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 choose to require Chief Government Jamie Dimon and two different financial institution officers to take a seat for brand new depositions.
In a letter to U.S. District Decide Jed Rakoff in Manhattan, the attorneys mentioned recalling the executives was needed as a result of JPMorgan has been sluggish to supply related paperwork, together with greater than 1,500 produced after Dimon’s Could 26 deposition.
The attorneys mentioned these paperwork included dialogue of an inner assessment performed after Epstein’s August 2019 dying, 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 fees.
Different executives the attorneys wish to recall are Mary Erdoes, who runs JPMorgan’s wealth and asset administration enterprise, and Mary Casey, a former non-public 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 document 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 non-public island he owned.
The financial institution is suing Staley to cowl losses it could face in each lawsuits.
Staley, who was Barclays’ (BARC.L) CEO from 2015 to 2021, is predicted to take a seat for a deposition on Saturday.
The case is Jane Doe 1 v JPMorgan Chase & Co, U.S. District Courtroom, 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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