Jes Staley Told Staffer He Didn’t Think Epstein Was a Pedophile

Jes Staley told a senior colleague he would never have introduced his wife and daughters to Jeffrey Epstein if he’d thought his former friend was a pedophile.

Staley’s former chief-of-staff Sasha Wiggins gave evidence on her old boss’s relationship with Epstein, on the third day of the courtroom showdown between the former Barclays Plc chief executive and the Financial Conduct Authority.

Sasha Wiggins departs from The Rolls Building in London on March 5.

Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg

Wiggins said that Staley’s eldest daughter Alexa had got on well with Epstein because they both had a “scientific background” and shared an interest in quantum physics. Wiggins recalled Staley once telling her: “Why would I have introduced ...