The two islands have now been put up for sale
(Picture: Reuters)Jeffrey Epstein’s private Caribbean islands, Little St James and Great St James, have been put up for sale, it has been reported.
A lawyer representing Epstein confirmed to the Wall Street Journal that the two US Virgin Islands could be sold for as much as $125million (£95.4million).
Epstein bought Little St James for almost $8million (£6million) in the 1990s and Great St James in 2016 for $22.5million (£17million).
Once sold, lawyer Daniel Weiner said some of the money will go towards paying for outstanding lawsuits.
Epstein died in a New York jail in 2019, awaiting trial for sex trafficking charges.
He was accused by US Virgin Islands attorney general Denise George of sexually abusing young girls while on Little St James.
One of Epstein’s alleged victims, Virginia Giuffre, claims she was abused on the island.
Little St James is undeveloped but according to former employee, Cimberly Espinosa, Epstein had ordered construction work of a swimming pool and lodgings across the island.
She said: “We even shipped in sand and palm trees and all kinds of things to get the island to what he wanted it to be.”
The islands are the latest of Epstein’s property portfolio to be sold following his death.
According to the Palm Beach Post, his Manhattan townhouse sold for $51million (£38.6million) last year; his Palm Beach home in Florida sold for $18.5million (£14million) to a developer who razed it to the ground and resold it in October for nearly $26million (£19.7million).
