Executives at financial services firm JP Morgan allegedly “joked” about Jeffrey Epstein’s interest in young girls, a lawsuit has claimed. The US Virgin Islands made the allegation as it looks to expand its lawsuit over JP Morgan’s dealings with the paedophile. Lawyers representing the unincorporated and organised territory produced the court filing in an attempt to add a new charge to their complaint.
The US Virgin Islands claimed: “[Epstein’s conduct was] so widely known at JPMorgan that senior executives joked about Epstein’s interest in young girls.”
The lawsuit referenced a redacted email sent to veteran executive Mary Erdoes in 2008, the Times has reported.
JP Morgan previously defended Erdoes, telling the Financial Times that she had “always acted with the highest levels of integrity and professionalism” last month.
Jeffrey Epstein, who killed himself aged 66 in 2019 while imprisoned at New York’s Metropolitan Correctional Center, was a client at JP Morgan between 1998 and 2013.
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America’s largest bank is facing two lawsuits over accusations it supportedand profited from Epstein’s sex trafficking.
The first lawsuit is being pursued by the US Virgin Islands, where Epstein owned a private island.
The second is being brought forward by an alleged victim of the paedophile.
Epstein was convicted in Florida for committing a sexual offence against a minor in 2008.
He was later charged with sex trafficking in New York in 2019.
The lawsuit pursued by the US Virgin Islands requires permission from US district judge Jed Rakoff to amend its complaint.
The potential amendment comes as it hopes to add a new charge of obstruction.
The US Virgin Islands have even accused JP Morgan of helping Epstein “evade criminal liability” for violating a US anti-trafficking law.
JP Morgan previously argued the litigation was “without merit”. Express.co.uk has approached JP Morgan for comment.
