NEW YORK (AP) — Deutsche Financial institution and JPMorgan Chase are asking a federal courtroom to throw out lawsuits that declare the massive banks ought to have seen proof of intercourse trafficking by Jeffrey Epstein, the high-flying financier who killed himself in jail whereas dealing with prison fees.
The banks mentioned in filings late Friday they did not commit any negligent acts that induced hurt to the ladies who filed the lawsuits and that the lawsuits failed to point out that they benefitted from Epstein’s intercourse trafficking.
The filings in federal district courtroom in New York got here a few month after two girls who had been each recognized as Jane Doe sued the banks and the federal government of the U.S. Virgin Islands, the place Epstein had a house on a small island that he owned.
The lawsuits, which search class-action standing to characterize different Epstein victims, declare that the banks knowingly benefitted from Epstein’s intercourse trafficking and “selected revenue over following the legislation” to earn hundreds of thousands of {dollars} from the financier.
They advised that the banks ought to have steered away from Epstein after his 2006 arrest in Florida — he ultimately pleaded responsible to state fees of soliciting prostitution — and fallout from a federal investigation and information protection.
“With out the monetary establishment’s participation, Epstein’s sex-trafficking scheme couldn’t have existed or flourished,” the lawsuits declare.
JPMorgan Chase mentioned Friday that the Jane Doe in its case “is entitled to justice … However this lawsuit in opposition to JPMC is directed on the fallacious occasion, is legally meritless, and ought to be dismissed.”
Deutsche Financial institution mentioned it offered “routine banking providers” to Epstein from 2013 to 2018, and the lawsuit “doesn’t come near adequately alleging that Deutsche Financial institution … was a part of Epstein’s prison intercourse trafficking ring.”
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