Ghislaine Maxwell trial

What do mean social media accusations?

She lodged multiple lawsuits, because the law was changed.

She said she may have been mistaken about Derchowitz, not that she definitely was. Like I said, I am assuming the possibility of a settlement there given the tone and manner of how they pulled the case.

As for gospel, I fully believe on the evidence that she was groomed, trafficked and serially raped as a child, I think the pathetic attempt to discredited her for whatever bizarre reason is beyond crass.

She didn’t give evidence in the Maxwell trial but one of the victims that did said it in her testimony, that Virginia recruited her. That might be why she wasn’t called. Another poster mentions it in this thread.

This is an absolutely despicable suggestion, the thinly veiled threats that Roberts is only after the money.

The absence of a criminal trial is not down to her, not by a long shot. She worked long and hard with other victims to push for a criminal trial for Epstien and others, and were frustrated at every turn by authorities. In particular, a very dodgy plea deal was done by the then Florida Attorney General Alex Acosta (later appointed as Labor Secretary by Trump) giving immunity to Epstein and other around Epstein to future charges, so Epstein would serve 13 months in an open prison. He got to leave the prison most days by limo of course, and ignored the plea deal restrictions on travel.

Dershowitz has explicitly said that he accepts that the Roberts allegation was made in good faith. He doesn't need you to save him.

I wonder if you'll be as quick to blame the two Blackrock 'boys' who were in the press for pursuing their civil case against their abusing priest and his order? Or is there something special about the female victim Roberts that inspires your victim blaming?

Mainly for opportunists who are looking primarily for any opportunity to discredit her, rather than looking for justice or truth. She was one of many teenage girls exploited by Epstein and others.

over 90% of civil lawsuits are settled in New York as we heard when the Prince Andrew legal proceedings took place

Most civil cases everywhere are settled before going to trial.

Most civil cases wouldn't stem from a criminal genesis though.

12 million would be many many times the multiple of normal settled cases.

He nounced her and he borrowed money so a fact finding trial and jury wouldn't make it official.

Even his family accept it, people still thinking he is innocent really need to reassess their critical thought process.

Still no more prosecutions, as I expected, but there are some cracks in this cover-up and they're coming from unexpected quarters.

The Attorney General for the U.S. Virgin Islands mustn't have got the memo from the FBI. She is suing JP Morgan Chase for "turning a blind eye” to Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking operation (Epstein's private island is part of the VI territory). Her boss, the Governor of the VI, fired her the next day. Imagine the phone call he got from D.C.!

Thanks to this lady, we get to see a stream of emails between Epstein and Jes Staley, who was head of Private Banking division in JP Morgan Chase when Epstein's operation was in full swing. Staley later became CEO of Barclays but they dumped him last year - now we can see why. Any lawyer who can manufacture a plausible justification for his emails will supplant Johnnie Cochran in the pantheon of defence attorneys.

Why have we not seen Epstein's emails to his other wealthy guests?

Meanwhile, Ghislaine Maxwell has reached a divorce settlement which will allow her fund an appeal. Her hope seems to be that she will get a re-trial because of mistakes by the trial judge.

Ghislaine Maxwell launches $10m appeal against sex abuse conviction

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11767669/Ghislaine-Maxwell-launches-10million-appeal-against-sex-abuse-conviction.html

The British socialite's appeal against her 20-year jail sentence had been in serious jeopardy because her ex Scott Borgerson was refusing to release money from her $20million trust.

No, there are no more active pending prosecutions or even ongoing investigations. The whole Epstein affair is over, done with, dead and buried with Epstein and Maxwell. Prince Andrew is even dreaming that he might get his money (and reputation) back.

Except now the lady from the Virgin Islands (where else?!) has upset the apple-tart, as Bertie would say. I’d guess that Jes Staley will escape justice because JP Morgan (I.e. the US financial system) can’t be held liable for such horrible behaviour.

They hoped this scandal was buried but …follow the money!

JP Morgan and Jamie Dimon are in hot water. Will the court figure out how Epstein became a billionaire? After 9/11, it is extraordinary that JP Morgan simply ignored all the red flags about Epstein’s funds.

JPMorgan Chase has agreed to pay $290 million (€270 million) to settle a lawsuit brought by Epstein victims.

So everyone's happy. Time to move on.

Except that pesky A.G. in the Virgin Islands. No wonder she got fired two days later!

Even the US Federal Reserve, the guarantor of global financial stability, sees no problem in JPMorgan banking hundreds of millions from a sex offender without ever asking about the source of his funds. Why didn't JPMorgan go into court and say "we're the most heavily regulated enterprise in history. It would be absurd to think we could get away with egregious crimes under the nose of our Federal regulator"? Surely Janet Yellen could take to the witness stand and make clear to the court that it was simply impossible for a US bank to be involved in the criminal abuse of young women.

It is costing JPMorgan Chase $365Million to shut down these Epstein-related inquiries/lawsuits (plus an undisclosed sum to a former executive) but that is a bargain when the truth could destroy the world's largest bank and its leadership.

Fortunately for JPMorgan Chase, everyone who could demand the truth - from the White House to the Federal Reserve and the FBI - wants to shut this entire investigation down.

Who knows what will actually happen to the money handed over in the latest settlement? Forgive me for doubting if victims of human trafficking will benefit in any way from the $45 Million which JPMorgan will pay to help the Virgin Islands fight human trafficking. The lawyers in this case will certainly benefit - to the tune of $20Million!

After all the investigations, documentaries, criminal trials etc. , no one has answered the most obvious question. How did Jeffrey Epstein become so rich? Is the real scandal that JPMorgan Chase never asked this question? Or is it that they knew the answer?

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-66925934

I’m surprised Maxwell is still alive at this point.

By all accounts she appears to be doing well in her medium security prison - apparently there’s a lot of activities available including a running track- there’s far worse places I imagine for a female to serve out a sentence

If memory serves she got quite a hefty sentence like 15 years or something?

20 years was it not? Given that it was a federal sentence she will serve all of it. the federal system doesn't do early release on parole.

For someone who's lived a life of absolute luxury, any prison must be a helluva shock to the system.

Wonderful

The UK Financial Conduct Authority has issued a devastating sanction against Jes Staley, former CEO of Barclays. In addition to a €2 Million fine, Staley is banned from banking and he may have to pay back £17.8m in deferred pay and bonuses. The FCA has often imposed massive fines on banks but I don't think any individual has ever been hit with such massive consequences. Staley is appealing but his banking career is over.

The amazing thing is the fine is not because of anything he did with Jeffrey Epstein. In fact the decision expressly states that the FCA "makes no findings that Mr Staley saw, or was aware of, any of Mr Epstein’s alleged crimes".

No, the swingeing penalties are solely because Staley told the FCA (and the Barclays Board) that he did not have a "close relationship" with Epstein and that his "last contact with Mr Epstein was well before he joined Barclays in 2015”. Emails show that he had a very close, even sycophantic, relationship with Epstein and his last contact with Epstein was in 2015, days before joining Barclays.

So Staley is guillotined for distancing himself from Epstein. If he had been more frank e.g. "Yes, I was close to Epstein up to the time I joined Barclays", would he have been in the clear?

No one seems to care whether Staley ever asked Epstein the very first and most essential question which every banker must ask of their client, rich or poor: "What is the source of your funds". For all the FCA (or any other supervisor) knows or cares, Epstein could have been laundering funds for Putin or the Kinahan gang.

The media just blandly report these mind-boggling developments.

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/financial-services/2023/10/12/ex-barclays-chief-jes-staley-banned-for-misleading-watchdog-over-epstein/

Such a shame that the judge who ordered this is going to commit suicide by shooting her self 3 times in the back of her head

I think whatever the stories are about Andrew in relation to Epstein, we’ve essentially heard them at this stage - so I think it unlikely there will be anything new- but if there are less famous names, it might be an interesting exercise for tabloids but I’m not really a fan of guilt by association - if some of these people committed crimes then prosecute them- but just naming people linked to Epstein is a bit odd

Also, they don't actually know who is on the list so an org like the BBC would be loathe to speculate.