Jeffrey Epstein’s islands in the Caribbean are being renamed, where he was accused of hosting sexual parties and debauchery with underage teenage girls.
Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell hosted former U.S. President Bill Clinton and Prince Andrew of the British royal family on this property. The new owners of this sexual abuser’s resort in the U.S. Virgin Islands are trying to turn it into a new, flashy resort. American billionaire Steven DeCaf has paid $60 million for Great Saint James and Little Saint James and hopes the new resort will be ready to open in 2025. In 2021, these islands were initially put up for sale for $125 million, with most of the proceeds from the sale intended to compensate Epstein’s victims.
Eventually, in May 2023, DeCaf bought it much cheaper, for $60 million. After Epstein’s suicide in prison in 2018, hundreds of women from around the world confessed they had been taken to those islands when they were underage and sexually abused. Much of the property on Little Saint James will change, and DeCaf plans to turn it into a luxurious hotel. He also does not intend to demolish Epstein’s former residence and will convert it into a luxurious hotel.
Epstein bought Little Saint James in 1998 and Great Saint James in 2016. The smaller island has five buildings, Epstein’s main luxury villa, a library, theater, cinema hall, bath, and dressing room. It also has a helicopter landing pad, private pier, gas pump, water treatment plant, two pools, main compound, four guest villas, three private beaches, a gym, cabin, and other structures.
There is also a large temple-like property on the island, with a golden dome, a blue and white striped exterior, and a statue of the Greek god Poseidon.