qwant news | Jes Staley's wife files for divorce after ex-Barclays exec admitted to affair with Epstein staffer: report by undefinedJes Staley’s wife, Debora Staley, filed a sealed divorce petition in New York on March 13, ending a decades‑long marriage to the former Barclays chief executive. The filing comes barely a year after Staley’s courtroom testimony about his ties to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, during which he admitted to having a consensual sexual encounter with one of Epstein’s staffers. The disclosure, which he described as “open and honest,” raised the specter that his marriage was already “at risk.” Staley, who was previously a senior executive at JPMorgan before leading Barclays, was fined roughly $1.4 million and barred from the UK financial sector last year for downplaying the closeness of his relationship with Epstein.The revelations are part of a broader saga that began with Staley’s long‑standing professional connection to Epstein while at JPMorgan. After Epstein’s victims sued the bank for allegedly profiting from his sex‑trafficking scheme, JPMorgan sued Staley in 2022, accusing him of covering up information that might have led the bank to drop Epstein as a client. The bank settled with both the victims and Staley in 2023. Staley stepped down as Barclays CEO in 2021, and his appeal of the industry ban was rejected when a judge upheld the sanction, noting his mischaracterization of the friendship and his own admission of the affair.Further court documents add detail to the tangled relationship. In 2010 Epstein asked an unidentified woman to purchase a Snow White costume, later joking with Staley about the “fun” of the outfit; Staley later denied recalling any such references. Epstein also emailed Staley’s daughter, Alexa, multiple times, including a 2016 message probing whether her father might be considered for Treasury secretary under the Trump administration—an overture Staley’s team dismissed. These disclosures, alongside the divorce filing, underscore the personal and professional fallout from Staley’s once‑high‑profile ties to Epstein.Read more: https://nypost.com/2026/03/20/business/jes-staleys-wife-files-for-divorce-after-ex-barclays-exec-admitted-to-affair-with-epstein-staffer-report/#jesstaley #barclays #jeffreyepstein #jpmorgan #uk
