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☆ Jeffrey Epstein's 'sumptuous' 18-room apartment in Paris has been sold for more than $10 million, report says
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-02 | by ( Stephanie Stacey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Jeffrey Epstein's Paris apartment sold for $10.5 million to Bulgarian businessman Georgi Tuchev. The listing didn't mention the apartment's connection to the late convicted sex offender. Epstein's Franco-Brazilian butler told news site Franceinfo it also had a purpose-built massage room that "a great many women" visited. Following the financier's death — and numerous fresh allegations from French women — French authorities opened their own investigation into Epstein on August 23, 2019. In 2021, his New York townhouse sold for about $51 million, while his Palm Beach mansion went for $18 million.

The estate of Jeffrey Epstein has agreed to pay the U.S. Virgin Islands more than $105 million to settle a lawsuit alleging that he used the territory as the base of an extensive sex trafficking operation. "We are sending a clear message that the Virgin Islands will not serve as a haven for human trafficking." The estate also agreed to pay $450,000 to repair environmental damage around Great Saint James, the other Epstein-owned island. Jeffrey Epstein's estate on Little Saint James in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Epstein bought Little Saint James, off St. Thomas, for $7.95 million in 1998, NBC News reported.

Companies U.S. Virgin Islands FollowNEW YORK, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Jeffrey Epstein's estate has reached a nine-figure settlement with the U.S. Virgin Islands to settle claims the disgraced late financier used the territory as a base for his decades-long sex-trafficking operation. George also said Epstein bought the nearby Great St. James in 2016 to keep people from monitoring him and victims from escaping there. Epstein had also been accused of sexual abuse at his homes in Manhattan, New Mexico and Palm Beach, Florida. His former associate Ghislaine Maxwell is appealing her conviction and 20-year prison sentence for enabling Epstein's abuse of girls. The government's share of Little St. James sale proceeds will go toward counseling and other services for sexual abuse victims.

☆ Jeffrey Epstein estate settles Virgin Islands sex trafficking case for over $105 million
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-30 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

The estate of deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and related entities agreed to pay the U.S. Virgin Islands more than $105 million as part of a settlement in a sex trafficking and child exploitation case, the territory's attorney general said Wednesday. "This settlement restores the faith of the People of the Virgin Islands that its laws will be enforced, without fear or favor, against those who break them," Virgin Islands Attorney General Denise George said in the press release. "We are sending a clear message that the Virgin Islands will not serve as a haven for human trafficking." The Virgin Islands brought civil claims against Epstein's estate in 2020 under a law similar to the federal RICO Act, which aims to combat organized crime. The announcement Wednesday evening noted that proceeds from the sale of Epstein's island will go toward a trust dedicated to funding efforts to help victims of sex trafficking and sexual abuse.

☆ From the future of work to algos for home pricing, these are what the brightest young minds in real estate are working on
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-29 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

There's no shortage of ties between Wall Street and real estate. So it's only fitting that we'd highlight Insider's third-annual list of rising stars in real estate. The latter boils down to trying to use tech to automate and innovate a key, but sometimes costly, part of the business, something Wall Street is well versed in. There is Megan LeMense, 34, a former WeWorker who is thinking about the future of the office in her role at Raise Commercial Real Estate. BlockFi is the latest crypto firm caught up in the FTX debacle.

☆ Lawsuit alleges investor Leon Black raped a woman inside Jeffrey Epstein's home
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-28 | by ( Ramishah Maruf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

New York CNN Business —Billionaire investor Leon Black has been sued by a woman alleging he “brutal[ly]” raped her at Jeffrey Epstein’s Manhattan townhouse in spring 2002. Wigdor filed Pierson’s complaint Monday under New York’s Adult Survivors Act. The firm’s Doug Wigdor helped advocate for the new law, which was passed in May and went into effect last week. After that he called again and asked to see her, according to the complaint, but Pierson refused to see him again. In 2008, Epstein pled guilty in Florida to two felony offenses: procuring a person under the age of 18 for prostitution and solicitation of prostitution.

[1/2] Leon Black is pictured here in Beverly Hills, California, U.S. May 1, 2018. Pierson's lawsuit in a New York state court in Manhattan seeks unspecified damages from Black for sexual assault and intentional infliction of emotional distress, and from Epstein's estate for negligence. Her law firm Wigdor LLP also represents Guzel Ganieva, a former Russian model who in June 2021 sued Black for defamation, saying he falsely claimed she tried to extort him after accusing him of rape. In a Nov. 19 letter to the Wigdor firm, Estrich said: "Mr. Black never sexually assaulted anyone anywhere at any time." His former associate Ghislaine Maxwell is appealing her conviction and 20-year prison sentence for enabling Epstein's abuse of underage girls.

☆ Jeffrey Epstein's unsold former New Mexico ranch is no longer the most expensive home in the state after nearly $10 million price reduction
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-27 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Zorro Ranch, previously owned by Jeffrey Epstein, has dropped from $27.5 million to $18 million after over a year on the market. It was once the most expensive home in New Mexico before the price cut, Realtor reported. His 7,500-acre New Mexico mansion was listed for $27.5 million in June 2021, but the price has since dropped to $18 million, according to a Realtor report. Realtor.com listing for Jeffrey Epstein's Zorro Ranch in New Mexico. Dolly Lenz, founder and CEO of Dolly Lenz Real Estate, explained to Realtor why Zorro Ranch has been more difficult to sell than Epstein's other luxurious properties.

☆ Jeffrey Epstein's accusers are suing Deutsche Bank and JPMorgan, accusing them of ignoring 'blatant red flags' that enabled 'commercial sex trafficking'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-24 | by ( Ryan Hogg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Accusers of Jeffrey Epstein are suing Deutsche Bank and JPMorgan, filings show. Epstein would send money to young women and withdraw large sums to pay victims, per the lawsuits. A spokesperson for Deutsche Bank told Insider in a statement: "We believe this claim lacks merit and will present our arguments in court." Another unnamed accuser suing Deutsche says she was sexually abused by Epstein and trafficked to his friends from about 2003 until about 2018, during which time she was paid in cash. The suit says Deutsche ignored several "red flags" included multiple payments to young women and substantial cash withdrawals.

☆ Here are all the famous people Jeffrey Epstein was connected to
▼ + stars: | 2022-06-28 | by ( Taylor Nicole Rogers | Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Jeffrey Epstein was known for jet-setting with the likes of billionaires, presidents, and princes. Epstein died by suicide in jail in 2020, as he awaited trial on charges of sex trafficking minors. "I invest in people — be it politics or science," Epstein was known to say, New York Magazine reported. Epstein, 66, died by suicide in a Manhattan jail on August 10, 2020, as he awaited trial on charges of sex trafficking of minors. Here's what we know about the famous people who crossed paths with Epstein.

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William Barr said in his confirmation hearings to become Trump's attorney general, that he might recuse himself on overseeing matters related to Epstein. A photo from 2000 shows Trump, Melania Trump (then Melania Knauss), Epstein, and Maxwell at the resort together. The photo at the top of the page is of the two together in Palm Beach in 1997. The entry for Donald Trump as it appears in Jeffrey Epstein's "black book" that was published by Gawker in 2015. The complaint, brought against Trump and Epstein, alleged that the victim attended multiple parties at Epstein's residence in the summer of 1994, that Trump also attended.

☆ The life of Jeffrey Epstein, the convicted sex offender and well-connected financier who died in jail awaiting sex trafficking charges
▼ + stars: | 2019-08-10 | by ( Ellen Cranley | Benjamin Goggin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Donald Trump ran in the same circles as Epstein, and seemed to be privy early on to the open secret that the financier was often surrounded by young women. American financier Jeffrey Epstein and real estate developer Donald Trump as they pose together at the Mar-a-Lago estate, Palm Beach, Florida, 1997. Davidoff Studios/Getty ImagesReal-estate mogul Donald Trump described Epstein in 2002 to New York Magazine as someone who "enjoys his social life" and likes women "on the younger side." "At one point, when his troubles began, he was talking to me and said, 'What can I say, I like young girls.' Even before the latest accusations came out against Epstein, Trump has done his best to downplay the friendship.

Persons: Clinton, Epstein, Donald Trump, Jeffrey Epstein, Jeff, Trump, Michael Wolff, Wolff Organizations: Davidoff, New York Magazine Locations: Lago, Palm Beach , Florida, Palm Beach

On Monday, Sept. 8, 2014, Jeffrey Epstein had a full calendar. He was scheduled to meet that day with Bill Gates , Thomas Pritzker , Leon Black and Mortimer Zuckerman, four of the richest men in the country, according to schedules and emails reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. Epstein also planned meetings that day with a former top White House lawyer, a college president and a philanthropic adviser, three of the dozens of meetings the Journal reported he had with each of them.

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