Jun 12 JPMorgan reaches settlement with victims of Jeffrey Epstein By Michelle Chapman, Associated Press The lawsuit filed in Manhattan federal court in November sought to hold JPMorgan financially liable for Epstein’s decades-long abuse of teenage girls and young women. Terms of the settlement were not disclosed. Continue reading
May 18 Deutsche Bank to pay $75 million to Epstein victims in ‘groundbreaking settlement,’ lawyers say By Courtney Bonnell, Associated Press Deutsche Bank has agreed to pay $75 million to settle a lawsuit claiming the German lender should have seen evidence of sex trafficking by Jeffrey Epstein when he was a client. Continue reading
Jan 03 U.S. Virgin Islands fires attorney general in Jeffrey Epstein cases By Dánica Coto, Associated Press The removal comes just days after she filed a lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase in New York and accused the company of helping Epstein finance the illegal exploitation of women and children in the U.S. Virgin Islands and beyond. Continue reading
Dec 27 Biden signs bill forcing the federal Bureau of Prisons to fix outdated cameras By Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press President Joe Biden has signed into law a bill requiring the federal Bureau of Prisons to overhaul outdated security systems and fix broken surveillance cameras. Continue reading
Jun 28 Ghislaine Maxwell sentenced to 20 years in prison By Tom Hays, Larry Neumeister, Associated Press The sentencing Tuesday was the culmination of a prosecution that detailed how Epstein and Maxwell flaunted their riches and associations with prominent people to groom vulnerable girls and then exploit them. Continue reading
Jun 28 Maxwell faces potential 30 years in sentencing for helping Epstein crimes By Tom Hays, Larry Neumeister, Associated Press Ghislaine Maxwell is sitting in a Manhattan federal courtroom, waiting to learn how many years a judge says she faces for helping the wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse underage girls. Continue reading
Apr 01 Judge upholds Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking conviction despite concerns about juror By Tom Hays, Larry Neumeister, Associated Press A judge has declined to throw out Ghislaine Maxwell's sex trafficking conviction, despite a juror's failure to disclose he'd been a victim of childhood sexual abuse. Continue reading
Feb 15 Prince Andrew to settle sex abuse case By Larry Neumeister, Associated Press Lawyers say a tentative settlement has been reached in a lawsuit accusing Prince Andrew of sexually abusing Virginia Giuffre when she was 17 years old. Continue reading
Jan 12 Judge allows Virginia Giuffre’s lawsuit against Prince Andrew to continue By Larry Neumeister, Tom Hays, Associated Press A judge has given the green light to a lawsuit against Prince Andrew by an American woman who says he sexually abused her when she was 17. Continue reading
Jan 03 $500,000 settlement between Jeffrey Epstein, Prince Andrew accuser now public By Larry Neumeister, Associated Press The lawyers said the $500,000 settlement between Virginia Roberts Giuffre and Jeffrey Epstein was released in Manhattan federal court on Monday. Continue reading