Little St. James Island - Property Records
From: USVI Property Records / Court ExhibitsTo: Public Record
Little St. JamesUSVIIsland
PROPERTY RECORDS — LITTLE ST. JAMES ISLAND, USVI
Location: Great St. James Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands
Owner: Jeffrey E. Epstein (via corporate entities)
Purchase: 1998 (approximately $7.95 million)
Size: Approximately 70 acres
STRUCTURES DOCUMENTED:
- Main residence compound
- Guest houses
- Blue-and-white striped temple structure
- Sundial structure
- Staff quarters
- Maintenance buildings
- Helipad
- Dock facilities
- Underground parking/utility structures
DEVELOPMENT RECORDS:
- Multiple building permits filed with USVI government
- Environmental compliance records
- Utility installation records
- Construction contracts
The island was seized by the U.S. government following Epstein's death and was subject to forfeiture proceedings.
In 2023, the island was sold for approximately $60 million as part of the estate settlement.
Source: USVI property records / Court exhibits
Available at: https://www.justice.gov/epstein
The Epstein Case in 2019
The year 2019 was the most consequential in the Epstein case. In July, Epstein was arrested by the FBI on federal sex trafficking charges in the Southern District of New York. He was found dead in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center on August 10, 2019, in a death ruled a suicide by the medical examiner but disputed by independent pathologist Dr. Michael Baden. The documents from 2019 are among the most extensive in the archive, including the indictment, bail hearing transcripts, autopsy reports, Bureau of Prisons records, and the beginning of the Maxwell investigation.
All 2019 documents in the timeline →