- Jeffrey Epstein’s two private islands, including Little St James Island dubbed ‘Pedophile Island,’ are hitting the market at $125million
- Epstein, 66, took his own life in federal jail in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges
- Little St James Island in the US Virgin Islands was the hub of Epstein’s sex trafficking ring, according to prosecutors
- Measuring 70 acres across, the island features a mansion with a 10-person shower, guest villas, helipad, private dock and three private beaches
- Epstein bought Little St James Island in 1998, and added the neighboring Great St James Island to his real estate portfolio in 2016
- Proceeds from the sale of the islands will go towards resolving outstanding lawsuits filed by the predator’s victims and the costs of running the properties
Two Caribbean properties that were once the jewels of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein‘s real estate portfolio – including the infamous ‘Pedophile Island’ where he trafficked and sexually abused dozens of girls – are hitting the market at $125million.
Located in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Great St James and Little St James islands were put up for sale by Epstein’s estate, previously valued at $650million. Proceeds from the transactions will go toward resolving outstanding lawsuits filed by the late predator’s victims and the costs of running the properties, Wall Street Journal first reported.
Epstein, 66, killed himself in a New York federal jail in August 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.
Government documents show that Little St James Island, which sits on 70 acres of land located a little over a mile from St Thomas – a tropical island near Puerto Rico – was purchased by one of Epstein’s companies in April 1998 for $7.95million.
Jeffrey Epstein’s two private islands, including Little St James Island, dubbed ‘Pedophile Island,’ are hitting the market at $125million
Measuring 70 acres across, the infamous island features a mansion with a 10-person shower, guest villas, a helipad, a private dock and three private beaches
Great St James Island is more than double the size of Little St James but is largely undeveloped
Epstein’s tropical hideaways are part of the US Virgin Islands and are located a short distance away from Puerto Rico
Epstein, 66, took his own life in federal jail in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges
The lush hideaway, named ‘Pedophile Island’ for acting as the hub of Epstein’s alleged sex trafficking ring, features a cream-and-turquoise-colored stone mansion boasting a master bedroom with a 10-person shower, four guest villas, a helipad, a private dock, a gas station, two pools, three private beaches and a tiki hut.
In 2016, Epstein spent $18million on the neighboring Great St. James Island, which once was popular with locals and tourists for its main attraction, the Christmas Cove nature preserve.
At 160 acres across, Great St James Island is more than double the size of Little St James but is largely undeveloped, except for a smattering of small structures dotting the untamed landscape.
Great St James Island was once worth $3million and was owned by a woman who had died. It had been divided into parcels then given to three people, and all parcels were later bought by Epstein in an apparent attempt to protect his privacy and shield from the world the alleged sexual abuse happening on Little St James Island.
Epstein is pictured relaxing on Little St James Island, where prosecutors said the financier had trafficked and abused dozens of women and girls, some as young as 11, over 20 years
Epstein’s loyal aide, Ghislaine Maxwell, is pictured having a meal at the millionaire’s mansion on Little St James Island in this undated photo
A lawsuit filed by prosecutors in the Virgin Islands in 2020 alleged that Epstein used his two secluded islands to engage in a nearly two-decade conspiracy to traffic and abuse girls as young as 11 years old.
At one point, according to the complaint, Epstein and others organized a search party to catch a 15-year-old victim trying to swim away, and kept her passport to prevent her escape.
From 2001 to 2018, Epstein and his aides, among them Ghislaine Maxwell, flew girls from other countries to the Virgin Islands on the multimillionaire’s private plane known as the ‘Lolita Express,’ then ferried them by boat and helicopter to Little St. James.
Maxwell, 60, was convicted in December of sex trafficking and other charges for helping Epstein sexually abuse multiple teenage girls from 1994 to 2004.
Additional instances of sexual abuse took place at Epstein’s other properties, including a Palm Beach, Florida, estate and a Manhattan mansion, which were sold last year for $51million and $18.5million, respectively.
His apartment in Paris is on the famed Avenue Foch and was listed at the end of 2021. His 10,000-acre Zorro Ranch, about 35 miles from Santa Fe in New Mexico, is still on the market for $27.5 million, months after it was first listed.
A $22 million home in Vail, Colorado was transferred to him by Libet Johnson, the late heiress to the Johnson & Johnson fortune, who died in 2017. Records show them both living there; it is still listed as being owned by Johnson’s trust.
Little St James was purchased by one of Epstein’s companies in April 1998 for $7.95million
A U.S. flag flies at half staff on Little St. James Island after Epstein’s suicide in 2019
About $125million from Epstein’s estate already has been paid out to more than 135 victims through the Epstein Victims Compensation Program, which closed up shop in August 2021.
The fund was designed as an alternative to lawsuits, which can take years to yield a payout.
Earlier this month, attorneys representing Epstein’s rapidly diminishing estate, which currently is valued at $166million, told a judge that they were ‘extraordinarily close’ to settling the civil racketeering case that was filed by Virgin Islands’ attorney general in 2020.
A lawyer said that to date, the estate had paid $150million to Epstein’s victims and $175million in taxes.
By SNEJANA FARBEROV FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
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