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Lawyers search for Epstein survivors for Bank of America $72.5m settlement

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · · 762 words · By Reuters; The Associated Press
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Lawyers search for Epstein survivors for Bank of America $72.5m settlement Bank of America has become the third major bank to settle with victims over allegations of facilitating Epstein crimes.

Claims checked 16
Techniques found 1
Topics 2

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What happened

Lawyers search for Epstein survivors for Bank of America $72.5m settlement Bank of America has become the third major bank to settle with victims over allegations of facilitating Epstein crimes.

Why it matters

Lawyers have estimated that as many as 75 women may have a stake in the $72.5m settlement reached with Bank of America over accusations related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Common ground

United States District Judge Jed Rakoff had called on the lawyers to compile a broad list of publications by Friday that could be used to notify Epstein’s victims, who are believed to number in the hundreds.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Bandwagon: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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Bandwagon 70% confidence
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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 16 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Judge Rakoff, however, dismissed a suit in January against the Bank of New York Mellon. Lawyers for Doe are appealing that decision.”
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Claim 2: “Epstein had also cultivated a social circle inhabited by some of the most powerful figures in politics, arts and business.”
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Claim 3: “United States District Judge Jed Rakoff had called on the lawyers to compile a broad list of publications by Friday that could be used to notify Epstein’s victims.”
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No evidence found in Wikipedia or web search results to support or refute claims about Judge Rakoff requesting publication lists.
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Claim 4: “Bank of America has become the third major bank to settle with victims over allegations of facilitating Epstein crimes.”
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Wikipedia entries for Jeffrey Epstein, Mark Epstein, and Bank of America Tower do not mention Bank of America settling with Epstein victims or its position as a third major bank in such settlements.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jeffrey Edward Epstein (January 20, 1953 – August 10, 2019) was an American financier and child sex offender. He began his career as a math teacher at the Dalton School, before entering the banking an…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Epstein
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Epstein files comprise over six million pages of documents detailing the activities of American financier and convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. So far about three and a half million fi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_named_in_the_Ep…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mark Lawrence Epstein (born July 14, 1954), nicknamed "Puggy", is an American property developer and real estate investor. The brother of convicted sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein, he has b…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Epstein_(property_develop…
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Claim 5: “Rakoff gave his preliminary approval to the settlement on Thursday, though he acknowledged that the gravity of Epstein’s crimes go beyond a dollar amount.”
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No evidence found in Wikipedia or web search results to confirm Judge Rakoff's approval of the settlement or his comments on Epstein's crimes.
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Claim 6: “The lawsuit further alleged that Bank of America knowingly benefitted from its relationship with Epstein and obstructed enforcement of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act.”
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No evidence found in Wikipedia or web search results to confirm allegations against Bank of America regarding Epstein's crimes.
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Claim 7: “In 2008, Epstein struck a deal with prosecutors that saw him register as a sex offender and plead guilty to two state charges: solicitation of prostitution and procuring a minor for sex.”
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Claim 8: “One of the lawyers representing Doe, David Boies, said he believes there are at least 60 to 75 women who may be eligible to participate in the Bank of America settlement.”
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Claim 9: “Prosecutors believe Epstein had been preying upon girls and young women for decades before his death in a New York City jail in 2019. His death was ruled a suicide.”
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Claim 10: “The settlement was first announced in court filings on March 27, after a proposed class action lawsuit against Bank of America was allowed to proceed.”
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No evidence found in Wikipedia or web search results to confirm the March 27 court filing announcement of the settlement.
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Claim 11: “In 2023, two other financial organisations, JPMorgan Chase and Deutsche Bank, also agreed to settle with victims over accusations that they overlooked telltale signs of Epstein’s crimes.”
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No evidence found in Wikipedia or web search results to confirm J쾀organ Chase and Deutsche Bank's settlements with Epstein victims in 2023.
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Claim 12: “The Bank of America deal is the third such settlement with a major banking institution.”
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No evidence found in Wikipedia or web search results to verify Bank of America's settlement as the third major banking institution's agreement.
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Claim 13: “In October, a woman who went by the pseudonym Jane Doe filed the lawsuit on behalf of herself and the other women and girls who say they were abused by Epstein.”
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No evidence found in Wikipedia or web search results to verify the October filing by Jane Doe or related lawsuit details.
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Claim 14: “As part of the settlement, Bank of America reiterated its position that it did not participate in Epstein’s sex crimes.”
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No evidence found in Wikipedia or web search results to verify Bank of America's statements about its involvement in Epstein's crimes.
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Claim 15: “He included figures like Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, a disgraced former prince from the United Kingdom, and two United States presidents, Bill Clinton and Donald Trump.”
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Claim 16: “Lawyers have estimated that as many as 75 women may have a stake in the $72.5m settlement reached with Bank of America.”
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Wikipedia entries for Bank of America Tower, Commonwealth Bank, and U.S. Bancorp contain no information about settlements or the number of women involved in any legal cases.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Bank of America Tower, also known as 1 Bryant Park, is a 55-story skyscraper in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City, New York, U.S. It is located at 1111 Avenue of the Americas (Si…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_of_America_Tower_(Manhatt…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), also known as Commonwealth Bank or simply CommBank, is an Australian multinational bank with businesses across New Zealand, Asia, the United States, and the U…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_Bank
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — U.S. Bancorp (stylized as us bancorp) is an American multinational banking institution headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota and incorporated in Delaware. It is the 5th-largest bank in the United St…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Bancorp
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