On Thursday, the day after Jeffrey Epstein girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell was found guilty in five of the six sex trafficking counts, federal prosecutors announced they had filed notice in Manhattan federal court that they were dropping their criminal case against two Manhattan Bureau of Prisons jail guards who were supposed to guard Jeffrey Epstein the night he reputedly killed himself, August 10, 2019.

Prosecutors asked a judge to dismiss claims against Tova Noel, 33  and Michael Thomas, 43, who were scheduled to have a public hearing on December 16 but was canceled the day before. Both guards had agreed to a no-jail deal in May; prosecutors stated that the two guards had “satisfactorily complied” with the non-prosecution agreement and had completed community service.