatever to August tenth, I worked
- 30:25the shoe redacted Okay, And that was your quarterly assignment.
- 30:29Was in the shoe for the whole summer in twenty nineteen, Noel, yes, redacted? Okay,
- 30:35thank you. So I know that you said you didn't
- 30:38they didn't provide you with shoe training. Did they provide
- 30:41you with the policies of the shoe, Noel no redacted?
- 30:46So you never received those policies? Would it have been
- 30:50when you received and you said you had initial and
- 30:52date something electronically, I think you said when you were
- 30:55provided he gets cut off by Noel. That's the employee
- 30:59code of conduct redacted. Okay, Noel, like the handbook that's
- 31:04online redacted? Should have they provided you with the policies
- 31:08and post orders in the shoe, Noel? In the shoe
- 31:11there is post orders redacted? Oh okay, So in the
- 31:15shoe there's the post orders Noel, yes, redacted. And you
- 31:19were provided with a copy of that to review Noel, yes, redacted.
- 31:24And had you reviewed that Noel, yes, redacted? Okay. And
- 31:28when did you review that? Noel? When I came back redacted?
- 31:32So sometime in June Noel in June. Question okay, So,
- 31:38aside from those post orders, did you receive any other
- 31:41shoe training Noel, no, redacted. No. And who was responsible
- 31:48for making sure that you actually did receive shoe training? Noel,
- 31:52I don't know, redacted. You don't know. Was that a
- 31:55lieutenant issue or your first line supervisor? Noel. I would
- 31:59assume the lieutenant my supervisor, I don't know, redacted. And
- 32:03when you say the lieutenant, who was the lieutenant in
- 32:06the shoe at the time. Noel, Lieutenant redacted, mister redacted.
- 32:11Question do you know his first name? Noel redacted? Question? Okay,
- 32:16and would he be responsible for making sure that you
- 32:19were training when you were in the shoe Noel, I
- 32:22mean I'm going to direct that question to her. I
- 32:24don't know question. I don't want you to direct a
- 32:29question to her. Noel, okay, redacted. But if you need to, like, yeah,
- 32:34that's fine. Redacted. Yeah, Noel, yeah, redacted. And if you
- 32:39don't know, that's totally acceptable. Noel. Yeah, because I don't
- 32:42know redacted. Okay, No, no, that's a totally acceptable answer. Noel.
- 32:48Uh huh, redacted. So yeah, if you know, if you
- 32:52don't know something or you know something, that's great. You
- 32:54don't really want to ask other people for the answers,
- 32:57Noel right, redacted. Well, obviously, if you need to confer
- 33:02and you know, with your attorneys or your union rep,
- 33:05absolutely fine, But we just want to try to get
- 33:08away from them answering for you. Noel, okay, redacted. All right,
- 33:13and then from your recollection though you don't remember receiving
- 33:16shoe training during the annual refresher training Noel, no redacted. No, Okay,
- 33:22did you receive training on how to conduct rounds? Noel? Yes, redacted?
- 33:27And when was that Noel? In if redacted in if Noel, yep?
- 33:34Question okay? And what did it teach you about conducting rounds? Noel?
- 33:39That you need two people to count and conduct rounds,
- 33:42and one person goes and counts, the other person goes
- 33:45and counts, and then you confirm the numbers of counting.
- 33:50Question Okay, Noel, and make sure when you're counting that
- 33:54you're counting everybody standing at their bed when you're counting. Redacted. Okay,
- 33:59And did you see suicide prevention training during the mcc
- 34:03annual refresher training Noel, I don't recall redacted. Question You
- 34:08don't recall, Noel. Uh huh. Question Okay, what was your
- 34:13understanding if an inmate was placed, you know, is suicidal
- 34:17or placed on suicide watch? What was your understanding of
- 34:20how you should treat those inmates? Noel? If an inmate
- 34:23is placed on suicide watch, I don't deal with them.
- 34:26They go downstairs to suicide watch and they're being watched
- 34:29by other inmates. Question Uh huh, Noel. But and then
- 34:35when they're cleared, they come back to the unit question,
- 34:39and you're trained, are you supposed to handle them differently
- 34:43when they come back to the unit? Noel? Uh huh
- 34:45no redacted. You're not, Noel, You're not question. You're not
- 34:51supposed to handle them differently, Noel, No question, not at all, Noel,
- 34:57because they're cleared to come back. Question Okay, Noel, So
- 35:01once you're cleared, you're back to normal. Redacted. Okay. And
- 35:05were you assigned to the shoe on August ninth and
- 35:07tenth all of twenty nineteen? Noel, yes, redacted. Do you
- 35:12recall what time you began working on the shoe on
- 35:15August ninth, Noel four to midnight redacted for to midnight,
- 35:20and then on August tenth, it was Noel midnight to
- 35:23eight in the morning. Question. Okay, you said again that
- 35:28was your quarterly bitted post. Noel, yes, redacted. Quarterly assignment.
- 35:33And what were your overall duties and responsibilities when you
- 35:37were assigned to the shoe? Noel. It varies. Because I'm
- 35:41new and because I don't know how to run the shoe.
- 35:44I just always rely on the senior person that I'm
- 35:46working with. So even if the roster reflects that I'm
- 35:49the senior officer. Because sometimes I'm assigned to the shoe,
- 35:53I don't do what shoe is supposed to do because
- 35:56I don't know how to do it. I rely on
- 35:58the senior officer that I'm working with. Question. Okay, so
- 36:02you didn't really know what your duties and responsibilities were.
- 36:06Is that what you're saying? Noel, in the shoe like
- 36:10to give out food, to collect the trays, to give
- 36:12out linen, collect linen. Whenever we would go down range
- 36:15to give out those, we count that as around to
- 36:18make sure the inmates are good. You shower every other day.
- 36:22Count that's it. Redacted. So rounds and counts are part
- 36:26of that though, Noel, rounds and counts are part of it.
- 36:29But I never worked in the shoe and actually done rounds.
- 36:32Every thirty minutes we go downrange to do stuff, and
- 36:35we count it as around. Redacted. Perfect. That's going to
- 36:39be something that we're going to discuss, Noel, uh huh,
- 36:43redacted and ask you things like who told you that?
- 36:47And howses that you know? Who should have provided you
- 36:50with the proper training and information on how it was
- 36:53technically supposed to be done. Noel, uh huh, redacted. Question
- 36:58and were there any required special requirements for inmates who
- 37:02were assigned to the shoe Noel, I don't know. Question
- 37:06that's fine. Do inmates in the Shoe have cell mates? Noel? Yes?
- 37:10Question okay? And are they required to have a cell mate? Noel,
- 37:14I'm not sure. Question you're not sure? Noel? Uh huh
- 37:19redacted question. And do you know why they wouldn't have
- 37:22a cell mate? Noel, I don't know. Question did you
- 37:25ever were you ever told it's because another inmate could
- 37:29harm that inmate, or there were certain classifications of inmates.
- 37:33They never just discuss that with you, Noel? No question? Okay.
- 37:38No did you ever see training on medical emergencies with inmates? Noel? No,
- 37:44I just know, like if you were making around and
- 37:46something happens to an inmate, you call and you wait
- 37:49for somebody to come before you enter the cell. That's
- 37:52all I know. Question Okay, But did you were you
- 37:56provided like CPR training or any kind of like you know,
- 37:59if something were to happen in front of you, how
- 38:02would you respond? Noel, Yes, we also need bear training redacted? Okay.
- 38:09And when would you conduct training like that CPR training
- 38:13or you know, if someone is trying to kill themselves
- 38:15or something like that. When did you receive the training?
- 38:18How would you respond to a medical emergency? Noel? That
- 38:21was in if? Question if as well? Noel? Uh huh?
- 38:27Question Okay, So, who is or was inmate Jeffrey Epstein? Noel?
- 38:32Who was he? Who was he? Was he an inmate
- 38:35assigned to the MCC Noel? Yes? Question? Was he assigned
- 38:39to the shoe Noel? Yes? Question? Okay? Do you know
- 38:43what he was at the MCC four and why he
- 38:46was incarcerated by the BOP? Noel. Actually, I didn't even
- 38:50know who he was when I work with him. It
- 38:53was the other coworker that told me who he was.
- 38:56I didn't know who he was. Question and who well?
- 39:00As in I knew his name, but I didn't know
- 39:03like what he was there for and who he actually was. Question. So,
- 39:08and when you say the other coworker told you? Who
- 39:10told you? Noel? Redacted? Question redacted? Noel? Uh huh? Question?
- 39:17And what is redacted's first name? Noel? Redacted? Question? And
- 39:23what did he inform you? Noel? He basically said that
- 39:26this is Jeffrey Epstein. You don't know who he is?
- 39:29And I said no, And he was like he's in
- 39:31the news every day, and I was like, Okay, I
- 39:34didn't know. Question, do you remember when you had that conversation,
- 39:39like at least if you think about August ninth, August tenth, Noel,
- 39:43No question, was it obviously it was then prior to
- 39:47August ninth, Noel. Yes. Question Okay, But you were working
- 39:51in the shoe together, Noel. Yes. Question Okay. Was Epstein
- 39:56in the shoe when you had that conversation Noel never redacted? No.
- 40:01Was he with his attorneys? Noel? Uh huh. Question Okay,
- 40:05do you remember anything else about that conversation when he
- 40:07told you about him? Noel, No, that was it. Question.
- 40:11Did he tell you why he was in Noel? No question. No,
- 40:15just that he was in famous and in the shoe Noel. Yeah.
- 40:20All right, folks, we're gonna wrap up right here, and
- 40:22then the next episode dealing with the topic, we're gonna
- 40:24pick up where we left off. All the information that
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