Jeffrey Epstein victims write letters pleading for JPMorgan to admit they knew ... trends now
Several of Jeffrey Epstein's victims have penned scathing letters asking JPMorgan brass to admit they knew about the pedophile's pattern of abuse - as the bank faces two lawsuits alleging it played a part in the late financier's sex-trafficking ring.
Filed by the US Virgin Islands and lawyers representing Epstein’s many victims, the suits contend the New York-based bank knew about Epstein's nefarious behavior for years - and even aided in the sex fiend's sordid exploits while turning a blind eye.
A few months ago, the evidence brought by both parties was enough to sway a judge to rule the cases could go forward - ordering the firm hand over any records involving CEO Jamie Dimon and ex-exec James 'Jes' Staley in the process.
The pair, former close friends who held positions of power during the height Epstein's crimes, have since waged war against one another, with Dimon, 67, insisting Staley, 66, concealed information about Epstein's account from the bank.
When questioned last week over the bank’s relationship with the sex trafficker, and if he recalled receiving any letters from any Epstein survivors, Dimon, under oath, insisted he did not - before being confronted with an emotional letter from a woman who was 16 when she became entangled in the late trafficker's web.
Top JPMorgan exec Jamie Dimon, 67, testified last week his bank had no knowledge of then-client Jeffrey Epstein's crimes - before being confronted with a letter penned to him from an Epstein survivor last month
Penned by Haley Robson, a 16-year-old student in West Palm Beach when she became involved with a then 51-year-old Epstein, the letter begged Dimon to admit to having knowledge of the late financier's now well-known sex-trafficking ring
'Dear Jamie Dimon,' wrote Robson, 30. 'I cannot begin to explain how Epstein has consumed my life. I cannot make you see, force you to feel or even request that you show compassion to all the survivors'. Prosecutors last week produced two other letters from Epstein survivors
'Dear Jamie Dimon,' wrote Haley Robson, 30, who was a student at Royal Palm High School in West Palm Beach when she was recruited by a then 51-year-old Epstein.
'I cannot begin to explain how Epstein has consumed my life. I cannot make you see, force you to feel or even request that you show compassion to all the survivors.'
The letter, first reported by The Daily Beast, went on: 'I don’t understand how so many people, colleagues, knew what was going on, or had evidence and information that could have helped us, and chose not to speak up.'
Referencing a past smear campaign launched by Epstein’s attorney to discredit victims after he was convicted of soliciting prostitution from underage girls in 2008, Robson continued: 'Why did we all get picked apart publicly when the reality is you and many more knew something and didn’t speak up?!'
That legal maneuver came as Staley, then a high-ranking JPMorgan executive tasked with managing Epstein's multimillion-dollar account, sensationally visiting Epstein in prison after his conviction for prostitution in the US Virgin Island .
It also resulted in Epstein avoiding federal trafficking charges - after which the disgraced banker posed for a photo with Staley and former JPMorgan Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers seemingly in celebration.
'I may not be as smart as you, but we should at least agree that the information you withheld has hurt me and many others,' Robson continued in what proved to be curt, but forgiving correspondence.
'Everyone makes mistakes and has regrets,' the Florida woman - who helped provide Epstein with teens for his sex ring while being abused herself - wrote.
'If you are a good human you will just admit to making a mistake and be the first to try to do what is right to end this chapter on a positive note for all of us.'
That said, Robson was not the only victim to contact JPMorgan recently as they face questions about their relationship with Epstein.
Courtney Wild, who was 14 when she was abused by Epstein, penned a letter to executive Mary Erdoes last month, asking the longtime executive to support the victims’ fight for justice.
After Epstein's 2008 plea deal, she was one of several to sue the US government demanding he be brought to justice.
In a handwritten letter dated May 8, Wild wrote she believed 'JP Morgan was Epstein’s right hand in allowing him to become the most abusive sex offender in history.'
'Yet, rather than acknowledging a wrong doing, accepting responsibility, making an apology to all of us, and doing what is right,' it continued,
