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Jeffrey Epstein Confidante Ghislaine Maxwell Arrested on Sex Abuse Charges

Ghislaine Maxwell, the British socialite and heiress who became a confidante of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and was later implicated in his alleged sexual crimes, has been arrested by the FBI. She was arrested in Bradford, New Hampshire, around 8:30 a.m. Thursday on charges she conspired...

www.nbcnewyork.com

 

[Tresir]

Well this is being kept very quiet. Ongoing earlier in the month. Have not seen any outcome yet.

Bombshells and revelations: how the Jes Staley evidence unfolded

Ex-Barclays CEO’s admission that he had sex with Jeffrey Epstein employee is among details to emerge in court

www.theguardian.com

 

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Here's some more detail from the Chambers dealing with it.

This is being kept well under the radar.

Decision not expected till June 2025.

Jes Staley v the FCA: Upper Tribunal to rule on misleading statements

Jes Staley appeals FCA lifetime ban and £1.8M fine over Epstein ties, denying misconduct. Tribunal decision expected by June 2025. | Read More

chambers.com

Jes Staley v the FCA: Upper Tribunal to rule on misleading statements​

by Jemima Myles

Published on 1 April 2025

Written by Jemima Myles

Jes Staley, the former CEO of Barclays, is currently involved in an appeal concerning his relationship with the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) accused Staley of approving misleading statements about the nature and extent of his association with Epstein. Ultimately, in 2023, the authority imposed a lifetime ban on Staley, barring him from holding senior positions in the financial industry (pursuant to section 56 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000) and fined him £1.8 million (pursuant to section 66 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000). Staley is appealing these sanctions currently in the Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber), asserting he did not mislead regulators and that his relationship with Epstein was purely “professional”.

During ongoing tribunal proceedings, Staley admitted to having a consensual sexual encounter with a member of Epstein’s staff at an apartment owned by Epstein’s brother. He acknowledged that this has strained his marriage and led to public embarrassment. The FCA presented communications suggesting a closer personal relationship between Staley and Epstein than previously disclosed, challenging Staley’s characterisation of their interactions.

The Tribunal also examined evidence indicating that Staley continued to communicate with Epstein until 2015, shortly before becoming CEO of Barclays, contradicting statements that their contact had ceased well before his Barclays tenure. The FCA maintains that Staley’s lack of transparency about his relationship with Epstein undermines his integrity and suitability for senior financial roles.

Staley’s team argues the FCA’s investigation has subjected him to undue public humiliation and personal distress. They maintain that he has been forthcoming about his past interactions with Epstein and that the sanctions are disproportionate. The tribunal hearings are ongoing. Closing arguments are expected in April 2025 and a final decision is anticipated by June 2025.

The barristers involved​

This hearing sees two Chambers ranked barristers involved.

Robert Smith KC of New Park Court represents Jes Staley.

Andrew Green KC of Blackstone Chambers argues for the FCA.

 

[Tresir]

Here's the Supreme Court appeal for Maxwell. So Laffitte, Staley and Maxwell all within the same month. What a coincidence.

Ghislaine Maxwell, jailed Epstein accomplice, appeals case to US Supreme Court​

Maxwell is serving a 20-year prison sentence.
ByJames Hill and Aaron Katersky
April 11, 2025, 2:51 PM

Ghislaine Maxwell, jailed Epstein accomplice, appeals case to US Supreme Court

Ghislaine Maxwell asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to overturn her sex-trafficking conviction.

abcnews.go.com

Ghislaine Maxwell asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to overturn her sex-trafficking conviction, arguing she was covered by a non-prosecution agreement the government made with her former paramour, Jeffrey Epstein.
Maxwell is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence. She was convicted on five counts of aiding Epstein in his abuse of underage girls in December 2021.
A federal appeals court rejected her argument that Epstein’s non-prosecution agreement, arranged in 2007, barred her prosecution in New York. She urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reconsider her case.

MORE: Appeals court upholds sex crimes conviction of Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell​

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“Despite the existence of a non-prosecution agreement promising in plain language that the United States would not prosecute any co-conspirator of Jeffrey Epstein, the United States in fact prosecuted Ghislaine Maxwell as a co-conspirator of Jeffrey Epstein,” her attorneys wrote in their petition.
Maxwell said the US Supreme Court should resolve differences of opinion among federal appeals court as to whether a non-prosecution arranged in one district can be enforced in another.

“A defendant should be able to rely on a promise that the United States will not prosecute again, without being subject to a gotcha in some other jurisdiction that chooses to interpret that plain language promise in some other way,” defense attorney David Markus wrote.
Four women testified at trial they had been abused as minors at Epstein's homes in Florida, New York, New Mexico and the Virgin Islands and said Maxwell, the daughter of British newspaper magnate Robert Maxwell, had talked them into giving Epstein massages that turned sexual. They testified they were lured with gifts and promises about how Epstein could use his money and connections to help them.
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.

 

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The French Epstein. He ran a "model" agency and provided many underage girls to Epstein.

Well amazingly then i was thinking of the right guy. That's who I thought it was. So did have that straight. Who was it that had or provided two very young French girls... I connect that with him, or for him, as well. He either provided or was provided them. Another case that's hard to keep all straight. Twins I believe, and single digits in age if I recall.... What a bunch of SICK people.

 

[GrandmaBear]

He also had a playground in NY and NM and the VI. He should have been charged federally in 2008. Acosta was it? Rings a bell anyway.

Oh I know. That stuff I have pretty straight. I've said before and will again, money, power, control, sex, let's add important people or those that want to be. Not all, but a lot. Politics, churches, schools, you name it, running to be a mayor, school board, a lot of such types go towards such. THIS of course is far higher level and far surpassing that kind of thing. The playgrounds yeah, of the rich, the bored, you name it... This case makes me sick.

It's like "Hollywood" too kinds of cases. I use that word as that is where it used to would have been. Again,I the rich, the bored, the wannabes, the drugs, the rapes if you want to make it, you name it.

I don't think anything will ever change it.

And yes, the suicides.... The worry of big people. The release or slap on the hand like Epstein. Heck, what about Cosby?

And here you have Epstein with how many playgrounds and he offers it all. To other very disgusting people. And big names.

Yeah, I need to stop but I generally avoid such cases and when in them like here, they get to me.

But I do believe they need to be complained about. Talked about. I don't think it will ever chance though.

I don't buy these deaths. And I rarely think there is some conspiracy however, when big people in power are at risk, well.........