JPMorgan says CEO Dimon 'not relevant' to lawsuit over bank's Epstein's ties

JPMorgan Chase & Co connected Tuesday rejected the U.S. Virgin Islands' request that it crook implicit much documents concerning Chief Executive Jamie Dimon for a suit accusing the slope of aiding successful Jeffrey Epstein's enactment trafficking.

In a Tuesday filing successful Manhattan national court, JPMorgan accused the territory of pandering for media attraction by demanding documents from Dimon from 2015 to 2019.

The largest U.S. slope said Dimon was not progressive successful immoderate decisions regarding Epstein's account, and that it had dropped the financier arsenic a lawsuit successful 2013.

It besides called the U.S. Virgin Islands' request a "fishing expedition," aft the territory had obtained a "massive trove" of accusation successful litigation against Epstein's estate, wherever it recovered much than $105 million.

"Dimon is not applicable to this action," JPMorgan said. "If determination were grounds supporting find from JPMC from 2014-2019, USVI would person recovered it."

Lawyers for the U.S. Virgin Islands did not instantly respond to requests for comment.

In a Feb. 23 court filing, the territory had called Dimon "a apt root of applicable and unsocial information" astir decisions to support Epstein arsenic a client, and discussions connected Epstein's referrals of salient and affluent imaginable clients.

The U.S. Virgin Islands is seeking damages from JPMorgan for missing reddish flags astir Epstein's misconduct connected Little St. James, a backstage land helium owned there.

JPMorgan connected Tuesday besides asked a justice to cull a request by Epstein victims for much documents for their ain lawsuit.

Both cases absorption successful portion connected Epstein's narration with Jes Staley, a erstwhile JPMorgan backstage banking main who has acknowledged having a relationship with Epstein but denied knowing astir his alleged crimes.

Epstein died successful August 2019 astatine property 66 successful a Manhattan jailhouse compartment portion awaiting proceedings connected enactment trafficking charges.

Dimon and Staley, who aboriginal served arsenic Barclays Plc's chief executive, are not defendants successful either lawsuit.

The lawsuit is Government of the U.S. Virgin Islands v JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No. 22-10904.