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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Kalyeena Makortoff Banking correspondent

Jes Staley stayed ‘in contact with Jeffrey Epstein’ long after joining Barclays

Jes Staley seen outside 10 Downing Street in 2018.
Jes Staley was banned from holding senior City roles after the UK regulator ruled he had misled it over his relationship with Epstein. Photograph: Peter Nicholls/Reuters

The former chief executive of Barclays Jes Staley allegedly stayed in contact with Jeffrey Epstein long after joining the UK bank, according to legal documents that reportedly contradict claims he cut ties with the convicted child sex offender and disgraced financier in 2015.

Documents from a now-settled lawsuit, seen by Bloomberg News, allegedly suggest that the two men used an unnamed third person, who “acted as an intermediary for messages between Staley and Epstein”, to stay in contact after Staley took over as chief executive of Barclays in December 2015.

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