Ex-JPMorgan exec’s ‘whines’ won’t work: ‘Key figure’ in Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case loses bid to budge trial – By Adam Klasfeld (Law & Crime) / Apr 10 2023
No matter how much he “whines,” JPMorgan Chase’s former senior executive Jes Staley cannot move and delay his reckoning in litigation accusing the bank of knowingly profiting from Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking scheme, a federal judge ruled on Monday.
The lacerating opinion describes Staley as a “key figure” in a pair of lawsuits against the bank, filed by Epstein victims and the Virgin Islands government.
Before becoming the CEO of Barclays Bank, Staley ran the investment and private banking branches of JPMorgan, which counted Epstein as a customer between 1998 and 2013. In that capacity, Staley interacted with Epstein frequently and seemingly, intimately. British regulators found that Staley and Epstein exchanged some 1,200 emails between 2008 and 2012. Staley fired off some of those exchanges from Epstein’s private properties, including Little St. James, while Epstein was still incarcerated.
