Former Barclays boss Jes Staley had sex with a member of serial paedophile Jeffrey Epstein's staff, the banker told a court on the third day of his evidence as he appeals against a proposed financial services ban.

Ex-Barclays chief, seeking to overturn regulatory ban, was asked about encounter at apartment of disgraced financier’s brother

Ex-Barclays boss Jes Staley on Tuesday insisted he was shocked by serial paedophile Jeffrey Epstein's 2019 arrest for sex trafficking, though Britain's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said that contradicted his evidence in a separate case.

Jes Staley said he had sex with a member of Jeffrey Epstein’s staff at a New York apartment owned by the disgraced pedophile financier’s brother.

In a tense hearing in London, during which Staley accused the Financial Conduct Authority of an “invasion” of his family’s privacy, the court heard that Epstein had mentored Alexa Staley and allegedly helped her apply to Columbia University,

Staley stated that he had been introduced to the woman by sex offender and disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, and that the sexual encounter was consensual.