The proceeds should be transferred to the Epstein Victims Compensation Program (EVCP), several US media reported on Thursday (local time), citing an attorney for the Epstein estate. The buyer was not named.
The wealthy businessman Epstein is said to have abused dozens of minors and forced them into prostitution. In 2008, he had made a deal with the prosecutor, avoiding federal abuse charges. He pleaded guilty and served a 13-month prison term without trial in federal court. In the summer of 2019, he was charged again in New York, whereupon he committed suicide in a prison cell.
His houses, especially in New York and Florida, are said to have been the places of his deeds. The property that has now been sold in one of the poshest streets on the Upper East Side in the US east coast metropolis was originally supposed to cost $ 88 million (73.8 million euros).
The EVCP (Epstein Victims’ Compensation Program), which is managed independently of the estate, suspended payment of claims to victims of the businessman at the beginning of February due to lack of funds. According to its own information, it had received more than 150 applications by then and paid out more than $ 50 million to those affected.
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