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A new Justice Department watchdog report reveals a "combination of negligence and misconduct" enabled Jeffrey Epstein to take his own life behind bars. Epstein was found dead in his New York cell in 2019, just over a month after federal authorities took him into custody.
The agreement stems from a November lawsuit that alleged the bank ignored red flags about Epstein in order to keep his business.
Documents obtained by the AP provide the most complete accounting to date of Epstein's detention and death, and its chaotic aftermath.
A 2022 lawsuit had claimed the bank knowingly benefited from Epstein's sex trafficking in order to profit from doing business with him.
The bank, which accused the former Barclays CEO of sexual assault, is demanding he repay years' worth of compensation.
Prosecutors in the Virgin Islands allege Epstein paid off underage girls by wiring them funds from a Chase bank account.
Maxwell is imprisoned in Florida after her conviction and 20-year sentence for helping late financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse girls.
The territory's attorney general accused the bank of deliberately concealing evidence of Epstein's illegal enterprise for its own benefit.
She had filed a defamation lawsuit against Dershowitz after accusing a number of prominent men, including Prince Andrew, of sexually exploiting her when she was 17 and 18 years old.
The man accused of breaking into House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's home and severely beating her husband with a hammer appears to have made racist and often rambling posts online.
In an interview heard first on "CBS Mornings," convicted sex offender Ghislaine Maxwell called meeting Jeffrey Epstein the "greatest mistake" of her life. Senior international interviewer Daphne Barak spoke with Maxwell by phone from a Florida prison, where she's serving a 20-year sentence for sexually abusing, recruiting and trafficking girls for Epstein.
Hear the first excerpt of Maxwell's interview behind bars for an upcoming special that will air on Paramount+
The convicted Ponzi schemer's cause of death is pending toxicology test results.
A law firm that helped defend Ghislaine Maxwell, the socialite convicted of helping financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse underage girls, is suing her, her brother and husband.
At least 46 people have been found dead in a tractor-trailer near San Antonio that had no working air conditioning. It’s believed to have been a human smuggling operation. Three people were taken into custody. Ghislaine Maxwell is set to be sentenced in Manhattan federal court for helping Jeffrey Epstein abuse girls. And Russia has scheduled a trial for WNBA star Britney Griner for Friday on attempted drug smuggling charges.
Accuser Annie Farmer said she believed Ghislaine Maxwell's sentencing was "very fair."
Maxwell was found guilty last December of conspiring with her ex-boyfriend, financier Jeffrey Epstein, to groom, recruit and sexually abuse minors as part of an infamous trafficking ring.
Former British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was sentenced to two decades behind bars for helping Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse underage girls. Her attorney plans to appeal the judge's decision. Jericka Duncan has the latest.
Former British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. A federal jury convicted her in December for helping her long-time associate Jeffrey Epstein recruit, groom, and sexually abuse teenage girls. CBS News national correspondent Jericka Duncan has details from inside the courtroom.
Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislane Maxwell is set to be sentenced in New York federal court Tuesday. She was convicted in December of helping the wealthy financier traffic and abuse underage girls. Jericka Duncan reports and CBS news legal contributor Rebecca Roiphe joins Anne-Marie Green and Vladimir Duthiers to discuss the sentencing.
Maxwell was found guilty of sex trafficking and convicted in December for helping Jeffrey Epstein abuse teenage girls.
Maxwell, a British socialite, was convicted in December of helping Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse several teenage girls.
Ghislaine Maxwell grew up in the United Kingdom in immense wealth and privilege, the daughter of a media mogul. CBS News' Holly Williams reveals Maxwell's complicated journey from her father's momentous fall from power and sudden death, to living the high life in New York associated with child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
A U.S. district judge ruled that Virginia Roberts Giuffre can move forward with her sex abuse suit against the Duke of York, rejecting arguments by Prince Andrew that he was protected by a 2009 plea agreement between Giuffre and Jeffrey Epstein. As CBS News foreign correspondent Holly Williams reports, Prince Andrew now faces three choices: head to court, appeal the decision, or reach a legal settlement with Giuffre.
The trial of Ghislaine Maxwell is underway and we're hearing new details from one of her alleged victims. In her book, "Silenced No More: Surviving My Journey to Hell and Back," Sarah Ransome writes about her time in Epstein's orbit.
