JPMorgan, where Staley was previously head of the private bank and had Epstein as a client, was sued by the US Virgin Islands for allegedly ignoring Epstein’s sex trafficking, with the bank in turn suing Staley before the case was settled.
The case sheds light on Barclays' handling of the regulators' investigation into Staley, who left the British bank in 2021, and Epstein's relationships to a number of wealthy and prominent people around the world.
The former chief executive of Barclays, Jes Staley, had sex with a member of Jeffrey Epstein’s staff in a New York apartment owned by the convicted paedophile’s brother, a court has heard. The incident involving the American, who ran one of Britain’s biggest banks for six years up until November 2021, saw Mr Staley engage in a "consensual" encounter. The former Barclays chief added that he did not believe Epstein knew of the encounter, insisting his last meeting with the disgraced figure was in 2015.
