For
Enabling
Jeffrey
Epstein Now
JPMC 3rd Party
Complaint
Against Jes
Staley
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell
book
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
March 8 –
J.P. Morgan
Chase and
Deutsche Bank
were sued for
their enabling
of Jeffrey
Epstein, in
lawsuits filed
on
Thanksgiving
in the U.S.
District Court
for the
Southern
District of
New York,
where Inner
City Press
found them in
the docket.
The separate
lawsuits
allege that
"without
exorbitantly
large amounts
of cash,
Epstein's
operations
could not run,
as newly
recruited
victims were
each paid
hundreds of
dollars in
cash
immediately
after Epstein
sexually
abused them,
as hush
money."
The
JPM Chase
complaint is
on Patreon, here.
On March
7, 2023 JPM
Chase filed a
third party
complaint
against James
Edward Staley,
including
"While JPMC
held
discussions
regarding
Epstein,
Staley was
apparently in
regular
contact with
Epstein.
However,
Staley never
disclosed to
anyone at JPMC
that he had
witnessed, was
aware of, or
participated
in any of the
activities
described in
paragraphs 22
through 33.
35. In 2013,
JPMC
“terminated
its
relationship
with Epstein.”
Ex. B, ¶ 50.
36. At no
point did
Staley
disclose to
JPMC, nor did
JPMC otherwise
know, the
information
about Staley’s
personal
activities
contained in
paragraphs 22
through 33.
37. Staley did
not disclose
this
information
despite having
a fiduciary
duty to do so
and JPMC
asking him to
offer his
views as to
whether JPMC
should retain
Epstein as a
client. 38.
Even upon his
departure from
JPMC, and in
spite of his
explicit
affirmation
that he had
reported to
JPMC any
violations of
the Code of
Conduct,
Staley did not
disclose to
JPMC the
information
about his
personal
activities
contained in
paragraphs 22
through 33.
39. Instead,
Staley
repeatedly
abandoned the
interests of
JPMC in
pursuit of his
own personal
interests and
benefits and
those of
Epstein. 40.
Staley’s
failure to
disclose the
information
alleged—although
JPMC does not
admit that
Doe’s and the
USVI’s
allegations
are true—was a
direct and
proximate
cause of
JPMC's
decision to
continue to do
business with
Epstein until
2013. 41. In
addition,
Staley’s
abandonment of
the interests
of JPMC in
favor of his
own personal
interests and
benefits and
those of
Epstein was a
direct and
proximate
cause of
JPMC's
decision to
continue to do
business with
Epstein until
2013. 42.
Accordingly,
to the extent
that Staley
knew of,
participated
in, or
witnessed
sexual abuse
associated
with Epstein
and did not
report it to,
actively
concealed it
from, or
misrepresented
his knowledge
to JPMC,
Staley, not
JPMC, is
responsible
for any
injuries
Epstein may
have caused...." 3d
Party
Complaint on
Inner City
Press'
DocumentCloud
here.
Back in
December 2022,
US Virgin
Islands filed
suit against
JPMorgan
Chase, stating
that "JP
Morgan
knowingly
facilitated,
sustained and
concealed the
human
trafficking
network
operated by
Jeffrey
Epstein from
his home and
base in the
Virgin Islands
and financial
benefited from
this
participating
by failing to
comply with
federal
banking
regulations."
Judge Rakoff
ordered:
"ORDER:
Barring any
objection from
plaintiff
Government of
the United
States Virgin
Islands, which
must be made
by joint
telephone call
to Chambers no
later than
5:00 PM on
January 4,
2023, this
case is hereby
consolidated
for all
pretrial
purposes with
Doe v.
Deutsche Bank,
22- cv-10018
and Doe v. JP
Morgan Chase
& Co.,
22-cv-10019."
Then the
USVI Attorney
General who
sued Chase was
fired: “I
relieved
Denise George
of her duties
as attorney
general this
weekend,” Gov.
Albert Bryan
Jr. said. “I
thank her for
her service to
the people of
the territory
during the
past four
years as
attorney
general and
wish her the
best in her
future
endeavors.
Assistant
Attorney
General Carol
Thomas-Jacobs
will serve as
acting
attorney
general.”
Still, on
January 23
Judge Rakoff
signed off on
Letters
Rogatory in which is
seeking from
Cathy
Alexander, Epstein's
former co-manager
on Little St.
James, all
communications
with Epstein,
Maxwell, Bella
Klein, Daphne
Wallace, Harry
Beller, Leslie
Groff, Sarah
Kellen aka
Sarah Kensington
aka Sarah
Vickers, Erika
Kellerhals, Richard
D. Kahn
and/or Darren
K. Indyke.
Full 19
pages on
Patreon here.
And on
January 30,
Judge Rakoff
signed off an
another letter
rogatory to
Barclays Bank,
for its
communications
with the UK
Financial
Conduct
Authority
about Jes Staley
and his relationship
with Jeffrey
Epstein
including,
reportedly, 1200
emails between
the two.
On February 17,
USVI
filed with the
court a copy of a
subpoena to
Leslie Wexner,
on Patreon here.
On November
29, the Doe
v. bank(s)
cases were
assigned to SDNY
Judge Jed S.
Rakoff, as
"related" to a
previous case
against Deutsche
Bank he has.
Both had
a proceeding
on December 5
that Inner City
Press covered.
In the
courtroom along
with David
Boies, Bradley
Edwards,
Sigrid
McCawley et al
was former
SDNY
prosecutor Robert
Boone (Inner
City Press
covered him in
the Michael
Avenatti -
Stormy Daniels
criminal
case), now representing
JPMorgan
Chase.
Both
cases have the
same pre-trial schedule,
going
forwar. But for now they
have different
trial dates: "
barring
further order
of the Court,
trial of the
cases will
proceed
separately,
with
22-cv-10018-UA
starting trial
on August 7,
2023 and
22-cv-10019-UA
starting trial
on September
5, 2023. SO
ORDERED.
(Signed by
Judge Jed S.
Rakoff on
12/5/22) Filed
In Associated
Cases:
1:22-cv-10018-JSR,
1:22-cv-10019-JSR."
Deutsche
Bank complaint
on Patreon here
Maximum
Maxwell book here.
Meanwhile,
the UN has yet to
answer Inner
City Press on
why SG Antonio
Guterres maintained a
rep on the
board of
Ghislaine
Maxwell's
Terramar
Project (instead
bannign the
Press); Norway
won't answer
on its
AMbasador Mona
Juul and
Terje Roed Larsen
taking $130,000
personal loan
from Epstein.
The
JPMC case is
Doe 1 v. JP
Morgan Chase
& Co.,
22-cv-10019
(Rakoff)
Also now
Government
of the United
States
Virgin Islands
v. JP Morgan
Chase Bank,
N.A.,
22-cv-10904
(Rakoff)
Watch
this
site.
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