Judge rules Bank of America must face lawsuit over Jeffrey Epstein ties
Published on: Jan. 30, 2026, 3:47 a.m. | Source: Devdiscourse
Rakoff said Epstein's victims may pursue two claims accusing Bank of America, the second-largest U.S. bank, of knowingly benefiting from Epstein's sex trafficking, and of obstructing enforcement of the federal Trafficking Victims Protection Act. The judge rejected four other claims in the lawsuit, including that Bank of America participated in and aided Epstein's sex trafficking, and that it negligently failed to protect victims or refrain from "non-routine" banking services. Bank of New York Mellon, the world's largest custodial bank, won dismissal of the same six claims.
