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Case 1:22-cv-10019-JSR Document 36 Filed 01/13/23 Page 21 of 130 75. In addition to coercing commercial sex acts from his victims, Epstein also committed coercive sexual offenses against them as defined in New York Penal Law § 130, as described in greater detail below. 76. Throughout around 1998 through about July 2019, the Epstein's sex- trafficking venture recruited, solicited, enticed, harbored, obtained, provided, and transported hundreds of victims to cause them to engage in commercial sex acts with Epstein and Epstein's friends. 77. At all relevant times, Epstein maintained numerous apartment units at 301 East 66th Street in New York City, where Epstein's co-conspirators often stayed and which operated as stash houses where numerous victims were kept over the years. 78. JP Morgan knew of the 301 East 66th Street Epstein properties and knew that these units operated as victim stash houses. 79. In 2006, Jeffrey Epstein was arrested in Florida after state and federal law enforcement discovered that he had sexually abused more than 30 children in his Palm Beach, Florida mansion. During that investigation, the government concluded that Epstein and his co-conspirators had committed federal criminal acts constituting violations of the TVPA and other federal laws, including 18 U.S.0 §§ 2422(b), 2423(0, 2423(b), 2424 (e); 18 U.S.0 § 371; 18 U.S.0 §§ 1591(c)(1), 1591(a)(1), 1591(a)(2); as well as state crimes in violation of Florida Statutes §§ 21 EFTA00162141
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Case 1:22-cv-10019-JSR Document 36 Filed 01/13/23 Page 22 of 130 796.07 and 796.03, against dozens of young women. 80. As a consequence of the Florida investigation, Epstein pled guilty to two felonies, was permanently labeled a "Registered Sex Offender," and was jailed in 2008. Epstein also entered into a non-prosecution agreement with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida barring his prosecution (and prosecution of his known and unknown co-conspirators) for violations of the TVPA and other sex offenses in Florida. When the U.S. Attorney's Office entered into that non-prosecution agreement with Epstein, it had not received reports from JP Morgan about vast sums of cash that it was providing Epstein. Nor did JP Morgan provide any other assistance in the investigation. 81. Epstein's criminal case in Florida and the many related news reports left no doubt about Jeffrey Epstein and his extraordinary penchant for sex abuse and trafficking of young females. For instance, it was reported that up until the time of his Florida arrest in July 2006, Epstein had been sexually abusing during that year and the previous year three to four young females per day; it was a full-time job for him. 82. Beginning with his 2006 Florida arrest and for years moving forward, Epstein was embroiled in dozens of public lawsuits detailing his sexual abuse of females, and thousands of news stories circulated worldwide about his illegal sexual proclivities. 22 EFTA00162142
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83.
Epstein paid millions of dollars to settle sexual abuse lawsuits filed
against him by many victims. The money used to make settlement payments was
paid from Epstein-related entity accounts at JP Morgan. And while he was paying
to settle these claims, Epstein was continuing to abuse new victims—all facts known
to JP Morgan.
84.
In addition to the many civil lawsuits seeking damages for sexual abuse,
Epstein's victims also filed a public lawsuit against the Unites States under 18 U.S.C.
§ 3771, the Crime Victim's Rights Act ("CVRA"), further exposing Epstein's sexual
crimes as well as his secret Non-Prosecution Agreement with the Federal
Government.
85.
Epstein recruited, solicited, enticed, harbored, obtained, provided, and
transported his victims to cause them to engage in commercial sex acts in ways that
were in and affecting interstate and foreign commerce, including using means of
interstate communications (such as cell phones) and means of interstate and foreign
travel (such as aircraft that he owned and controlled).
86.
Epstein transported his victims in interstate and foreign commerce,
including transportation to and from his mansion in this District.
87.
The Epstein sex-trafficking venture transported victims across state
boundaries between New York, Florida, New Mexico, New Jersey, Massachusetts,
the U.S. Virgin Islands, and elsewhere, and in foreign commerce between the United
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Case 1:22-cv-10019-JSR Document 36 Filed 01/13/23 Page 24 of 130 States and Europe, especially Eastern Europe. 88. At all times relevant to this complaint, the Epstein sex-trafficking venture was a group of two or more individuals associated in fact, even if they were not a formal legal entity. Indeed, members of the Epstein sex-trafficking venture referred to it as "The Organization." Epstein was continuously at the hub of The Organization, which operated throughout the times indicated in this complaint. 89. On July 2, 2019, the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York filed a sealed, two-count Indictment against Epstein, including one count of sex trafficking conspiracy and one count of sex trafficking for violations of 18 U.S.C. § 1591, in part due to Epstein's criminal activities in his New York Mansion located at 9 East 71st Street. See United States v. Jeffrey Epstein, Case No. 1:19-cr-00490 (S.D.N.Y.). 90. On July 8, 2019, Epstein was arrested pursuant to the New York Indictment. 91. On August 10, 2019, prison guards found Epstein unresponsive in his Metropolitan Correctional Center jail cell, where was awaiting trial on the federal sex trafficking charges. He was later pronounced dead from apparent suicide. 92. In July 2020, Epstein's co-conspirator in the sex-trafficking venture, Maxwell, was arrested on federal sex-trafficking charges filed in the Southern District of New York. The charges alleged that she had assisted, facilitated, and 24 EFTA00162144
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Case 1:22-cv-10019-JSR Document 36 Filed 01/13/23 Page 25 of 130 contributed to Epstein's abuse of sex-trafficking victims, helping Epstein to recruit, groom, and ultimately abuse his victims. See United States v. Maxwell, Case No. 1:20-cr-00330 (S.D.N.Y.). 93. On December 29, 2021, after a weeks-long jury trial during which witnesses testified about Epstein's sex-trafficking operation in painstaking detail, Maxwell was found guilty on five federal sex-trafficking counts and is now serving nearly 20 years in federal prison for these crimes. B. Consistent With Jeffrey Epstein's Uniform Pattern and Practice, Jane Doe 1 Was Forced to Engage in Commercial Sex Acts with Epstein by Means of Force, Fraud, and Coercion. 94. Jane Doe I was living with her mother when she met Jeffrey Epstein in 2006. 95. At that time, Jane Doe I was a ballet dancer in New York. Another young female who had also fallen prey to Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking scheme recruited Jane Doe 1 to meet Epstein. 96. Epstein and his co-conspirators had a long history of grooming, indoctrinating, controlling, and ultimately committing sexual offenses against young, vulnerable women like Jane Doe I. Epstein and his co-conspirators constantly reminded Jane Doe 1 how powerful and important Epstein was. Jane Doe I was chastised if she refused Epstein's sexual demands and told she should be grateful that Epstein was willing to help her with her career and education. She came 25 EFTA00162145
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Case 1:22-cv-10019-JSR Document 36 Filed 01/13/23 Page 26 of 130 to believe what she was told. 97. The well-oiled Epstein sex abuse and trafficking venture included frequent statements to Jane Doe I and other victims by Epstein and his co-conspirators that: (1) Epstein possessed extraordinary wealth, power and influence; (2) Epstein's business and political friends, including world leaders, also included some of the most powerful people in the world; (3) Epstein had the ability to advance or destroy nearly anyone financially, reputationally, and otherwise; (4) medical and other life necessities would be denied victims if they, including Jane Doe 1, failed to perform commercial sex acts for Epstein; and (5) Epstein could take away Jane Doe l's and other victims' life necessities such as shelter or housing if she or they failed to perform those acts. 98. Jane Doe I was exceptionally vulnerable to being victimized by Epstein. His sex-trafficking venture targeted vulnerable young women and Jane Doe I was soon indoctrinated and unable to extricate herself. Jane Doe 1 was sexually abused and trafficked by Epstein for several years. Having been conditioned that the sexual abuse was "normal" and knowing that everyone surrounding Epstein, including accountants, lawyers, and other important people, were aware of the sex abuse, Jane Doe 1 was coerced into a cult-like life controlled and manipulated by Epstein and others doing Epstein's bidding. 99. Over the ensuing years, from 2006 through 2013, Epstein sexually 26 EFTA00162146
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Case 1:22-cv-10019-JSR Document 36 Filed 01/13/23 Page 27 of 130 abused Jane Doe 1 on a number of occasions in New York, Florida, New Mexico, and the United States Virgin Islands in direct violation of Article 130 of New York's Penal Law, including but not limited to the following: a. Sexual misconduct as defined in *130.20, inasmuch as Jeffrey Epstein engaged in sexual intercourse with Plaintiff without Plaintiff's consent; b. Rape in the first degree as defined in §130.35, inasmuch as Jeffrey Epstein engaged in sexual intercourse with Plaintiff by forcible compulsion; c. Criminal sexual act in the first degree as defined in §130.50, inasmuch as Jeffrey Epstein engaged in oral sexual conduct with Plaintiff by forcible compulsion; d. Forcible touching as defined in §130.52, inasmuch as Jeffrey Epstein, intentionally and for no legitimate purpose, engaged in the forcible sexual touching of Plaintiff for the purpose of degrading or abusing her or for the purpose of gratifying his own sexual desire; and e. Sexual abuse in the third degree as defined in §130.66, inasmuch as Jeffrey Epstein inserted a foreign object in the vagina of Plaintiff by forcible compulsion. 100. Jane Doe 1 was also coercively trafficked to Jeffrey Epstein's friends for commercial sex acts in this District. 101. Epstein used means of force, threats of force, fraud, coercion, abuse of process, and a combination of such means to cause Jane Doe 1 to engage in commercial sex acts. 102. Epstein recruited Jane Doe 1 to cause and force her to engage in commercial sex acts in ways that were in and affecting interstate and foreign 27 EFTA00162147
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Case 1:22-cv-10019-JSR Document 36 Filed 01/13/23 Page 28 of 130 commerce, including use of cell phones and means of interstate transportation (such as aircraft that he owned or controlled). 103. Epstein transported Jane Doe 1 from New York to other states to cause her to engage in commercial sex acts. 104. Jane Doe 1 wanted to escape from the Epstein sex-trafficking venture, yet Epstein and his supporting team of co-conspirators increased the tactics of fraud, force, or coercion to cause her to remain compliant in fulfilling Epstein's sexual demands. 105. Jeffrey Epstein controlled Jane Doe 1 financially, emotionally, and psychologically. He used his knowledge of Jane Doe 1's aspirations, fears, and problems to manipulate her until she was completely controlled by and dependent upon him. 106. When Epstein went to jail for sex offenses in Florida, he maintained contact with Jane Doe 1. He and employees of his business entities, which were created to support and legitimize Epstein's sexual abuse and sex-trafficking enterprise, including HBRK, NES, Financial Trust, and Florida Science Foundation, caused Jane Doe 1 to be transported to Florida to engage in commercial sex with Epstein in his Florida residence while on so-called "work release" from jail, while he was still wearing his ankle monitor. 107. There came a time when Epstein forced Jane Doe 1 to give massages to 28 EFTA00162148
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Case 1:22-cv-10019-JSR Document 36 Filed 01/13/23 Page 29 of 130 certain of his powerful friends. During some of these massages Jane Doe 1 was sexually abused, by force and against her will, by Epstein's friends whom she had been required to massage. At least one of Epstein's friends used aggressive force in his sexual assault of her and informed Jane Doe 1 that he had Epstein's permission to do what he wanted to her. Out of fear, Jane Doe 1 has still not named this powerful financial executive publicly. 108. Epstein and his co-conspirators withdrew large sums of cash from JP Morgan to make cash payments to victims, including Jane Doe 1, in furtherance of the sex-trafficking operation. 109. Jane Doe 1 was regularly paid cash by Epstein or one of his co- conspirators that was withdrawn from one of Epstein's accounts at JP Morgan. 110. As alleged more fully below, JP Morgan knew that its accounts were being used for Epstein's sex-trafficking venture based on a number of facts, including but not limited to the identity of the individuals making the withdrawals and wire transfers, the vast size of the withdrawals and transfers, the identity of the recipients, the account opening activity, the pattern of the financial activity, the personal relationship between Epstein and at least one high-ranking executive with JP Morgan as detailed more thoroughly below, and Epstein's well-documented criminal history and involvement in trafficking. 111. Over the ensuing years, Epstein threatened Jane Doe I in many ways 29 EFTA00162149
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including threatening that if she did not abide by his demands, she would lose contact
with people she cared about and that those people would also suffer serious harm.
112. Epstein would alternate promises and threats to secure Jane Doe 1 's
compliance with his demands, including demands that she engage in commercial sex
acts with him and others. In some instances, Epstein would pay Jane Doe 1 directly
in cash obtained from JP Morgan for sex acts.
113. Epstein and his co-conspirators continued to coerce Jane Doe 1 in
various ways until her ultimate escape around the end of 2013.
114. Epstein and his co-conspirators continued to coerce Jane Doe 1 to
engage in commercial sex with Epstein, through the use of Epstein's force, fraud
(such as false promises, including the continued promise to assist Jane Doe l's sister
medically) and coercion (making it clear that if she did not abide then she would
suffer serious financial and reputational harm), through the end of 2013.
115. James "Jes" Staley ("Staley"), the then-head of JP Morgan's private
banking division, was a regular visitor of Epstein's during that period of time,
through and beyond 2013, and personally observed Jane Doe 1 as a sexual trafficking
and abuse victim at times including through his departure from JP Morgan in 2013.
C.
JP Morgan's Role in the Sex-Trafficking Venture
1. Banking laws and regulations exist to prevent funding of criminal ventures.
116. The Federal Bank Secrecy Act ("BSA") requires financial institutions
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to have adequate anti-money laundering ("AML") policies and systems in place.
New York state law also requires financial institutions to devise and implement
systems reasonably designed to identify and report suspicious activity and block
transactions prohibited by law.
117. All regulated institutions are expected to configure systems based on
their unique risk factors, incorporating parameters such as institution size, presence
in high-risk jurisdictions, and the specific lines of business involved, and the
institutions have an affirmative duty to ensure that their systems run effectively.
118. In addition to having effective AML controls in place, it is also
necessary for financial institutions to monitor their customers for the purpose of
preventing their customers from facilitating criminal activity using the institutions'
facilities.
119. As part of preventing criminal activity, Know Your Customer ("KYC")
and customer due diligence are critically important, and financial institutions must
collect customer information at the time of establishing new relationships with
clients, including as necessary to assess the risks associated with the client. To
properly consider these risks, financial institutions must consider relevant factors
such as the nature of the client's business, the purpose of the client's accounts, and
the nature and duration of the relationship.
120. Financial institutions must also conduct KYC reviews for each client
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Case 1:22-cv-10019-JSR Document 36 Filed 01/13/23 Page 32 of 130 relationship at intervals commensurate to the AML risks posed by the client, including reviewing account activity to determine whether such activity fits with what would have been expected given the nature of the account. Each client's AML risk should also be re-assessed if material new information or unexpected account activity is identified. 121. Financial institutions must also establish criteria for determining when a client relationship poses too high of a risk and therefore must be terminated. A financial institution may be liable under applicable laws if it maintains such a relationship despite repeated indications of facilitation of improper transactions. 2. JP Morgan directly participated in Epstein's sex-trafficking venture. 122. With the encouragement of Staley, JP Morgan knowingly and intentionally participated in the Epstein sex-trafficking venture by (among other things) providing the financial underpinnings for Epstein to have ready and reliable access to resources—including cash—to recruit, lure, coerce, and entice young women and girls to cause them to engage in commercial sex acts and other degradations. 123. In or about 1998, in furtherance of his rapidly growing sexual abuse and sex trafficking operation, Epstein realized that he needed a reliable banking institution that would provide the necessary legitimate appearance for his operation, allow him to open many accounts for illegitimate companies, ignore red flags and 32 EFTA00162152
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relevant state and federal banking laws, permit him to transfer money without
questioning, allow him access to abundant cash, and to otherwise knowingly
facilitate the commercial aspect of his commercial sex trafficking enterprise.
Epstein found all of those things in JP Morgan.
124. From about 1998 through 2013 (and following), JP Morgan knowingly
and intentionally participated in the Epstein sex-trafficking venture by (among other
things) providing the essential financial underpinnings for the venture. It also
financially benefited from that participation. There can be no doubt that JP
Morgan's conduct, as described below, was outrageous and intentional.
125. Around 2000, Epstein developed a key relationship to expanding
exploitative sexual abuse and his sex-trafficking operation when he began working
with Staley, the then-head of JP Morgan's private banking division.
126. Before meeting Staley, Epstein was a serial sexual abuser of young girls
and women, with an insatiable desire to sexually abuse females that were, in his
words, "the younger, the better."
127. Before Staley, Epstein relied heavily on the massive wealth bestowed
upon him primarily by one individual, Leslie (Les) Herbert Wexner ("Wexner"), to
give him the appearance of grand importance while relying on his then-madame,
Maxwell, to find and groom young women to be abused.
128. It has been reported that Wexner claims Epstein stole the money from
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Case 1:22-cv-10019-JSR Document 36 Filed 01/13/23 Page 34 of 130 him. Nonetheless, the origin of Epstein's money was always a mystery, with Epstein claiming to be a money manager to a stable of clients who entrusted him with a minimum of $1 billion. JP Morgan knew that was a lie. Staley knew without any doubt that Epstein was trafficking and abusing girls and that all of his staff, including his main attorney and accountant, worked full time to conceal the illegal operation. 129. However, Epstein could not expand his operation to the level it ultimately reached without a complicit financial banking institution that would ignore red flags and assist him in paying hundreds of young females in wire transfers and cash and allow him access to hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash to pay hush money to his growing number of victims. 130. Staley was the key to making all of Epstein's depraved dreams of sexual abuse and sex trafficking of countless young women possible. With his help, the number of victims of the Epstein sex-trafficking operation began to grow on a vertical trajectory beginning in and around 2000. 131. When Epstein and Staley first teamed up, in or around 2000, Staley was the head of JP Morgan's private banking division and was later promoted to CEO of JP Morgan Asset Management in 2001. 132. The relationship between Epstein and Staley was symbiotic and special. Epstein agreed to bring many ultra-high wealth clients to JP Morgan, and in exchange, Staley would use his clout within JP Morgan to make Epstein 34 EFTA00162154
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Case 1:22-cv-10019-JSR Document 36 Filed 01/13/23 Page 35 of 130 untouchable. 133. Staley bragged within JP Morgan about Epstein's value to the bank and used his position in the bank to silence any critics of the relationship between JP Morgan and Epstein. 134. This meant that JP Morgan would keep Epstein on as a client at all costs, including failing to act on any red flags and ultimately allowing him to run and grow an operation designed to sexually abuse and traffic countless young girls and women. 135. Once Epstein had JP Morgan (through Staley) in his pocket, Epstein moved on to his next target, another known sexual abuser, Jean-Luc Brunel, a French model scout who had suffered public disgrace for serial sexual abuse of young females. 136. Epstein enlisted Brunel to recruit new victims from all over the world, enticing them with promises of modeling careers before sexually abusing and trafficking them through a modeling agency Epstein and Brunel established called MC2. 137. In 2019, Brunel was arrested in France for sex trafficking related to his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and, like Epstein, was found hanging in his cell from an apparent suicide. 138. There were several key figures who conspired and participated in 35 EFTA00162155
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Case 1:22-cv-10019-JSR Document 36 Filed 01/13/23 Page 36 of 130 Epstein's international sex trafficking operation, most notably Ghislaine Maxwell, Les Wexner, Jean Luc Brunel, and Jes Staley, acting through and on behalf of JP Morgan. 139. In later years, Deutsche Bank swapped in for JP Morgan and provided the necessary complicit financial institution for the operation, not coincidentally on- boarding Epstein's trafficking operation through a former JP Morgan banker, Paul Morris. 140. These co-conspirators were essential to Epstein's operation. Without Maxwell, Epstein would never have been able to recruit his first victims and bring them into his abusive lair. Maxwell approached young, vulnerable victims and painted Epstein as an altruistic messiah who could help them. Once the girls were in Epstein's clutches, Maxwell groomed them to make them feel comfortable being sexually exploited and abused. 141. Without Brunel, Epstein would not have been able to expand his international recruiting of young victims and, specifically, aspiring models he could lure in with promises of opportunities. 142. Without Wexner, Epstein's sex-trafficking operation could never have occurred to the extent that it did, as Epstein needed the appearance of extraordinary wealth to attract his victims and force them to stay silent. 143. However, even with Wexner's funding of Epstein's operation, 36 EFTA00162156
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Case 1:22-cv-10019-JSR Document 36 Filed 01/13/23 Page 37 of 130 Epstein's sexual abuse of hundreds of women would have been limited because the money trail from Epstein's accounts to the many victims and recruiters would have quickly exposed his illegal venture. 144. Therefore, Epstein could not risk having a typical banking relationship where the bank might uncover something suspicious and report him to law enforcement. The final essential ingredient Epstein needed to expand his sexual abuse of young women and sex trafficking enterprise was therefore a financial institution that would know—but not care—that Epstein was sexually abusing women on a daily basis and paying out millions in hush money. Indeed, Epstein needed an institution that would in fact assist and participate in that activity, and that would support his enterprise and conceal it if he was ever caught. 145. JP Morgan provided the final component Epstein needed, and Staley had a special relationship with Epstein and made sure Epstein and his illegal sexual abuse organization were absolutely protected by the bank. 146. From the beginning of the Epstein/Staley relationship, Staley understood that Epstein's money was only a part of the incentive to protect Epstein's operation. 147. During the Palm Beach Police Department's 2005 investigation into Epstein's sexual abuse of minor children, the detectives pulled message pads left by Epstein's assistant from his trash as well as a search warrant executed at Epstein's 37 EFTA00162157
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Case 1:22-cv-10019-JSR Document 36 Filed 01/13/23 Page 38 of 130 Palm Beach, Florida mansion. 148. According to those message pads, Staley was a frequent caller to Epstein's Florida home throughout the course of Epstein's banking relationship with JP Morgan. I IMPORTANT MESSAGE I .,, . a 5: Waft ( TUE Aa r „ J -9// -- 5 / 414 , or /Z . /2 i 74-4.- 4:7 77 O prOHEI Kea E TELD.HCOED FUME CALL WE. TO SEE YOU VAN. CALL AGUE woos TO LIE YOU RUSH RMI014O3 YOUII Cal GPMAI AT ;mat WISMIF a (ACT, r ora mr,Lv 7 A,- S17 TELEPHONED PLEASE CALL CAME TO In YOU M. CALL MAN WANTS TO SDI YOU RUSH MANED YOUNG/At SPECIAL cranial __L44.uvnic_v3 tnuy- IMPORTANT MESSAGE ton gal LP61.6111 Two 6 6 ip• I /O 4 our& • ti Pl.liat „. Ti's STALE? op S i i - ni 'NTT 212 /4-4. 0110 , TELEPHONED MIL CAME TO SEEYOU 1PLEASE WISCALLMAIN WANTS TO 9E YOU RUM RETWEE0 MEI CUL SPEOALATTENTIEN Lemma ' CAU. ME ' SA02814 --I as WOMAN IS 38 EFTA00162158
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Case 1:22-cv-10019-JSR Document 36 Filed 01/13/23 Page 39 of 130 I IMPORTANT MESSAGE I FoR iy4 kesipins MA. DATE PAL U , F F7 a/ATI:Ely Of LS E Ai). 444 ()no - F FM ONED PLEASE CAM CAME TO SEE YOU WU. CALL AGAIN L T, WANTS TO SEE YOU RUSH RERSPIED TVS CAM SPECUL ATTEMUM MESSAGE te.3 SIGNED-. ,t: IMPORTANT MESSAGE TELEPHbED PLEASE CALL CAME TOM YOU WILL CALLAGAIN WAHT8 TD SEE YOU RUSH ?CURVED YOUR CALL SPESNL Ainpincv 149. On at least one occasion it appears Staley and Les Wexner called Epstein together. I IMPORTANLMESSApE I FGA iiiii - vr--)TeW — oat me PA . OF L E., oi,SES RCM • COLS 1111PHOMD REAM CALL CAW TO a YOU WILL CALLAO* _ _ Tans 1010 YOU RUM AMMO TOR MU. srecassmiral MMEME , MOM O2852 150. As long as Epstein's money stayed at JP Morgan, Staley also knew that Wexner, Epstein's client who had turned over a power of attorney to Epstein, would likewise keep his money with JP Morgan. Wexner's money was said to amount to 39 EFTA00162159
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Case 1:22-cv-10019-JSR Document 36 Filed 01/13/23 Page 40 of 130 over a billion dollars. 151. Epstein made clear that Wexner was not the only JP Morgan client whose allegiance to the bank Epstein controlled. Staley knew that Epstein "collected people" and was close with many ultra-wealthy individuals that he could bring into the bank, and Epstein did bring additional customers to the bank in exchange for JP Morgan aiding and facilitating his international sex trafficking operation. These new customers made JP Morgan even more profitable. Along the way, Epstein gave credit for these new bank customers to Staley, which made Staley even more powerful within JP Morgan. 152. Epstein controlled Staley like he did his many victims: by flaunting his power and connections to the extremely wealthy. Epstein made it clear to Staley that if JP Morgan ever decided to terminate its relationship with Epstein, the bank would lose Wexner and the other wealthy connections Epstein had promised JP Morgan. 153. Staley and Epstein's relationship grew closer as the years went on. In fact, during the criminal investigation into Epstein in 2005, Staley flew on Epstein's plane along with Sarah Kellen and Nadia Marcinkova, individuals who had bank accounts through Epstein at JP Morgan and who were publicly identified as Epstein's co-conspirators in trafficking offenses. 154. Rather than merely providing routine banking for Epstein, JP Morgan 40 EFTA00162160