qwant news | Jes Staley's wife files for divorce after ex-Barclays exec admitted to affair with Epstein staffer: report by undefined
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qwant news | Jes Staley's wife files for divorce after ex-Barclays exec admitted to affair with Epstein staffer: report by undefined
Jes Staley’s wife, Debora Staley, filed a sealed divorce petition in New York on March 13, 2026, ending a decades‑long marriage to the former Barclays chief executive. The filing comes roughly a year after Staley’s public testimony about an affair with a staff member of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, during which he admitted that the relationship put his marriage “at risk” but that he was trying to be “open and honest.” A lawyer for Staley declined to comment for the press.
The divorce comes amid the fallout from Staley’s long‑standing ties to Epstein. In 2025, British regulators fined Staley about $1.4 million and barred him from the United Kingdom’s financial industry for downplaying the closeness of his relationship with the convicted sex‑trafficker. Although Staley repeatedly claimed he knew nothing of Epstein’s “monstrous activities,” he acknowledged a consensual sexual encounter with an Epstein staffer and was forced to step down as Barclays CEO in 2021. JPMorgan, where Staley spent three decades, sued him in 2023 for allegedly covering up information that could have led the bank to drop Epstein as a client; the case was settled that year.
Further court documents revealed additional, unsettling details about Staley’s connection to Epstein. Emails show Epstein once asked a woman to purchase a “Snow White” costume, a request later referenced in a light‑hearted message from Staley to Epstein. Epstein also corresponded with the Staleys’ daughter, Alexa, in 2016, probing whether her father might be considered for the Treasury secretary post under the Trump administration. Those exchanges, along with the broader investigation into Epstein’s network, underscore the depth of Staley’s entanglement with the late financier and the personal repercussions now reflected in his pending divorce.
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