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Enabling
Epstein Trial
vs JPMC
Now USVI Says
Bank Long
Flagged His
Large
Withdrawals
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell
book
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
April 12 –
J.P. Morgan
Chase and
Deutsche Bank
were sued for
their enabling
of Jeffrey
Epstein, in
lawsuits filed
on
Thanksgiving
in the U.S.
District Court
for the
Southern
District of
New York,
where Inner
City Press
found them in
the docket.
The separate
lawsuits
allege that
"without
exorbitantly
large amounts
of cash,
Epstein's
operations
could not run,
as newly
recruited
victims were
each paid
hundreds of
dollars in
cash
immediately
after Epstein
sexually
abused them,
as hush
money."
The
JPM Chase
complaint is
on Patreon, here.
On March
20, 2023 Judge
Jed S.
Rakoff in a
bottom line
order
dismissed some
but not
all claims,
in the Epstein-related
cases against
JPMC and Deutsche
Bank.
Inner
City Press put
the order on
its
DocumentCloud
here.
On April 12,
the US Virgin
Islands filed
its second
amended
complaint, including
that " a JP
Morgan Rapid
Response Team
noted that
Epstein 'routinely'
made cash
withdrawals in
amounts from
$40,000 to
$80,000
several times
per month,
totaling over
$750,000 per
year."
Complaint and
more on
Patreon here.
On
April 6, Jes
Staley asked
to sever his
case - and for
seven hour
depositions
against all
witnesses. The
plaintiffs,
too, wants
Staley out,
saying JPMC
only cynically
brought him
in. Strange
bedfellows...
From Staley's
letter: "This
breakneck pace
is unnecessary
and
prejudicial to
Mr. Staley. He
therefore
respectfully
requests that
the Court
grant two,
independent
forms of
relief: first,
the Court
should sever
the
third-party
claims against
Mr. Staley
from the
claims against
JPMorgan and
order that
those sets of
claims be
tried
separately;
second, the
Court should
reconsider its
prior
scheduling
order and (a)
grant Mr.
Staley the
right to take
7-hour,
in-person
depositions of
all witnesses"
Full letter on
Patreon here.
On
April 10 Judge
Rakoff denied
the
motions to
sever, and
gave Staley five
not seven
hours:
"MEMORANDUM
ORDER denying
[79] Motion to
Sever;
granting [79]
Letter Motion
for Extension
of Time;
denying [80]
Motion re:
[79] MOTION to
Sever . MOTION
for Extension
of Time .,
[80] MOTION
Sever . In
short, while
the instant
motion for
severance
could be
denied on the
ground that it
simply
rehashes
arguments that
Staley
previously
made and Jane
Doe could have
made, the
Court, after a
de novo review
of the motion,
denies it once
again. The
trial of these
closely
related
claims,
previously set
for October
23, 2023, will
not be moved.
In an excess
of liberality,
the Court has
also chosen to
construe
Staley's
motion as an
additional
motion for
modification
of the
pretrial
discovery
schedule, and
on that basis
will permit
fact discovery
by Mr.
Staley's
counsel (now
scheduled to
be completed
by May 30) to
continue for
an additional
seven weeks,
i.e., until
July 18, 2023.
Similarly, the
date for
filing by Mr.
Staley's
counsel of
Requests to
Admit will be
moved an
additional
seven weeks,
i.e., until
May 26, 2023.
Finally, with
respect to any
witness who
was deposed by
other parties
before March
16, 2023, Mr.
Staley's
counsel may,
if they wish,
take the
further
deposition of
any such
witness for up
to five hours
in duration.
The Clerk is
respectfully
directed to
close entries
79 and 80 on
the docket of
Jane Doe v. JP
Morgan Chase
Bank, N.A.,
22-cv-10019,
and entry 113
on the docket
of Government
of the United
States Virgin
Islands v. JP
Morgan Chase
Bank, N.A.,
22-cv-10904.
SO ORDERED..
(Signed by
Judge Jed S.
Rakoff on
4/10/2023)."
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