At least 20 women who were victims of sex trafficking and
sexual abuse at Jeffrey Epstein properties were paid through JPMorgan
Chase accounts, according to a new court filing.
The women were allegedly abused and trafficked at properties in the
U.S. Virgin Islands, New York, and elsewhere between 2003 and 2019.
The women received payments that totaled, collectively, more than $1
million, according to the U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Justice,
which entered the filing on Feb. 15.
“Epstein also withdrew more than $775,000 in cash over that
time frame from JP Morgan accounts, especially significant as Epstein
was known to pay for ‘massages,’ or sexual encounters, in cash,”
the filing states. “Financial information also reflects payments drawn
from JP Morgan accounts of nearly $1.5 million to known recruiters,
including to the MC2 modeling agency, and another $150,000 to a private
investigative firm.”
Epstein was facing sex trafficking charges when he died in jail in
2019. New York City’s medical examiner ruled the death a suicide.
Epstein had pleaded guilty to soliciting a minor for prostitution in
Florida in 2008.
Then-U.S. Virgin Islands Attorney General Denise George brought a case against JPMorgan Chase in late
2022, alleging the company helped Epstein carry out crimes including sex
trafficking. George was fired shortly after, but the case is moving
forward.
The new filing is a less redacted version of the first amended
complaint, which had been entered into the docket previously.
‘Extremely High-Risk Client’
Evidence shows JPMorgan officials were aware Epstein was an “extremely
high-risk client” but decided to keep servicing his accounts “because of
his vast wealth and connections with other high net worth individuals,”
according to the complaint.
The company’s global corporate security division, for instance,
reviewed media articles that detailed the charges against Epstein in
Florida. JPMorgan decided to keep doing business with Epstein, though it
did label him as “high risk.”
In a 2010 internal email, the division flagged “new allegations of an
investigation related to child trafficking” and wondered, “are you still
comfortable with this client who is now a registered sex offender.”
In January 2011, the company’s compliance director asked for
reapproval of the relationship due to the new allegations of human
trafficking. “I thought we did that in approving a $50
million new line of credit last month?” another employee responded.
A review completed that month led to the conclusion that no “material
updates” had been identified. It also noted that Jes Staley, a top
JPMorgan official, had spoken with Epstein about the alleged human
trafficking. Epstein said there was no truth to the allegations or
evidence supporting them.
Just two months later, the security division reported how
Epstein had settled a dozen lawsuits with alleged victims and that
Epstein was connected to Jean Luc Brunel, owner of the MC2
Model Management agency. The agency received $1 million from Epstein in
2005, according to the vision, which stated, “It is unknown if the money
was given as a secret investment or payment for services as a procurer.”
"Say Hello To Snow White":
Ex-JPMorgan Exec Emailed Jeffrey Epstein About Disney Princesses. Sex
Cult Sells Girls Made Up To Look Like Disney Cartoons.
Former JPMorgan exec Jes Staley discussed Disney princesses
with Jeffrey Epstein in a July 2010 email exchange, according to several
emails cited in a lawsuit filed against the bank by the US Virgin
Islands, Bloombergreports.
"That was fun," Staley allegedly wrote to Epstein. "Say hi to Snow
White."
To which Epstein replied: "[W]hat character would you like next?"
"Beauty and the Beast."
Epstein also emailed Staley photos of young women in seductive poses,
the filing
continues.
According to the Wednesday court filing by US Virgin Islands Attorney
General Acting Attorney General Carol Thomas-Jacobs, the
exchange was referring to young women and girls procured by Epstein.
Staley, according to the filing, "visited Epstein’s properties in the
Virgin Islands and elsewhere," and "exchanged hundreds of messages with
Epstein from his JPMorgan email account in full view of JPMorgan, including
some with photos of young women, discussed Epstein’s
provision of services to him during his travel on dates that
closely corresponded with Epstein’s payments to the same young woman
from his JPMorgan accounts, and discussed young women or girls procured
by Epstein using the names of Disney princesses."
Staley, who is not a defendant in this case, or a separate lawsuit
against JPMorgan by Epstein victims, has consistently denied knowledge
of Epstein's sexual abuse, while the bank has moved to dismiss both
suits - claiming that the allegations against Staley are unsupported.
Epstein and Staley exchanged more than 1,200 emails
over several years, however up until now their contents had never been
disclosed. Staley - who left JPMorgan to become CEO of Barclays two
years later, stepped down from the latter in 2021 following a UK
Financial Conduct Authority probe into his relationship with the
pedophile financier.
In another email from Staley to Epstein in November
2009 while the latter was under house arrest in Palm Beach,
Florida following his release on charges of soliciting a
minor for prostitution, Staley, while apparently staying on Epstein's
island, wrote: "Presently, I’m in the hot tub with a glass of white
wine," adding "This is an amazing place. Next time, we’re here together.
I owe you much. And I deeply appreciate our friendship. I have few so
profound."
The next month, Staley wrote: "I realize the danger in sending this
email," adding "But it was great to be able, today, to give you, in New
York City, a long, heartfelt, hug."
Unearthed
Emails Show Rachel Levine Discussing ‘Potential Revenue’ From Child
Sex Change Procedures
Assistant Secretary for Health Rachel Levine discussed
revenue opportunities resulting from hiring a gender clinic
social worker while Levine was serving as Pennsylvania’s acting
secretary of health, according to emails obtained by parental
rights activist Megan Brock and reviewed by the Daily Caller
News Foundation.
The pair discussed the potential return on investment
and downstream revenue generated by social workers at gender
clinics, particularly through surgical referrals.
“I am trying to give them some numbers to help them
realize the eventual ROI [return on investment] for this
necessary position,” the doctor wrote. “Even if the patients
under 18 who go for surgery might be limited, the patients we
start with will eventually be over 18…so I still think it’s
worthwhile. Of course, I think it’s worthwhile no matter what.”
Rachel Levine, who is now assistant secretary for health in the
Biden administration, discussed the potential revenue that could be
generated by a gender clinic social worker who could advocate for
child sex change procedures in emails, reviewed by the Daily Caller
News Foundation, with a pediatrician.
Dr. Rollyn Ornstein, a pediatrician at Penn State Hershey
Children’s Hospital, believed a social worker for the hospital’s
gender clinic would generate enough revenue to make funding the
position worthwhile, noting that even with age restrictions for sex
change surgeries, child patients would eventually turn 18 and be
eligible for further interventions, according to emails from 2018
between Rollyn and Levine obtained by parental
rights activist Megan Brock and reviewed by the DCNF. Social workers
at pediatric gender clinics can work as surgery advocates, gathering
letters of recommendation on behalf of minors seeking sex change
procedures that insurance companies are otherwise hesitant to cover,
according to a 2021 report from the
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and the National
Association of Social Workers.
Levine recommended a contact for Ornstein to reach out to and said
that, while surgical referrals might be limited to only mastectomies
for minors, the position would still pay for itself.
Levine, who at the
time was Pennsylvania’s acting secretary of health, was confident
that the hospital would be able to fund a social worker in this
position, but noted that age restrictions for gender surgeries
meant the social worker’s consultations for minors would be limited
to “FtM [female to male] top surgeries,” a euphemism for
mastectomies. Mastectomies are
more commonly performed on minors than other gender-related
procedures.
“You should be able to fund a MSW for evaluation and therapy for
pediatric and adolescent patients in a program such as you do for
the ED program and is done at CHOP,” Levine wrote. “Pre surgical
consult for patients under 18 will most likely be limited to FTM Top
surgery and that might be a rather limited group of patients.”
Public Records show Rachel Levine discussing
potential revenue and ROI associated with having a Gender Clinic
Social Worker.
These emails from 12/2018 are between Levine and Rollyn M.
Ornstein, MD.
Ornstein noted that, even if children were limited in which gender
transition surgeries they could get as minors, those children would
eventually turn 18, making the social worker’s efforts more
financially rewarding.
“I am trying to give them some numbers to help them
realize the eventual ROI (return on investment) for this necessary
position,” Ornstein said in another email. “Even if the patients
under 18 who go for surgery might be limited, the patients we start
with will eventually be over 18…so I still think it’s worthwhile. Of
course, I think it’s worthwhile no matter what”
Social workers are responsible for advocating for
transgender people in a variety of ways, including pressuring
insurance companies to cover cross-sex medical interventions
including surgeries, according to the
National Association of Social Workers.
Financial motives appear to play a major role in advocacy for
cross-sex medical procedures; Johns Hopkins Medicine is lobbying Maryland to
extend Medicaid coverage to transgender cosmetic procedures it
offers, which could financially benefit the university hospital
system. A professional association of plastic surgeons has been fighting against
state attempts to restrict child sex changes and pushing for
enhanced insurance coverage of transgender procedures since at least
2017.
Levine also worked with LGBT activists to block legislation
that would have barred state funding from paying for child sex
changes.
Levine and Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital did
not respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for
comment.