Ex-Barclays boss saw Jeffrey Epstein abuse young women, US lawsuit claims

Suit filed by victim against JP Morgan alleges Jes Staley knew of trafficking of young women and witnessed sexual abuse

Jes Staley, the former boss of Barclays, has been accused in documents lodged at a US court of “personally observ[ing] the sexual abuse of young women” by Jeffrey Epstein.

Staley, 66, who resigned as chief executive of Barclays in November 2021 after a preliminary investigation by the UK regulators into his relationship with Epstein, is named in a lawsuit filed by one of Epstein’s victims.