Jeffrey Epstein: what Little St. James is like, the island of orgies and tycoon abuse

Far from the skyscrapers of Manhattan or the palm trees of Miami, Jeffrey Epstein, the tycoon found dead in his cell on August 10, 2019 after being accused of child sexual abuse – had a private location where he committed many of his crimes: Small island of San Giacomo.

Nicknamed “the island of pedophilia”, is part of the US Virgin Islands, is located near Puerto Rico and has approximately 300 hectares. It was purchased in 1998 by the financier, who paid little 8 million dollars across the country and turned it into the epicenter of sex trafficking ring and the place chosen to commit every type of perversion.

According to the investigation of the case, Epstein often went to this island with some of his various boats, one of which was one 200 seater ferry which was also used by his guests, many of them celebrities, models, directors and politicians.

Owner of a fortune of over 600 million dollars, the tycoon did not skimp: to reach this place, he and his guests boarded his private plane (known as “Lolita Express”) and traveled to St. Thomas, the main island of the Virgin Islands. They would then leave from there by boat or helicopter in Piccolo San Giacomo.

In the last few hours, the United States Department of Justice has published a first batch of declassified court documents related to the case.

The documents released by a New York court are part of a defamation lawsuit filed in 2015 by Virginia Giuffre, one of Epstein’s main whistleblowers, against his former lover and partner, British heiress Ghislaine Maxwell.

Being mentioned in the documents does not imply any kind of guilt, as the material includes everything from emails to statements from victims or witnesses. The identities of those who were minors or did not make public statements will remain hidden.

The mysterious temple of Little St. James

The main building on the island was designed and built by Edward Tuttle, a famous architect. However, there is a structure within the island that still arouses suspicion today: a small temple which would have been built between 2009 and 2013, of which Nobody knows what it was built for.

According to some images that spread during this period, this strange building would have the appearance of a religious temple. Epstein was Jewish, so some speculated that he decided to build his own synagogue on his island, although this has not been confirmed.

There is one fact that turns out unsettling: “(The building) is in the style of what you might see in a castle, with what appears to be a bar to close the main door“engineer James Booth told Insider some time ago.

“The peculiarity is that if you wanted to keep people out, the bar would be placed inside the building, but in this case the bar seems to be located outside, as if he was going to lock people up…“He added.

“It was the island of orgies”

Virginia Roberts Giuffre, one of the women who accused Epstein, described Little St. James: “It was truly an island of orgies, because that’s what happened there. That’s what that island meant to me,” she said in an old BBC interview.

Of course there were employees on the island: each of them would have to sign contracts with confidentiality clauses, so as not to divulge what was happening there. They also had an order: the maintenance workers had to stay as far away as possible of the village.

According to a complaint filed in 2020 by Denise N. George, attorney general of the Virgin Islands, Epstein had 11 and 12 year old girls on the island and even held one computerized database to track the availability and movements of various women and other girls.

The sale of the islands of scandal

In May 2023, Epstein’s islands were sold to an investment group for $60 million. There they plan to build a luxury resort.

The islands, called Great St. James and Little St. James but nicknamed “Pedophile Island” and “Orgy Island” by locals, were sold to billionaire Stephen Deckoff through an investment vehicle, SD Investments LLC, the company said in a note.

Deckoff “plans to develop a world-class, five-star, state-of-the-art, 25-room luxury resort” on land in the U.S. Virgin Islands, the statement said, adding that the resort is expected to open in 2025. .

Under the deal, announced by the Virgin Islands Department of Justice, half of the proceeds from the sale of Little St. James, “the island where Epstein resided and where many of his crimes occurred,” will go to the Virgin Islands government. Virgin Islands. The proceeds are in addition to a $105 million payment and another $450,000 payment “to remediate environmental damage around Great St. James,” where Epstein “razed the remains of centuries-old historic structures of enslaved workers to make room for its development.”