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U.S. Virgin Islands

U.S. territory in the Caribbean.

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  • Estate of Jeffrey Epstein 30 Nov 2022 $105M, no admission or concession of liability or fault by the estate Scholarship & press 12
  • Leon Black Jan 2023 $62.5M, paid to be released from current and future claims related to Epstein; the sources read do not say whether it holds an admission Scholarship & press 3456

    His spokesman: “There is no suggestion in the USVI settlement that Mr. Black was aware of or participated in any misconduct.”

  • JPMorgan Chase 26 Sep 2023 $75M, tentative settlement of the territory’s suit over Epstein’s accounts, without admitting wrongdoing Scholarship & press 78
Timeline 3 dates
  1. 30 Nov 2022 Estate of Jeffrey Epstein settled with U.S. Virgin Islands
  2. Jan 2023 Leon Black settled with U.S. Virgin Islands
  3. 26 Sep 2023 JPMorgan Chase settled with U.S. Virgin Islands
Proof 8 sources
  1. U.S. Virgin Islands reaches a $105M settlement with Jeffrey Epstein’s estate (Associated Press, on NPR), NPR, 1 Dec 2022. Scholarship & press
    Epstein’s estate agreed to pay the territorial government $105 million in cash and half of the proceeds from the sale of Little St. James island where Epstein owned a home and authorities allege many of his crimes took place.
  2. Epstein Estate to Pay $105 Million Settlement to US Virgin Islands, Rolling Stone, 30 Nov 2022. Scholarship & press
    estate has agreed to pay the U.S. Virgin Islands more than $105 million in cash to settle a lawsuit
  3. Leon Black agrees to pay $62.5 million to avoid Jeffrey Epstein-related lawsuits in the US Virgin Islands (CNN, on KTVZ), KTVZ, 4 Aug 2023. Scholarship & press
    According to a settlement document obtained by CNN, Black agreed in January to pay the Virgin Islands government $62.5 million in cash. In exchange, the Virgin Islands released Black from any current and future legal claims related to Jeffrey Epstein.
  4. MoMA trustee Leon Black settles lawsuit with the US Virgin Islands over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, The Art Newspaper, 25 Jul 2023. Scholarship & press
    There is no suggestion in the USVI settlement that Mr. Black was aware of or participated in any misconduct.
  5. JPMorgan Settles With Staley, USVI to End Epstein Legal Woes, Bloomberg Law, 26 Sep 2023. Scholarship & press
    Earlier this year, the territory struck a $62.5 million deal with Apollo Global Management co-founder Leon Black to avoid a public legal battle over his past Epstein ties.
  6. Woman Drops Lawsuit Alleging Billionaire Financier Raped Her, Reuters (Insurance Journal copy), 21 Feb 2024. Scholarship & press
    He also reached a $62.5 million settlement with the U.S. Virgin Islands, where Epstein had a home, to avoid a possible lawsuit.
  7. JPMorgan makes anti-trafficking pledges in latest Epstein settlement, American Banker, 26 Sep 2023. Scholarship & press
    JPMorgan on Tuesday did not admit any wrongdoing.
  8. JPMorgan agrees to pay $75 million to settle lawsuit with US Virgin Islands government over alleged Jeffrey Epstein trafficking ties (CNN, on KTVZ), KTVZ, 26 Sep 2023. Scholarship & press
    JPMorgan Chase has reached a settlement with the US Virgin Islands over a lawsuit alleging the bank enabled Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking crimes.
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