Sex offender Jeffrey Epstein paid college tuition for the kids of then-governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands, whose spouse made efforts to safe scholar visas and a piece license for younger girls linked to Epstein, in accordance with an up to date court docket filing Thursday by JPMorgan Chase.

Those tuition funds, whose length and quantities weren’t revealed, allowed then-Gov. John de Jongh Jr. “to funnel further cash to his political campaigns,” JPMorgan stated within the submitting in U.S. District Court in Manhattan.

Epstein additionally “provided to fund Governor de Jongh’s protection within the Governor’s felony case,” the place the then-governor was charged in 2015 in reference to the use of public funds to make safety enhancements at his non-public residence, in accordance with the submitting. Those expenses have been dropped in early 2016 by the Virgin Islands Department of Justice.

JPMorgan alleges Epstein’s generosity was half of his broader effort to construct sway on the islands.

The submitting is an element of the financial institution’s protection of a civil lawsuit by the U.S. Virgin Islands alleging JPMorgan facilitated Epstein’s intercourse trafficking of younger girls. Epstein, who was a JPMorgan buyer between 1998 and 2013, owned two non-public islands within the territory and abused a number of younger girls at his residence on one of these islands.

JPMorgan denies wrongdoing within the case.

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon is because of be deposed Friday for the Virgin Islands’ lawsuit, in addition to for an identical one filed towards the financial institution by an accuser of Epstein.

“Lest there be doubt that Epstein’s objective was to achieve affect, First Lady [Cecile] de Jongh explicitly suggested Epstein on the way to purchase management of the USVI political class,” the submitting says.

The doc additionally refers to 1 time when Cecile de Jongh was “asking Epstein what visas the ‘women’ have and making an attempt to rearrange English as a Second Language lessons for them.”

Former Gov. de Jongh served as Virgin Islands governor between 2007 and 2015.

Cecile de Jongh labored for Epstein, managing his corporations within the territory. She made $200,000 in 2007 alone, the submitting notes.

CNBC has reached out to the de Jonghs for remark by an asset administration agency within the Virgin Islands the place the previous governor is a director.

The submitting was first docketed Tuesday with in depth redactions, however it was refiled Thursday, with some particulars about former Gov. de Jongh and Cecile now seen. Also seen are allegations associated to present Virgin Islands Gov. Albert Bryan Jr. and his instant predecessor in that workplace, Kenneth Mapp.

Bryan, who is because of be deposed June 6 within the case, recommended faculties to which Epstein ought to donate $50,000, the submitting stated. Bryan additionally requested $30,000 go to the Virgin Islands Little League, in accordance with the doc.

Portions of the submitting that have been seen Tuesday stated the federal government of the Virgin Islands was “complicit within the crimes of Jeffrey Epstein.”

JPMorgan stated Epstein — who died in 2019 by a jailhouse suicide whereas awaiting trial on federal intercourse trafficking expenses — gave high officers within the territory cash, recommendation and favors as they seemed the opposite manner when he trafficked younger girls there.

A spokesperson for the Office of the Attorney General of the Virgin Islands, in an emailed assertion responding to the up to date submitting, stated, “JPMorgan Chase facilitated Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse, and ought to be held accountable for violating the legislation.”

“This is an apparent try and shift blame away from JPMorgan Chase, which had a obligation to report the proof in its possession of Epstein’s human trafficking, and failed to take action,” the spokesperson stated.

The doc calls Cecile de Jongh, who managed Epstein’s corporations there when she was first woman, “a prepared companion” in serving to Epstein transport younger girls to take advantage of within the Virgin Islands, the place he maintained a house.

The financial institution alleged Cecile de Jongh was “Epstein’s major conduit for spreading cash and affect all through the USVI authorities.” The submitting stated she emailed him in 2011 proposed language for a invoice within the Virgin Islands legislature that will replace intercourse offender monitoring legal guidelines.

“This is the recommended language; will it work for you?” she requested in that e mail, in accordance with the submitting.

The doc additionally stated Epstein, who was a registered intercourse offender on account of his conviction in Florida state court docket in 2008 for soliciting intercourse from a minor, replied, “We ought to add out of nation for greater than 7 days, in any other case I couldn’t go for a day journey to Tortola, on the final minute.”

JPMorgan alleged Epstein, regardless of receiving “profitable tax incentives” and “lax enforcement” of his intercourse offender standing from the Virgin Islands, “nonetheless couldn’t freely transport and exploit younger girls with out help from USVI authorities officers.”

The submitting stated Cecile de Jongh “organized for Epstein to fulfill with a neighborhood immigration lawyer to help a minimum of one” younger girl who wanted a visa to go to the American territory.

Cecile de Jongh additionally “contacted the University of the Virgin Islands … to seek out out whether or not three younger girls might enroll there to acquire scholar visas,” in accordance with the submitting.

“Perhaps cognizant of the chance in having a registered intercourse offender signal the letter, First Lady de Jongh wrote to Epstein that he ought to take into consideration whether or not ‘[he] ought to signal [the letter] or one of us,'” the doc stated.

“Ultimately UVI structured a bespoke class to enroll victims and supply cowl for their presence within the territory — the identical 12 months Epstein donated $20,000 to the college by one of his corporations,” the submitting stated.

“In addition to visas, some of the younger girls Epstein delivered to the island additionally wanted
employment,” the submitting famous.

The doc stated when one of these girls wanted a dental license, “First Lady de Jongh reached out to the Director for the Office of Professional Licensure and Health Planning on the USVI Department of Health relating to a ‘new apply act’ that will have ‘vital adjustments and allowances for reciprocity.'”

“The Director wrote to Ms. de Jongh that when the act went earlier than the Senate Committee she would have a ‘clearer concept on what [the young woman’s] choices are shifting ahead,'” it stated.

The submitting alleged Cecile de Jongh additionally reached out to contacts within the lawyer common’s workplace and solicitor common’s workplace concerning the new guidelines.

“Ultimately, First Lady de Jongh was profitable,” the submitting stated. “The younger girl finally set
up a neighborhood dental apply within the USVI and shared an workplace with Epstein’s corporations.”

In detailing claims Cecile suggested Epstein on the way to use his cash to manage politicians within the Virgin Islands, the submitting says Epstein, at her suggestion, “explored paying month-to-month retainers to USVI politicians to make sure their ‘loyalty and entry.'”

“First Lady de Jongh recommended that Epstein ‘contemplate placing Celestino [White] on some type of month-to-month retainer. That is what is going to get you his loyalty and entry,'” stated the doc.

White was a Virgin Islands senator.

The submitting additionally particulars how Epstein met typically with the management of the Virgin Islands Port Authority, which leased hangar house to him at its airport, the place girls have been introduced in for Epstein.

Cecile de Jongh at one level requested Epstein, on behalf of her husband, the governor, “if he would help” the bid by then-Sen. Carlton Dowe to return to the Port Authority, the submitting stated.

Dowe, in accordance with the message from Cecile, could be a “good particular person for us” there, the submitting stated.

“Based on his authorities connections, when touring by the USVI’s airport accompanied by younger girls as a registered intercourse offender, Epstein might rely on his ‘nice relationship’ with the officers there to keep away from scrutiny or detection,” the submitting stated.

“In sum, in trade for Epstein’s money and presents, USVI made life straightforward for him,” JPMorgan’s submitting stated.

The doc added, “The authorities mitigated any burdens from his intercourse offender standing. And it made positive that nobody requested too many questions on his transport and holding of younger ladies on his island.”