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Kathy Ruemmler is leaving Goldman Sachs after more Epstein ties come to light
Goldman Sachs has stood behind its chief legal officer, Kathryn Ruemmler, seen here in 2014, amid questions about her relationship with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.William B. Plowman/NBC/NBC Newswire/NBCUniversal via Getty ImagesKathy Ruemmler is leaving Goldman Sachs on June 30, she told the Financial Times.The top Goldman lawyer, who joined in 2020, worked with Jeffrey Epstein in her previous role.She said her prior work "was becoming a distraction."Goldman Sachs' top lawyer is leaving the firm, after more documents from the Department of Justice's files on Jeffrey Epstein shed further light on the attorney's relationship with the convicted sex offender.Kathy Ruemmler, previously a top attorney at Latham & Watkins, is resigning from Goldman effective June 30, she told the Financial Times. She joined Goldman in 2020."I made the determination that the media attention on me, relating to my prior work as a defence attorney, was becoming a distraction," she said to the FT.Goldman CEO David Solomon told The New York Times he respected Ruemmler's decision.Epstein gave Ruemmler expensive gifts, including designer purses, prompting the attorney to write him in 2018, "So lovely and thoughtful! Thank you to Uncle Jeffrey!!!"These emails and others were included as part of a trove. of documents released by the Department of Justice last month under the bipartisan Epstein Files Transparency Act.Last month, Goldman representative Tony Fratto said in a statement that it is "well known that Epstein often offered unsolicited favors and gifts to his many business contacts.""As Kathy has said many times, she had a professional association with Jeffrey Epstein when she was a lawyer in private practice, heading the defense and investigations practice at a global law firm," the statement said. "She regrets ever knowing him."This is a breaking news story — please check back for developments.Read the original article on Business Insider
