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An anonymous victim of Jeffrey Epstein filed lawsuits against Bank of America and BNY over their ties to the late sex offender, in the latest class-action complaints against the financier’s banks.
The anonymous victim filed the cases in Manhattan federal court on Wednesday under the pseudonym Jane Doe, seeking class-action status and financial damages. Both cases said she met Epstein while living in Russia in 2011, and was a resident of New York from 2011 to 2019 when she was abused by the deceased financier.
The complaint accused BofA of “participating in and financially benefiting from Jeffrey Epstein’s widespread and well-publicised sex-trafficking operation, as well as the direct financial benefits it received therefrom”.
BofA did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Lawyers David Boies and Brad Edwards, who represented victims in similar cases against JPMorgan and Deutsche Bank, filed Wednesday’s lawsuits. JPMorgan paid $290mn to settle class-action allegations against it lodged by Epstein’s victims, and Deutsche Bank paid $75mn.
BNY could not immediately be reached for comment.
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