NEW YORK, June 9 (Reuters) – Legal professionals for Jeffrey Epstein victims who’re suing JPMorgan Chase (JPM.N) over its ties to the disgraced financier on Friday requested a decide to require Chief Government Jamie Dimon and two different financial institution officers to sit down for brand new depositions.
In a letter to U.S. District Decide Jed Rakoff in Manhattan, the legal professionals mentioned recalling the executives was mandatory as a result of JPMorgan has been gradual to provide related paperwork, together with greater than 1,500 produced after Dimon’s Might 26 deposition.
The legal professionals mentioned these paperwork included dialogue of an inner assessment carried out after Epstein’s August 2019 demise, and a 22-page timeline of emails together with messages between Epstein and Jes Staley, who as soon as oversaw asset administration at JPMorgan.
Epstein was a JPMorgan consumer from 1998 to 2013. He died of an obvious suicide in a Manhattan jail cell in August 2019 whereas awaiting trial on intercourse trafficking expenses.
Different executives the legal professionals wish to recall are Mary Erdoes, who runs JPMorgan’s wealth and asset administration enterprise, and Mary Casey, a former personal banker for Epstein.
JPMorgan spokesman Darin Oduyoye mentioned there was no foundation for brand new depositions.
“Plaintiffs just like the headlines, however no period of time on the report will change the truth that Jamie Dimon by no means met the person, by no means labored with the person, and needs in hindsight the person had by no means been a consumer,” Oduyoye mentioned.
In his deposition, Dimon mentioned he had barely heard of Epstein earlier than the financier’s arrest.
JPMorgan can be being sued over Epstein by the U.S. Virgin Islands, the place the financier allegedly additionally abused victims on a personal island he owned.
The financial institution is suing Staley to cowl losses it might face in each lawsuits.
Staley, who was Barclays’ (BARC.L) CEO from 2015 to 2021, is anticipated to sit down for a deposition on Saturday.
The case is Jane Doe 1 v JPMorgan Chase & Co, U.S. District Court docket, Southern District of New York, No. 22-10019.
Reporting by Tatiana Bautzer and Jonathan Stempel in New York; Enhancing by Richard Chang
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