JPMorgan Says Staley-Epstein Emails Don’t Show Force, Coercion
- Bank responds to USVI release of email exchange in lawsuit
- JPMorgan says emails fail to prove Staley knew about crimes
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Emails exchanged between JPMorgan & Chase Co. executive Jes Staley and Jeffrey Epstein fail to show that minors were victimized or that “force, fraud or coercion” were used against women, the bank said in court filing asking a judge to dismiss a US Virgin Islands lawsuit.
JPMorgan said in a Wednesday filing in Manhattan federal court that those were necessary elements of the crime of sex-trafficking, which the USVI claims the bank is liable for facilitating by ignoring red flags and providing banking services to Epstein. Some of the late financier’s abuse allegedly took place at his private island estate in the territory.