An alleged victim of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is suing Charlotte, North Carolina-based Bank of America and Bank of New York Mellon Corp. in New York, claiming they financially supported his sex trafficking operations for years.

The woman, identified as “Jane Doe,” filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of other victims Wednesday against Bank of America in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. A similar case was filed concurrently against Bank of New York Mellon Corp.

The suits are brought under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, federal anti-sex trafficking statutes, and common-law tort claims under New York law.

The lawsuits allege that the banks provided the late financier Epstein and his associates with essential financial services and lent

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