US Virgin Islands Versus JPMorgan Chase: Judge Allows Bank To Argue the Affirmative Defense That Territory Government Has ‘Unclean Hands’ Due to Its Own Jeffrey Epstein Ties
A lawsuit is raging in Federal Court in New York, pitting the government of the US Virgin Islands territory against America’s largest bank, JPMorgan Chase.
But while the bank has agreed to settle a parallel suit by Epstein trafficking victims for a value said to reach $290 million, it has stood its ground and put forward ‘affirmative defenses’ stating that the USVI has ‘unclean hands’ because of its own ties to Epstein, and therefore could not seek damages in court.
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