KEY POINTS
  • JPMorgan Chase in a court filing called the US. Virgin Islands "complicit in the crimes of Jeffrey Epstein," saying the sex predator gave high-ranking officials there money, advice and favors in exchange for looking the other way when he trafficked young women to be abused there.
  • The governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands is scheduled to be deposed next month in the civil lawsuit by his government against JPMorgan Chase over Epstein's sex trafficking.
  • JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon is scheduled to be deposed in the suit Friday in New York.
  • Judge Jed Rakoff has authorized the Virgin Islands to serve a subpoena for Tesla CEO Elon Musk seeking documents that might be relevant in the case.

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Albert Bryan Jr., governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands, speaks during the SelectUSA Investment Summit in National Harbor, Maryland, on May 2, 2023.

JPMorgan Chase in a court filing Tuesday called the U.S. Virgin Islands "complicit in the crimes of Jeffrey Epstein," saying the sex predator gave high-ranking officials there money, advice and favors in exchange for looking the other way when he trafficked young women to be abused on his island getaway.

"For two decades, and for long after JPMC exited Epstein as a client, the entity that most directly failed to protect public safety and most actively facilitated and benefited from Epstein's continued criminal activity was the plaintiff in this case — the USVI government itself," the bank said in the Manhattan federal court filing.

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