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Epstein victims get .5M from Bank of America settlement

Epstein victims get $72.5M from Bank of America settlement

Published by Sam Flores

A Bank of America branch in New York, US, on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Bank of America has agreed to pay victims of notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein $72.5 million to settle a class action lawsuit alleging that the bank facilitated his sex trafficking operation, a New York federal court filing showed Friday evening. The settlement, in which BoA did not admit wrongdoing, is the fourth settlement by a major bank of legal claims by Epstein victims or a government entity alleging they effectively abetted his trafficking while he was a customer. The settlement with BoA must be approved by U.S. District Court in Manhattan Judge Jed Rakoff; such approval is typically granted. The settlement would pay “all women who were sexually abused or trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein, or by any person who is connected to or otherwise associated with Jeffrey Epstein or any Jeffrey Epstein sex-trafficking venture, between June 30, 2008 and July 6, 2019, inclusive,” according to the filing. Lawyers in the case are “aware that …

Goldman Sachs lawyer Kathryn Ruemmler asked to testify

Goldman Sachs lawyer Kathryn Ruemmler asked to testify

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FILE PHOTO: White House counsel Kathryn Ruemmler listens as President Barack Obama speaks at an installation ceremony for FBI Director James Comey at FBI Headquarters in Washington, Monday, Oct. 28, 2013. Charles Dharapak | AP The House committee investigating the notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has asked Goldman Sachs‘ top lawyer, Kathryn Ruemmler, to testify about her interactions with Epstein, her spokeswoman said Tuesday. “Ms. Ruemmler welcomes the opportunity to appear before the Committee,” said Jennifer Connelly, her spokeswoman. “At the time she interacted with Jeffrey Epstein, she was a practicing criminal defense attorney and shared a client with him,” Connelly said. “She has done nothing wrong and had no knowledge of any ongoing criminal activity on his part.” The House Oversight Committee’s request that Ruemmler voluntarily appear before the panel comes nearly three weeks after she said she would leave Goldman Sachs at the end of June. Ruemmler’s announcement came after a wave of new media coverage focused on her often-friendly email exchanges with Epstein. Read more CNBC politics coverage Earlier Tuesday, Commerce Secretary …

Epstein files fallout: Goldman’s Ruemmler, Harvard’s Summers

Epstein files fallout: Goldman’s Ruemmler, Harvard’s Summers

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Close up image of a tablet screen displaying a portrait of Jeffrey Epstein beside the official U.S. Department of Justice website page titled Epstein Library in Washington District of Columbia United States on February 11, 2026. Veronique Tournier | Afp | Getty Images The recent release by the Department of Justice of millions of pages of emails and other documents related to the notorious sex predator Jeffrey Epstein has led to a wave of resignations and other uncomfortable fallout for high-profile people around the world whose dealings with him have been exposed. Those individuals include the top lawyer at the major investment bank Goldman Sachs, the CEO of Dubai’s largest port, a former president of Harvard University, a former U.S. president and ex-secretary of State, and the chairman of a leading American corporate law firm. The fallout from the Epstein files and people mentioned in them has even imperiled the government of United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer, even though the Labour Party leader never knew the convicted sex offender. Epstein, who cultivated relationships with …

JPMorgan, Deutsche Bank send Oversight records

JPMorgan, Deutsche Bank send Oversight records

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Photo released by the House Oversight Committee Democrats shows the property of Jeffrey Epstein’s private island home on Little St. James. Source: House Oversight Committee Democrats House Democrats on Wednesday revealed new photos and videos from Jeffrey Epstein’s private island in the U.S. Virgin Islands, and revealed that two major banks have handed over records related to the notorious sex offender. The tranche of images was shared by the U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Justice in response to a request from the House Oversight Committee, the panel’s Democratic minority said in a press release. They also received records from JPMorgan Chase and Deutsche Bank related to Epstein, the wealthy and well-connected financier who killed himself in jail in 2019 while facing federal sex trafficking charges. Photo released by the House Oversight Committee Democrats shows a room inside Jeffrey Epstein’s private island home on Little St. James. Source: House Oversight Democrats The Democrats said they plan to publicly release the banks’ materials “in the days ahead” after a review. A spokesperson for Oversight’s Republican majority said …