Former JPMorgan (n)役員/(a)執行力のある Staley 拒絶するs bank's Jeffrey Epstein 告訴,告発s

By Jonathan Stempel

NEW YORK, June 7 (Reuters) - The former JPMorgan Chase & Co (n)役員/(a)執行力のある (刑事)被告 of shepherding the bank's 関係 with Jeffrey Epstein 正式に 否定するd 関与 in the 不名誉d financier's sex trafficking, and 非難するd JPMorgan for keeping him as a (弁護士の)依頼人.

In Wednesday night filings in Manhattan 連邦の 法廷,裁判所, Jes Staley said his 取引 with Epstein were not the "proximate 原因(となる)" of any 損害賠償金 JPMorgan might 背負い込む in two 訴訟s it 直面するs over its work with Epstein, a (弁護士の)依頼人 from 1998 to 2013.

Staley, who has 否定するd 悪事を働くこと and 表明するd 悔いる for befriending Epstein, said he did not know Epstein would coerce young women and girls into having sex, or that anyone under 18 would be 圧力d into sex.

He also said JPMorgan had "unclean 手渡すs" for its own faults in 取引,協定ing with Epstein, and that the largest U.S. bank waived at least some (人命などを)奪う,主張するs against him by keeping him on the payroll "after learning of his 申し立てられた/疑わしい 不品行/姦通."

JPMorgan 拒絶する/低下するd to comment on the filings.

Epstein died in a Manhattan 刑務所,拘置所 in August 2019 at age 66 while を待つing 裁判,公判 on sex trafficking 告発(する),告訴(する)/料金s. New York City's 医療の examiner called the death a 自殺.

Staley's 否定s were 推定する/予想するd, and 含む/封じ込めるd in "answers" to New York-based JPMorgan's 成果/努力 to 非難する him for entangling it with Epstein.

Now 66, Staley led JPMorgan's 資産 管理/経営 商売/仕事 from 2001 to 2009 and its 投資 bank from 2009 to 2013. He was also Barclays Plc's 長,指導者 (n)役員/(a)執行力のある from 2015 to 2021.

JPMorgan 直面するs a 提案するd class 活動/戦闘 by women who (刑事)被告 Epstein of 性の 乱用, led by a former ballet ダンサー known as Jane Doe 1, and a 訴訟 by the U.S. Virgin Islands, where Epstein 恐らく 乱用d women on a 私的な island he owned.

The bank also wants Staley to 没収される his 支払う/賃金 from 2006 to 2013, 概算の in the tens of millions of dollars.

Jane Doe 1 has also 申し立てられた/疑わしい that one of Epstein's friends sexually 強襲,強姦d her. JPMorgan later said Staley was that friend. Staley has called that 告訴,告発 "baseless."

On May 24, U.S. 地区 裁判官 Jed Rakoff in Manhattan 拒絶するd Staley's 企て,努力,提案 to 解任する JPMorgan's (民事の)告訴s. The 裁判官 has yet to explain his 推論する/理由ing.

Staley is 推定する/予想するd to 証言する under 誓い in a June 10 deposition.

In a May 26 deposition, JPMorgan 大統領 Jamie Dimon said he had barely heard of Epstein before the financier's July 2019 逮捕(する). Dimon also 繰り返して 否定するd having spoken with Staley about Epstein.

A 裁判,公判 covering all of the 訴訟s is scheduled for Oct. 23.

The 事例/患者s in the U.S. 地区 法廷,裁判所, Southern 地区 of New York are: Jane Doe 1 v JPMorgan Chase & Co, No. 22-10019; 政府 of the U.S. Virgin Islands v JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, No. 22-10904; and JPMorgan Chase Bank NA v Staley, in Nos. 22-10019 and 22-10904. (報告(する)/憶測ing by Jonathan Stempel in New York; Editing by Robert Birsel)

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