Two Caribbean islands owned by the late Jeffrey Epstein are up for sale for $125 million. The Wall Street Journal confirmed the listing with an attorney for the Epstein estate and the islands’ listed agents on Tuesday. Little St. James and Great St. James are both in the US Virgin Islands. They were bought by Epstein in 1998 and 2016, respectively.
Epstein paid $7.95 million for Little St. James, a 72-acre island, and then paid $18 million for the 165-acre Great St. James. Jeffrey was arrested and charged with sex trafficking in July of 2019. The next month, he died in an apparent suicide, two days before the FBI searched Litte St James. Following Epstein’s death, Insider claimed that the island, called “Pedophile Island” and “Orgy Island” by residents, was becoming a tourist attraction.
$121m of Epstein’s estate has been used for compensation
Moreover, in January 2020, Virgin Islands Attorney General Denise George filed a lawsuit against Epstein’s estate, saying that Jeffrey Epstein and his colleagues took underage girls and young women to Little St. James and forced them into sexual service. Little St. James is also notable for its beautiful, vast villas, which are thought to have been Epstein’s personal house. A flamingo-filled lagoon, a villa-style compound, a library, a cinema, a private bathhouse, and cabanas are among the amenities. Little St. James is also home to a gold-domed temple. The odd blue-and-white-striped structure, however, has sparked a slew of conspiracy theories, including claims that it was used as a crypt or for child sacrifice.
Moreover, proceedings from the islands’ sale will go towards the estate’s resolution of outstanding lawsuits and costs of estate operations, Daniel Weiner, an attorney for the Epstein estate, told the Journal. Already, $121m of Epstein’s estate has been used to compensate the late financier’s victims through the Epstein victims’ compensation program, he added.