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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Gustaf Kilander

Ex-first lady of Virgin Islands checked wording of sex offender law with Jeffrey Epstein, legal brief claims

New York State Sex Offender Registry

The wife of the then-governor of the US Virgin Islands is alleged to have consulted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein in 2011 about new sex crime legislation three years before he pled guilty to soliciting a minor, a legal brief has stated.

The brief has been filed by JPMorgan Chase as it battles the government of the US Virgin Islands, which has been attempting to lay the blame on the bank for allegedly being aware that it was profiting off the convicted sex offender’s trafficking, according to Law & Crime.

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