In 1998, the owner of the island was listed as private by the Unified Watershed Assessment Report, prepared by the Virgin Islands Department of Planning and Natural Resources and the United States Department of Agriculture. [2]
In 1999, Wired stated the island was on the market for $12 million.
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US Virgin Islands
Price Tag: $12 million
How about something tropical with sandy beaches in the Caribbean but still part of the States? Little St. James Island has been on the market for a while, at $12 million. Take your helicopter from St. Thomas and be on your own 72 acres in just 10 minutes. There’s a villa, three guest homes, a pool, and a desalination plant – you’ll want water you can drink as well as snorkel in. [3]
It is now privately owned by Jeffrey Epstein.
The island is 72 acres, has four bedrooms, five bathrooms, a library / video room with an antique sleigh bed, a pool, and a jacuzzi, among other additions.
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And, there is a temple on Epstein’s island (with many levels underground?).
Ghislaine Maxwell ran the island as part of Epstein’s property portfolio.
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Between 1999 to 2002, one of Epstein’s victims – listed in Doe v. United States of America – was flown to the island and abused.
The victim also claimed that she gave Alan Dershowitz a massage on the beach, and had sex with him in a private area. Later on, she engaged in orgies with Jean-Luc Brunel on the island. [7]
In 2002, Virginia Roberts, at the age of 17, stated that President Bill Clinton stayed in one of the villas on the island, staying with four different girls, two of whom were Epstein’s regular girlfriends.