Two Caribbean islands that once belonged to the late sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein have been put up for sale for $125 million, according to a new report.
Sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s two islands are up for sale, the Wall Street Journal reported. Located in the US Virgin Islands, Great St. James and Little St. James is part of Epstein’s extensive global real estate portfolio and are listed for $125 million.
Proceeds from the sale will be used, among other things, to compensate Epstein’s victims and to fund the management of his other properties. Epstein, 66, committed suicide in a New York federal prison in 2019 while awaiting trial over the sex trafficking charge.
Little St. James, renamed “Pedophile Island” by the locals, was used as a base of operations by Epstein and his entourage for many years. Denise George, Attorney General of the US Virgin Islands, accused Epstein in 2020 of bringing girls to the island for 17 years for trafficking and abuse. Some were as young as twelve years old.
According to George, the girls were traced on the island via a computer system. Her indictment also states that Epstein organized a large-scale search operation when a 15-year-old victim tried to swim off the island while swimming, after which they kept her passport to prevent the escape.
According to BBC News, the island consists of a mansion with a primary bedroom and shower room for 10 people, four guest villas, a helicopter landing pad, a private dock, a petrol station, two swimming pools, three private beaches, and a tiki hut.
The second island, Great St. James, has about 65 hectares and has remained largely untouched. Epstein bought this island just before his arrest in 2016, probably to protect his privacy and shield his trade from the outside world.
Over the years, Epstein is said to have welcomed several high-ranking guests to Little St. James, including Britain’s Prince Andrew, who a few weeks ago paid a settlement to victim Virginia Giuffre to end his lawsuit.