A former major banker with ties to Jeffrey Epstein lost a bid to clear his name and go back to work in one of the world’s key cities for global finance this week.

Jes Staley, a former Barclays CEO and a longtime executive at JPMorgan, lost his appeal in a UK court this week to overturn a lifetime ban from London banking stemming from his ties to the disgraced financier and sex trafficker, who died in 2019.

During the course of the appeal, the 68-year-old Staley, who is from Boston, admitted to having sex with an Epstein employee, the Guardian reported. He told the tribunal it happened behind Epstein’s back.

The judge disagreed, finding the evidence that the two were close “overwhelming,” according to the UK reports.

The emails described visits to Epstein’s New York City mansion and his private island in the Caribbean, and Epstein reportedly lobbied for Staley to get the Barclays job.

Staley later stepped down amid pressure over his ties to the suspected trafficker and child sex abuser.

Epstein died in 2019 in his jail cell while awaiting trial on trafficking charges. 

A federal investigation determined he had hanged himself, but his family disputes that finding.

Staley has denied any knowledge of Epstein’s crimes and condemned them.