Explosive new information from a Jeffrey Epstein Lawsuit has come to light as the long-awaited release of the sex trafficker’s “client list” remains under wraps.
According to a new court filing, it is alleged that JPMorgan Chase executives knew about the sex trafficking allegations against its then-client Epstein several years before they cut ties with the pedophile.
However, a new complaint filed in the as part of a lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase alleges the bank even obstructed federal officials from pursuing Jeffrey Epstein.
JPMorgan employees were reportedly so familiar with sex trafficker’s antics that senior managers at the bank ‘joked about (Epstein’s) interest in young girls’ including Cyrus in 2008 when she was still starring in the Disney TV series Hannah Montana, The Daily Mail reported.
JPMorgan Chase asset management chief, Mary Erdoes, admitted under oath the bank was aware of the accusations against Epstein as far back as 2006
“In 2010, JPMorgan compliance officials decided that Epstein ‘should go,’” according to the filings.
In March, the U.S. Virgin Islands government unsealed parts of the previously redacted lawsuit, which showed former JPMorgan executive (and later Barclay CEO) Jes Staley’s relationship with Epstein.
The Virgin Islands told a judge that the bank’s attempt to deflect blame on its former senior executive Jes Staley was “wrong,” alleging that JP Morga’s role in Epstein’s sex trafficking went all the way to the top.
“If Mr. Staley is a rogue employee, why isn’t Jamie Dimon?” the government’s private counsel Mimi Liu said.
According to an internal JPMorgan email from 2008, the bank discussed the flow of Epstein’s assets, with reference to “pending Dimon review,”
“That’s Jamie Dimon,” said Liu, an attorney at Motley Rice.
Law and Crime reported:
“The remarks provide insight into why the Virgin Islands issued a subpoena to Dimon earlier this year — and why Senior U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff signed off on it. JPMorgan insisted that Dimon is not relevant to the lawsuit, asserting that he wasn’t involved in any decisions related to Epstein’s account. Their arguments ultimately didn’t sway the judge on the discovery motion.”
“JPMorgan, the world’s largest bank by market capitalization, was Epstein’s bank of choice between 1998 and 2013, well after Epstein’s Florida prosecution for soliciting prostitution with a minor. That relationship has been under a newfound spotlight after Epstein survivors and the Virgin Islands sued JPMorgan Chase late last year, claiming that it ‘facilitated, sustained and concealed’ Epstein’s abuse,” the outlet added.
However, JPMorgan denied the allegations and filed a counteroffensive claiming Stanley “concealed his personal activities” with Epstein.
There are roughly a 1,000 emails exchanges between Staley and Epstein from 2008 to 2012, but newly unsealed information reveals the exchanges making references to Disney characters, Bloomberg reported.
“These women were trafficked and abused during different intervals between at least 2003 and July 2019, when Epstein was arrested and jailed, and these women received payments, typically multiple payments, between 2003 and 2013 in excess of $1 million collectively,” according to the unsealed passages.
The U.S. Virgins Islands noted while detailing the lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase: “Epstein also withdrew more than $775,000 in cash over that time frame from JPMorgan accounts.
Last year, then-US Virgin Islands Attorney General Denise George filed a lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase with regard to the bank’s financial links to Epstein, alleging that they benefited from his sex trafficking and failed to report suspicious activity to the authorities.
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