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A Bank of America logo is seen on the entrance to a Bank of America financial center in New York City, on July 11, 2023. (REUTERS/Brendan McDermid)
Mar 30, 2026

Bank of America agrees to pay $72.5M to settle Epstein accusers’ lawsuit

Bank of America agreed to pay $72.5 million to settle a civil lawsuit brought by women who accused the bank of facilitating their sexual abuse by Jeffrey Epstein.

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies before a House Judiciary Committee hearing on oversight of the Justice Department, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Feb. 11, 2026. (REUTERS/Kent Nishimura/File Photo)
Mar 17, 2026

House panel subpoenas AG Pam Bondi in Jeffrey Epstein probe

A U.S. congressional committee issued a subpoena to Attorney General Pam Bondi to testify behind closed doors in its probe of the late convicted sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein.

Chairman of the House Oversight Committee James Comer (R-KY) and Ranking member Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) look at images of former President Bill Clinton during a meeting to vote on whether to hold Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in contempt of Congress for defying subpoenas to testify in the panel's investigation of the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 21, 2026. (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque)
Mar 16, 2026

Bank of America settles Jeffrey Epstein accusers’ lawsuit

Bank of America has settled a civil lawsuit brought by women who accused the bank of facilitating their sexual abuse by Jeffrey Epstein, court records showed.

Jeffrey Epstein is seen in this image released by the Department of Justice on Dec. 19, 2025, as part of a new trove of documents from its investigations into the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. (U.S. Justice Department/Handout via REUTERS)
Feb 20, 2026

Epstein estate agrees to $35M settlement in victim class action

Jeffrey Epstein’s estate has agreed to pay as much as $35 million to resolve a class action lawsuit that accused two of his advisers of aiding and abetting his sex trafficking.

This March 28, 2017, file photo, provided by the New York State Sex Offender Registry shows Jeffrey Epstein. The retail titan behind Victoria's Secret says the financier Jeffrey Epstein misappropriated “vast sums” of his fortune while managing his personal finances. Ohio billionaire Leslie Wexner said in a letter Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019 that he recovered “some of the funds” but severed ties with Epstein in 2007 as sexual abuse allegations first surfaced against him in Florida. (New York State Sex Offender Registry via AP, File)
Dec 10, 2025

Justice Department can unseal records from Epstein’s 2019 sex trafficking case, judge says

A judge ruled Epstein’s 2019 grand jury transcripts can be released under new law, with victim privacy protections in place.

In this July 30, 2008, file photo, Jeffrey Epstein appears in court in West Palm Beach, Florida. (Uma Sanghvi/Palm Beach Post via AP, File)
Nov 12, 2025

Epstein email says Trump ‘knew about the girls’ as White House calls its release a Democratic smear

Jeffrey Epstein wrote in a 2019 email to a journalist that Donald Trump “knew about the girls," according to documents made public.

Audrey Strauss, acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, points to a photo of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, during a news conference in New York on July 2, 2020. (AP File Photo/John Minchillo)
Oct 6, 2025

Supreme Court rejects appeal from Ghislaine Maxwell, imprisoned ex-girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein

The Supreme Court rejected an appeal from Ghislaine Maxwell, the imprisoned former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein.

This image posted Sept. 8, 2025, on the X account of the Democrats on the House Oversight Committee shows a sexually suggestive birthday note to Jeffrey Epstein alluding to a “wonderful secret” and purportedly signed by President Donald Trump, who has denied sending the note. (@OversightDems/X via AP)
Sep 9, 2025

Congress releases Trump note to Epstein that he denies writing

House Democrats released a sexually suggestive letter to Jeffrey Epstein purportedly signed by President Donald Trump.

Audrey Strauss, acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, points to a photo of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, during a news conference in New York on July 2, 2020. (AP File Photo/John Minchillo)
Aug 20, 2025

Judge denies DOJ request to unseal Epstein grand jury transcripts

A federal judge rejected the DOJ’s request to unseal Jeffrey Epstein grand jury transcripts, keeping them sealed in the high-profile case.

Audrey Strauss, acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, points to a photo of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, during a news conference in New York on July 2, 2020. (AP File Photo/John Minchillo)
Aug 11, 2025

Epstein ex-girlfriend Maxwell grand jury transcripts won’t be unsealed, judge says

Secret grand jury testimony that led to the sex trafficking indictment of Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell won’t be released.

Audrey Strauss, acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, points to a photo of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, during a news conference in New York on July 2, 2020. (AP File Photo/John Minchillo)
Aug 5, 2025

House committee issues subpoenas for Epstein files, depositions with Clintons and others

The House Oversight Committee subpoenaed the Justice Department for files in the sex trafficking investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.

Sean Diddy Combs, center, motions a heart sign to his family in attendance as he is escorted out of lock-up by US Marshals on the first day of trial May 12, 2025, in New York. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)
Aug 5, 2025

Judge says Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs must stay in jail until he is sentenced

Sean “Diddy” Combs can't go home from jail to await sentencing on his prostitution-related conviction, a judge said.