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LATEST: Bank of America settles lawsuit with Epstein victims

A Bank of America logo is pictured in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., January 30, 2019. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo

By Luc Cohen

BANK of America has ‌settled a civil lawsuit brought by women who accused the bank of facilitating their sexual abuse by Jeffrey Epstein, court records show.

Lawyers for the bank and the women told Manhattan-based U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff in a March 12 telephone call that they ​had reached a “settlement in principle,” a court filing said. The terms of the settlement were not immediately clear.

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