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Business executive Jes Staley recently came under fire for being in contact with the late billionaire Jeffrey Epstein. Email discussions where the two referred to a woman as a Disney princess recently came to light.
Netizens have since expressed rage over several high-profile officials not being reprimanded for having ties with the s*x offender.
Over 1200 emails were reportedly exchanged between Jeffrey Epstein and Jes Staley. In one of the many emails, a woman who was allegedly procured for Staley was referred to as a Disney princess.
In an email, Staley told Epstein- “That was fun. Say hi to Snow White.” Epstein went on to ask “which character” he would “like next.” Staley responded by saying- “Beauty and the Beast.”
The US Virgin Islands lawsuit, which has accused JP Morgan Chase of helping Jeffrey Epstein traffic women and girls, also alleged that Epstein wired $2000 from his JP Morgan account to a woman in January 2009. This was done during one of Staley’s visits to Epstein’s Palm Beach, Florida residence.
In August of the same year, Epstein asked Staley if he would require anything during his travels to the UK. The latter responded by saying- “Yep.” At the end of the month, Epstein wired $3000 to the aforementioned woman.
It has also been alleged that Staley, who was also a boss at Barclays, visited Jeffrey Epstein’s infamous Little St James private island in the US Virgin Islands. USVI’s lawsuit revealed in a document that Staley sent the following message to Epstein:
“So when all hell breaks lose, and the world is crumbling, I will come here, and be at peace. Presently, I’m in the hot tub with a glass of white wine. This is an amazing place. Truly amazing. Next time, we’re here together. I owe you much. And I deeply appreciate our friendship. I have few so profound.”
Who is Jes Staley? Former Barclays exec comes under fire for links to Jeffrey Epstein
The 66-year-old was born in Boston, Massachusetts. James “Jes” E. Staley joined JP Morgan Chase after graduating with an economics degree. This was just the beginning of his 30-year-old tenure at the banking giant. He climbed the ladder to become the boss of the firm’s investment banking division. He was also quick to become the right-hand man for JP Morgan chief executive Jamie Dimon.
The BBC claims that Jes Staley first developed a “professional relationship” with Jeffrey Epstein in 2000, when the former became the head of the bank’s private client division.
Staley left the firm in 2013 and went on to join hedge fund Blue Mountain Capital Management. In 2015, he went on to become a Barclays boss from which he was fired in November 2021 after his alleged links to Epstein came to light.
Responding to the USVI lawsuit which has linked Staley to Epstein, Staley’s lawyer said in an interview in the past:
“We wish to make it expressly clear that our client had no involvement in any of the alleged crimes committed by Mr Epstein.”
Netizens react to Jes Staley’s email transactions with Jeffrey Epstein
Internet users were left agonized by the email correspondences which had come to light. Many expressed disgust over Staley not being reprimanded by the law for his actions. Others also rallied for other business execs to be exposed and held accountable for their links to Epstein. A few comments online read:
This is not the only lawsuit Staley has been embroiled in. The father-of-two has also been accused of “personally observing s*xual abuse of young women” by Epstein.
