Two days before he died in a New York jail cell in August 2019, Jeffrey Epstein signed a detailed legal document setting out how his vast fortune should be distributed. Newly released records from the United States Department of Justice, published at the end of January as part of the latest tranche of Epstein files, have now made that document public for the first time, offering the clearest picture yet of who stood to benefit from his estate, and how much was ultimately left after years of legal claims and restitution.
