NEW YORK, Dec 31 (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) and Deutsche Bank AG (DBKGn.DE) asked a U.S. judge to dismiss lawsuits by women who accused Jeffrey Epstein of sexual abuse, and said the banks enabled and ignored red flags about the late financier's sex trafficking.The banks in papers filed on Friday night in Manhattan federal court said they did not participate in or benefit from sex trafficking by their former client, and that the unnamed women failed to allege violations of a federal anti-trafficking law.The banks also said they had no duty to protect the women from Epstein and did not cause his abuses, requiring the dismissal of claims under a new law in New York that lets abuse victims sue even if statutes of limitations have expired.New York state's financial regulator in July 2020 fined Deutsche Bank $150 million over its relationship with Epstein.On Tuesday, the U.S. Virgin Islands, where Epstein had a home, sued JPMorgan, saying the bank turned a "blind eye" to his trafficking while providing banking services."