NEW YORK (Reuters) – A fund to compensate victims of Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse may begin making payouts soon, after the deceased financier’s estate, his accusers and the attorney general of the U.S. Virgin Islands resolved their differences over the process.
FILE PHOTO: A building is seen at Little St. James Island, one of the properties of financier Jeffrey Epstein, near Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands August 17, 2019. REUTERS/Marco Bello/File Photo
The accord came 9-1/2 months after Epstein killed himself in a Manhattan jail while awaiting trial on sexual abuse and sex trafficking charges. The Virgin Islands probate court, which is handling the estate, must s