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Ex-Barclays boss denies having sex with a woman dressed as Snow White

Jes Staley made the comments to US lawmakers investigating his links to Jeffrey Epstein The former Barclays boss Jes Staley has denied having sex with a woman dressed as Snow White, after being questioned about an infamous email exchange about Disney princesses with Jeffrey Epstein. The comments were detailed in newly released transcripts from a closed-door interview last month with US lawmakers as part of their inve

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#3597
First seen
27 Aug 2026, 17:41 UTC
Last checked
27 Aug 2026, 18:57 UTC
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Publisher layer

Recorded article metadata

Publisher
The Guardian
Country
England / United Kingdom
Source published
27 Aug 2026, 17:21 UTC
Source updated
No update timestamp supplied
Byline
Kalyeena Makortoff Banking correspondent
Section
Jes Staley
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Jes Staley made the comments to US lawmakers investigating his links to Jeffrey Epstein The former Barclays boss Jes Staley has denied having sex with a woman dressed as Snow White, after being questioned about an infamous email exchange about Disney princesses with Jeffrey Epstein. The comments were detailed in newly released transcripts from a closed-door interview last month with US lawmakers as part of their inve
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    Ex-Barclays boss denies having sex with a woman dressed as Snow White

    Jes Staley made the comments to US lawmakers investigating his links to Jeffrey Epstein The former Barclays boss Jes Staley has denied having sex with a woman dressed as Snow White, after being questioned about an infamous email exchange about Disney princesses with Jeffrey Epstein. The comments were detailed in newly released transcripts from a closed-door interview last month with US lawmakers as part of their inve

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Publisher categories are copied from source metadata. Machine signals report observable wording or format and do not determine truth, intent, ethics, or wrongdoing.

  • machine content-type Reported news observable-rules-v1 / 70% rule confidence
  • machine language-signal Allegation language observable-rules-v1 / 65% rule confidence
  • machine language-signal Death or self-harm observable-rules-v1 / 65% rule confidence
  • machine language-signal Investigation language observable-rules-v1 / 65% rule confidence
  • publisher category Barclays rss-category
  • publisher category Business rss-category
  • publisher category Corporate governance rss-category
  • publisher category Financial sector rss-category
  • publisher category JP Morgan rss-category
  • publisher category Jeffrey Epstein rss-category
  • publisher category Jes Staley rss-category
  • publisher category UK news rss-category
  • publisher category US news rss-category
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Capture ID
#3244
Observed
27 Aug 2026, 17:41 UTC
HTTP result
200 / parsed
Raw payload
490,833 bytes, private gzip evidence
Collector
news-ledger/0.1
Public boundary
metadata and excerpt