- Jeffrey Epstein owned an expansive real-estate portfolio that played a major role in the sexual-abuse allegations against him.
- On Thursday, the Wall Street Journal reported that his New York City and Palm Beach homes are hitting the market for a combined $110 million. His other homes are also expected to hit the market.
- He was arrested on July 6, 2019, on suspicion of sex trafficking minors in his Manhattan and Florida homes from around 2002 to 2005.
- The sexual abuse is said to have taken place in Epstein’s homes in New York, New Mexico, the US Virgin Islands, and Paris, France.
- On August 10, 2019, Epstein was found dead in an apparent suicide in a Manhattan jail cell.
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Jeffrey Epstein’s New York City and Palm Beach homes are hitting the market for a combined $110 million, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
The home sales will contribute to his estate, which will serve as a fund to adjudicate the claims of his alleged victims. It will also be subject to claims from tax authorities and creditors. His other international properties are widely expected to hit the market as well, the report said.
While Epstein went to great lengths to keep his life private, one thing he couldn’t keep under wraps was his expansive real-estate portfolio.
On July 6, 2019, he was arrested on suspicion of sex trafficking minors in his Manhattan and Florida homes from 2002 to 2005. The arrest was made more than a decade after Epstein pleaded guilty to solicitation of prostitution and procurement of minors for prostitution and served 13 months in prison.
On August 10, 2019, he was found dead in an apparent suicide in a Manhattan jail cell.
To the public's knowledge, he owned six luxury residential properties: a multimillion-dollar mansion in Manhattan; two private islands in the US Virgin Islands; a home in Palm Beach, Florida; a ranch in New Mexico; and an apartment in Paris, France.
The seven-story Manhattan townhouse that was acquired for $0 and is hitting the market for $88 million.
Epstein's seven-story mansion in Manhattan is hitting the market for $88 million, according to The Wall Street Journal. The townhouse is located on the Upper East Side and spans 28,000 square feet.
Epstein was accused of luring young girls to the mansion and sexually abusing them. According to The New York Times, the minors gave him naked massages and engaged in sex acts with him.
The mansion was first bought in 1989 by founder of L Brands, Les Wexner, for $13.2 million. Wexner then sold it in 1998 to the New York-based Nine East 71st Street Corporation (NES) for an undisclosed amount. In 2011, ownership of the property was transferred from NES to Maple Inc. for $0. Public records from 2011 show that Epstein held ownership of both NES and Maple Inc. at the time of the transfer.
In 2003, Epstein allowed a reporter from Vanity Fair to visit the home. The interior was described by Vicky Ward as a "high-walled, eclectic, imperious fantasy that seems to have no boundaries." Decorations throughout the home included framed eyeballs made for injured soldiers and a stuffed black poodle.
Following Epstein's death, New York Times reporter James B. Stewart described a 2018 interview he had conducted with Epstein in the financier's Upper East Side mansion. Stewart reported that when he first arrived on Epstein's street, he accidentally walked past the mansion, stating that it looked "more like an embassy or museum than a private home."
He was greeted at the door by a young woman who looked, according to Stewart, to be in her late teens or 20s. As he made his way through the home, he recalled seeing photos of Epstein with powerful people including former President Bill Clinton and director Woody Allen.
The waterfront estate in Palm Beach, Florida, hitting the market for nearly $22 million.
Epstein's Palm Beach estate is hitting the market for $21.995 million, according to The Wall Street Journal.
The 14,000-square-foot compound is located one mile away from Trump's famous Mar-a-Lago. There are six bedrooms in the main house, in addition to a three-bedroom staff house and pool house.
The Palm Beach Post reported that he purchased the property in 1990 for $2.5 million.
While all of Epstein's homes were said to be essential to the sex-trafficking ring, much of the abuse is alleged to have taken place in the Palm Beach house. According to the Miami Herald, in 2007, Epstein was accused of engaging in sex acts with underage girls as often as three times a day in the home.
Kerry Warwick of the Corcoran Group, the listing agent on the home, told The Wall Street Journal: "I believe the past ownership of the property will bear no relationship to its future," when asked if Epstein's previous ownership would impact the home's sale price.
The Zorro Ranch in Stanley, New Mexico, with a 26,700-square-foot mansion that was reportedly the largest in the county.
Epstein purchased the Zorro Ranch in 1993 from former New Mexico Governor Bruce King. On the 7,500 acre property, he built a 26,700-square-foot mansion. According to Curbed, it was appraised at over $18 million in 2013.
According to a local report, at the time the mansion was built, it was double the size of the second-largest home in the county. Epstein told Vanity Fair that his property in New Mexico made his Manhattan townhouse "look like a shack."
The 70-acre private island in the US Virgin Islands.
According to Time, Epstein owned the private island Little Saint James for over 20 years. It's believed to have been his primary residence.
The 70-acre island, which Epstein called "Little St. Jeff's," sits off the coast of St. Thomas and includes five structures: a villa-style compound, library, cinema, detached bathhouse, and cabanas.
On August 12, 2019, two days after Epstein was found dead in an apparent suicide in a Manhattan jail cell, the FBI raided Little St. James to search for evidence pertaining to the case of sex trafficking and conspiracy to commit sex trafficking against him.
In March 2020, Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein's alleged madam, filed a lawsuit against Epstein's estate with the superior court in the US Virgin Islands. She was arrested by the FBI on July 2, 2020.
The 165-acre private island in the US Virgin Islands.
In 2016, Epstein reportedly purchased Great St. James, another private island in the US Virgin Islands, for $18 million.
According to New York Magazine, Epstein planned to build a compound on the island but was issued a stop-work order in December of 2018 for not obeying environmental regulations.
The luxury apartment in Paris, France.
Epstein owned a Paris flat in the 16th arrondissement's ritzy Avenue Foch, which is close to the Arc de Triomphe. The Real Deal reported that homes on the avenue can sell for over $4 million.
French police searched the apartment in September 2019. Epstein's known associate, Ghislaine Maxwell, was said to have hidden in an equally plush apartment nearby amid the coronavirus pandemic, before her own arrest.