Overview
- A Delaware judge denied JPMorgan’s emergency bid to halt payments and required the bank to place funds in escrow pending appeal.
- Newly unredacted filings detail unusual charges in the roughly $74 million tab, including $530 in gummy bears, a $161 seafood tower, first-class flights, and $25,800 in hotel upgrades.
- JPMorgan says the combined defense bills for Javice and co-defendant Olivier Amar now exceed $115 million and argues the fee advancement has been treated like a blank check.
- Javice’s representatives say the highlighted expenses were not incurred or approved by her and accuse the bank of trying to evade its contractual obligation.
- Court filings show a sprawling defense effort with 147 legal professionals, including about $14 million billed by José Baez’s firm and roughly $43 million by Quinn Emanuel.