May 17, 2023
Deutsche Bank will pay $75 million to put to rest allegations that it enabled Jeffrey Epstein's sex-trafficking scheme, a "historic" deal that is likely one of the biggest of its kind, according to a lawyer for the woman who filed the proposed class action.
May 15, 2023
The U.S. Virgin Islands told a New York federal judge Monday that it issued a subpoena to Elon Musk in its lawsuit accusing JPMorgan Chase Bank of knowingly benefiting from Jeffrey Epstein's sex-trafficking, seeking any documents about Epstein possibly referring Musk to the bank and Epstein's involvement in human trafficking.
May 12, 2023
WilmerHale won't be disqualified from defending JPMorgan Chase against a putative class action alleging the bank enabled Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking ring, a New York federal judge has ruled, finding the law firm's previous pro bono work for an Epstein victim doesn't create a conflict of interest.
May 05, 2023
A victim of Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking ring who's spearheading a putative class action against JPMorgan Chase NA for enabling his abuse wants WilmerHale disqualified from the case, saying one of the attorneys now defending Chase previously worked pro bono on a closely related effort to void Epstein's notorious 2008 non-prosecution agreement.
May 02, 2023
A New York federal judge overseeing lawsuits accusing Deutsche Bank AG and JPMorgan Chase Bank NA of enabling Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking has, in a Monday opinion, recounted further allegations that JPMorgan's former head of private banking James "Jes" Staley not only knew about Epstein's abuses but also partook in them.
April 25, 2023
JPMorgan's former head of private banking, James "Jes" Staley, asked a New York federal judge to remove him as a third-party defendant in a suit over whether the bank owes money to survivors of a human trafficking ring allegedly run by former client Jeffrey Epstein, arguing the bank is attempting to pin the Epstein connection on him.
April 20, 2023
A New York federal judge has ordered that the identity of an anonymous victim of Jeffrey Epstein's human trafficking ring be disclosed in a suit against JPMorgan Chase Bank NA and its former head of private banking, James "Jes" Staley.
April 12, 2023
JPMorgan Chase & Co. internally flagged Jeffrey Epstein's huge cash withdrawals years before he was convicted of sex offenses, while executives joked about his interest in young girls, according to a revised version of a New York federal suit accusing the bank of aiding the late financier's sex trafficking scheme.
April 10, 2023
A New York federal judge on Monday once again refused to sever ex-JPMorgan executive James "Jes" Staley from an alleged Jeffrey Epstein sexual abuse victim's suit alleging the bank knew of its former account holder's abuse, saying Staley is a "key figure" of the woman's case.
April 04, 2023
JPMorgan Chase urged a New York federal court on Tuesday to deny the U.S. Virgin Islands' bid to bolster its suit accusing the bank of aiding financier Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking scheme, saying the request "comes far too late," and the proposed obstruction claim doesn't show the company impeded any trafficking investigation.