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Former Barclays boss Jes Staley has been accused of sexually abusing a woman at Jeffrey Epstein’s Virgin Islands retreat, according to a new court ruling.
Staley, a former private banking chief at JP Morgan, is alleged to have ‘used aggressive force in his sexual assault of [anonymous victim ‘JPM Jane Doe’] and informed [her] that he had Epstein’s permission to do what he wanted to her,’ the ruling, filed on Monday, states.
The explosive revelation – the first direct accusation of sexual assault against Staley at the behest of Epstein – is part of a ruling issued by US District Court Judge Jed S. Rakoff allowing specific claims against Epstein’s estate to move forward.
Staley, 66, has admitted a friendship with Epstein but has denied participating in sexual assaults on women trafficked by the disgraced late financier.
The filing, in New York’s Southern District, puts more pressure on JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon by allowing claims by multiple Jane Does and the US Virgin Islands, where Epstein had a house on a private island, to proceed.
The claims say JPMorgan and Deutsche Bank were legally liable for their alleged facilitation of Epstein’s sex crimes and “knowingly benefited from participating in a sex-
trafficking venture,” Judge Rakoff wrote.
US District Judge Jed S. Rakoff wrote, “The claim of plaintiff the Government of the United States Virgin Islands that defendant JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. knowingly benefited from participating in a sex-trafficking venture…remains as part of the case.”
Staley exchanged 1,200 emailed with Epstein between 2008 and 2012, after the pedophile was convicted on a single charge of soliciting a minor in a plea bargain.
Some of them are alleged to have included pictures of young women in “seductive” poses.
The banking boss also visited Epstein’s Little St. James Island in the US Virgin Islands, nicknamed “pedo island” and where it was revealed Wednesday by the Wall Street Journal that Epstein had also entertained LinkedIn billionaire Reid Hoffman.
Investigative journalist Conchita Sarnoff, who has written extensively about Epstein told The Post, “President Harry Truman once said, “the buck stops here.” CEO Jamie Dimon is JP Morgan’s Harry Truman.
Sarnoff, who is a Georgetown University senior fellow and wrote the Epstein book “Trafficking” continued, “This ups the ante for Dimon and Jes Staley since human trafficking is a globally profitable business and banks are the engine that keep human trafficking networks-great and small-operational.”
Victims claim Epstein agreed to bring wealthy clients to JPMorgan in exchange for Staley — who was head of JPMorgan’s private banking division from 2000 to 2009 — using his influence with the bank to protect Epstein and his illegal human trafficking and sex crimes.
The federal judge last month ordered JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon to set aside two days for depositions about what he knew about the bank’s relationship with sex offender and former client Jeffrey Epstein.
The US’s largest bank faces lawsuits seeking damages by women who claim that Epstein sexually abused them, and by the US Virgin Islands, where the late financier had a home.
An Oct. 23 trial is scheduled.
JPMorgan is separately suing former private banking chief Staley, claiming he concealed from the bank all he knew about Epstein.
Staley engaged in a pervy discussion of Disney princesses with Jeffrey Epstein in July 2010, according to several emails cited in the court papers.
“That was fun,” Staley allegedly wrote to Epstein, “Say hi to Snow White.”
“[W]hat character would you like next?” Epstein allegedly responded. “Beauty and the Beast,” Staley shot back.
JP Morgan didn’t immediately comment today, but previously said in a statement, “The plaintiffs’ counsel know our CEO has no relevant knowledge, but persist with this media stunt,” JPMorgan said in a statement. “A review of more than two decades of emails and other documents makes it clear that he had no involvement with Epstein or his accounts. He does not recall ever meeting, speaking or communicating with him.”
Staley couldn’t immediately be reached, but his lawyer Brendan Sullivan, who didn’t immediately get back to us, has said in the letter to Judge Rakoff. “The allegations against him are slanderous, and the potential damages are astronomical.”
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