Former Barclays boss Jes Staley had sex with a member of serial pedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s staff, the banker said in court as he appeals against a proposed financial services ban.

LONDON (Reuters) - 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 boss Jes Staley said on Tuesday he had no idea about serial paedophile Jeffrey Epstein's "monstrous activities", as he gave evidence to try to overturn a finance industry ban over his relationship with the late financier.

Former Barclays CEO Jes Staley admitted in court to an intimate encounter with a member of Jeffrey Epstein's staff. The revelation comes as he fights a lifetime ban from financial services over his ties to the disgraced financier.

By Sam Tobin LONDON (Reuters) -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 many details of his former friend Jeffrey Epstein’s life were a mystery, even after knowing him for more than a decade.

Former star banker Jes Staley is 68 years old, but instead of retiring he wants back into the investment business – even as he seeks to repair a reputation ravaged by his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein,

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.