Judge cautions JPMorgan Chase in Jeffrey Epstein proof concern

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Judge reprimands JPMorgan with contempt of court in Epstein case

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A New York federal judge cautioned JPMorgan Chase that he may discover the bank in contempt of court if it does not accelerate in producing proof associated to late sexual wrongdoer and cash supervisor Jeffrey Epstein for suits by an Epstein accuser and the federal government of the U.S. Virgin Islands, CNBC has actually discovered.

Judge Jed Rakoff recommended in a notification that JPMorgan and 2 law practice representing the bank have actually been slow-walking in turning over files and other proof to complainants in the event, under a procedure called discovery, according to a source knowledgeable about the notification.

The notification comes 2 weeks prior to JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon is set up to be questioned under oath by complainants’ legal representatives for the civil fits, which implicate his bank of allowing and taking advantage of Epstein’s declared sex trafficking of girls.

“The Court also wishes to note that it is concerned that JPMorgan is not moving more expeditiously to produce responsive documents,” Rakoff composed in the notification, which has yet to appear on the general public docket in the event in U.S. District Court in Manhattan.

“While the Court appreciates the large volume of discovery that is to be completed in this case, a company as large as JPMorgan and counsel as experienced as WilmerHale and Massey & Gail should be able to move with greater speed than what was revealed by this incident,” the judge composed, describing the bank’s 2 law practice.

“So JPMorgan is put on notice that further expedition will be needed on pain of being put in contempt of Court,” Rakoff composed.

A JPMorgan representative had no talk about the notification.

Jeffrey Epstein participates in Launch of RADAR PUBLICATION at Hotel QT on May 18, 2005.

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Epstein, who passed away from a jailhouse suicide in 2019 quickly after being detained on federal kid sex trafficking charges, was a veteran consumer of the bank till 2013.

The suits declare the bank permitted Epstein to stay a customer regardless of proof he was utilizing countless dollars he kept deposit to facilitate his trafficking of ladies and girls to his personal island in the Virgin Islands and in other places.

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Five years prior to JPMorgan ended its consumer relationship with Epstein, he pleaded guilty in Florida state court to getting sex for cash from a minor woman and served 13 months in prison.

Before his conviction, Epstein was buddies with previous presidents Donald Trump and Bill Clinton, in addition to Prince Andrew of Britain.

JPMorgan rejects any misbehavior, and in its own civil grievance the business has actually stated previous bank executive Jes Staley would be lawfully accountable for any liability occurring from its relationship with Epstein.

Staley invested 3 years at JPMorgan and had close contact with Epstein– whom he thought about a good friend– for many years when Epstein was a consumer.

Rakoff, in a court judgment released in early May, kept in mind that “plaintiffs allege that Mr. Staley had first-hand knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking operation.”

“Mr Staley is declared to have actually gone to Epstein’s houses numerous times while that operation was continuous, and, throughout these check outs, observed [the Epstein accuser suing JPMorgan] ‘as a sexual trafficking and abuse victim,'” Rakoff kept in mind.

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“Plaintiffs further allege that Mr. Staley himself abused some of Epstein’s victims, including” the lady taking legal action against the bank, the judge composed. That lady declares that “‘ among Epstein’s buddies’– whom she later on determined asMr Staley– ‘utilized aggressive force in his sexual attack of her and notified [her] that he had Epstein’s approval to do what he wished to her.'”

In his own court filing, Staley called the allegations versus him “baseless,” and he has actually rejected understanding of Epstein’s sex trafficking.

Staley stepped down as CEO of British banking giant Barclays in late 2021 after a questions by a United Kingdom regulator into how he had actually identified his relationship with Epstein to Barclays.

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