A judge ruled that Jes Staley, a former executive at JPMorgan Chase, was accused of allegedly abusing “some” of Jeffrey Epstein’s victims. The judge also noted that Staley received a “sexually suggestive” photo of a young woman from the now-deceased convicted sex offender, Law&Crime reported.
Senior JPMorgan executive Jes Staley allegedly abused Jeffrey Epstein’s victims, according to court ruling
Senior U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff released a 54-page opinion and order on Monday afternoon. The document states why he allowed claims alleging that JPMorgan and Deutsche Bank knowingly benefited from Epstein’s sex trafficking operation to move forward. In the document, Rakoff provided additional information about the banks and their previous executives as he justified his decision.
Staley subsequently became the CEO of Barclays Bank but resigned due to the investigation into his connections with Epstein. JPMorgan has attempted to deflect responsibility to Staley in a separate lawsuit. They allege that their former executive hid his Epstein connections for “personal reasons”.
In a deposition, Jane Doe, who is suing JPMorgan in a proposed class action, accused Staley of sexually assaulting her. Judge Rakoff’s ruling implies that there may be more individuals who have made accusations against Staley.
The judge acknowledged that the women in the lawsuit are claiming that “Mr. Staley himself abused some of Epstein’s victims, including JPM Jane Doe herself.”
“Jane Doe claims that ‘one of Epstein’s friends’ – whom she later identified as Mr. Staley – ‘used aggressive force in his sexual assault of her and informed that he had Epstein’s permission to do what he wanted to her,'” the ruling states.
Emails reveal ‘profound’ friendship and potential Epstein tie for JPMorgan exec, court documents suggest
The Virgin Islands government released previously undisclosed information about the relationship between Staley and Epstein in a separate lawsuit. According to the attorney general’s office, Epstein exchanged approximately 1,200 emails with Staley’s work email address from 2008 to 2012.
“These communications show a close personal relationship and ‘profound’ friendship between the two men and even suggest that Staley may have been involved in Epstein’s sex-trafficking operation,” according to the lawsuit.
According to the court documents, in December 2009, after Epstein had been convicted of soliciting prostitution from a minor, he purportedly sent two emails to Staley. And each contained a photograph of a young woman. Although the images are completely redacted in the Virgin Islands complaint, one of them is briefly described by in the ruling.
The one dated Dec. 5, 2009, “attached a picture of a young woman in a sexually suggestive pose,” the judge stated. Staley’s attorney Kathleen Harris refused to comment on the matter.
