Deceased financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein Opens a New Window. likely made it that much harder on his alleged victims to obtain any of his assets in civil litigation.

That is because -- two days before he hung himself on August 10th in the Metropolitan Correctional Center Opens a New Window. in New York City while awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charges -- Epstein executed a will and put his more than $577 million in assets into a trust that was filed in the U.S. Virgin Islands (where he owned two islands, called Great Saint James and Little Saint James). And as a result of that, experts believe his accusers will now have to potentially spend a great deal of time, effort, and money to obtain any of Epstein's estate for the crimes he allegedly committed against them.

Jeffrey Edward Epstein was an American financier and convicted sex offender. Epstein began his career in finance at the investment bank Bear Stearns before forming his own firm, J. Epstein & Co. Epstein was a multimillionaire who was well connected with different financial, political, and cultural elites.

Jeffrey Edward Epstein was an American financier and convicted sex offender. Epstein began his career in finance at the investment bank Bear Stearns before forming his own firm, J. Epstein & Co. Epstein was a multimillionaire who was well connected with different financial, political, and cultural elites.