- A federal judge says Google co-founder Larry Page may be served with legal documents by the U.S. Virgin Islands government for his civil lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase related to sex trafficking by the bank’s longtime client , Jeffrey Epstein.
- It was previously known that the Virgin Islands planned to subpoena Page co-founder Sergey Brin, as well as former Disney executive Michael Ovitz, Hyatt Hotels executive chairman Thomas Pritzker, and investor Mort Zuckerman. billionaire real estate.
- The US territory and a woman who says she was sexually abused by Epstein are separately suing JPMorgan, claiming the bank was complicit in his sex trafficking of multiple women.
- JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon is expected to be deposed in the case at the end of May.
Larry Page, co-founder of Google.
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A federal judge says Google co-founder Larry Page may be served with legal documents by the U.S. Virgin Islands government for his civil lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase related to sex trafficking by the bank’s longtime client , Jeffrey Epstein.
A Thursday filing entry did not disclose the nature of the legal documents the USVI wants to serve on Page in the lawsuit, which is pending in U.S. District Court in Manhattan.
However, the USVI previously issued subpoenas in the lawsuit to Page co-founder Sergey Brin, as well as former Disney executive Michael Ovitz, Hyatt Hotels executive chairman Thomas Pritzker and Mort Zuckerman. , the billionaire real estate investor. The subpoenas were for documents and other information about Epstein and JPMorgan.
Page served as CEO of Google’s parent company, Alphabet, from 2015 to 2019, having previously served as Google’s chief executive. He remains a director of Alphabet.
USVI and a woman who says she was sexually abused by Epstein are separately suing JPMorgan, claiming the bank was complicit in his sex trafficking of multiple women.
Epstein had millions of dollars on deposit at JPMorgan for years and used money from those accounts to facilitate women’s travel to his residence on a private island in USVI and elsewhere.
JPMorgan, whose CEO Jamie Dimon is to be deposed in the case at the end of May, denies any wrongdoing.
On Wednesday, Judge Jed Rakoff held the latest in a series of conference calls in the case with attorneys for the parties to the trial.
The docket entry detailing the conference was posted on the court’s website on Thursday. It indicates that “the USVI has the authorization to file an application for alternate service for Larry Page no later than noon” Thursday.
The term “alternative service” suggests that the USVI once attempted to serve Page with legal documents for the lawsuit, but was unable to do so through traditional means, including having a bailiff deliver the documents to Page. papers or by having their own lawyers accepted. them in his name.
Alternative service may include mailing legal documents, posting them on a public information site, or sending them by email.
CNBC has reached out to Page for comment.
Epstein killed himself in a Manhattan jail cell in August 2019, a month after his arrest for child sex trafficking. He previously pleaded guilty in 2008 to soliciting sex from an underage girl in Florida.
JPMorgan only severed ties with Epstein in 2013.
Over the years, Epstein has been friends with many rich and famous people, including former Presidents Donald Trump and Bill Clinton.