Latest / The Vault: The Epstein Files / Mega Edition: Epstein's Estate And It's Battle Against Liens In The USVI (5/8/26)
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- 0:00Speaker 1: What's up, everyone, and welcome back to the Epstein Chronicles.
- 0:04In this episode, we're getting back to those core documents
- 0:07and we're going to begin taking a look at the
- 0:10motion by Jeffrey Epstein's estate to have the lians removed.
- 0:15The Government of the United States Virgin Islands plaintiff versus
- 0:19Darren Kay and Dyke in his capacity as the Executor
- 0:22of the Estate of Jeffrey e. Epstein and Administrator of
- 0:26the nineteen fifty three Trust. Richard D. Con in his
- 0:29capacity as the Executor of the Estate of Jeffrey e
- 0:32Epstein and Administrator of the nineteen fifty three Trust. Case
- 0:37number st Dash twenty DASH CV DASH fourteen. The Co
- 0:43Executors reply Brief in support of expedited motion to vacate Leans.
- 0:50The Attorney General issued dozens of invalid and defective liens
- 0:54in connection with this action under the SICCO Act Virgin
- 0:58Island Code fourteen, Section TI six hundred. The motion identifies
- 1:02six reasons why the Court should vacate the Leans. In response,
- 1:05the Government accuses the co Executors of attempting to gain
- 1:09unfettered access to the estate's funds with free reign to
- 1:13issue blank checks. The government is wrong on the facts
- 1:17and the law, and continues to misapprehend the fundamentals of
- 1:21the USVII probate law. This SICCO action does not concern
- 1:26and allegedly ongoing criminal enterprise. Mister Epstein, the individual who
- 1:30allegedly perpetrated the underlying offenses, died nearly a year ago.
- 1:35As mister Epstein is dead, the government cannot raise any
- 1:37legitimate concern that his assets will disappear before conclusion of
- 1:42his SICCO action. To the contrary, the CO executors are
- 1:46exercising their fiduciary duties to preserve and protect those assets
- 1:50with the approval of continuing oversight of the Probate Court.
- 1:54Nor can the government claim that is acting to protect
- 1:57mister Epstein's allege victims. Months after the government commenced the
- 2:00SICCO action, the CO executors began establishing a victim's compensation
- 2:05program to be run by world renowned independent victim fund administrators.
- 2:10The Probate Court officially approved that program on June third,
- 2:13twenty twenty, and it has commenced active operations from the outset.
- 2:17The program had the overwhelming support of the alleged victims
- 2:21and virtually all civil plaintiffs who file claims against the
- 2:24estate have now stayed those actions in favor of the program.
- 2:28Pursuant the probate law, legitimate victims, whether through the program
- 2:32or litigation, will be paid before the CO executors distribute
- 2:36any property of the estate to beneficiaries. The government's legal
- 2:41arguments are equally flawed. With a government incorrectly asserting that
- 2:45only Attorney General has authority to release or extinguish the liens,
- 2:49the government's attempt to avoid judicial review by this court
- 2:53is contradicted by SICCO itself. The Court should vacate the
- 2:57liens for six reasons. First, in violation of the express
- 3:00terms of Virgin Island Code fourteen, Section six zero four R,
- 3:04the government seeks to enforce the liens against the CO executors. Second,
- 3:09CICCO does not permit the Attorney General to name the
- 3:12estate and the lians the estate is incapable of holding
- 3:15a legal or beneficial interest in property. Third, in a
- 3:19civil SECO action, the government is not entitled to forfeiture.
- 3:23It may only seek divesture. Even if the government could
- 3:27somehow explain the need to divest a dead man from
- 3:30a defunct criminal enterprise. Divestiture provides no basis for the liens. Fourth,
- 3:36pursuant de Cicco, the Attorney General must show substantial connection
- 3:40between the property subject to the lians and the alleged
- 3:43criminal enterprise. The SECO action alleges only that one of
- 3:47mister Epstein's islands and three aircraft were used in the enterprise.
- 3:51Yet the liens inpermissibly encompass all the property of the estate. Fifth,
- 3:56theleans even purport to encompass property located outside the usv.
- 4:01The Government does not and cannot defend such extra territorial reach.
- 4:07Six And Finally, the lians continue to impede the lawful
- 4:11administration of the estate pursuant to the doctrine of prior
- 4:15exclusive jurisdiction and the probate exception. Motion to dismiss its
- 4:20Section one Reply Brief in support of Motion to dismiss it.
- 4:23Section one. The Attorney General cannot substitute or judgment in
- 4:27place of the co executors or the Probate Court. One.
- 4:31The Court has the authority to vacate the liens as
- 4:36an initial matter. The Government asserts that the Attorney General's
- 4:39imposition of liens is not subject to review by this
- 4:42Court or any court other than its own interpretation of CICCO.
- 4:46The Government does not cite a single authority for this assertion,
- 4:50nor can it. CICCO itself contradicts the government's untenable position.
- 4:56The government claims that section six' ten are OF cicco
- 5:00transit the sole authority to release or extinguish the liens
- 5:03during the pendency of A seco. Action that provision is
- 5:07not so. Broad it simply grants The Attorney general permission
- 5:11to release property from the. Liens The Attorney general may
- 5:14release any, property personal or, real or a beneficial interest
- 5:19in it from the criminal activity lean notice upon such
- 5:22terms and conditions as he may. Determine Virgin Island code,
- 5:25Fourteen section six ten. Are it does not preclude the
- 5:29court's ability to do, likewise let alone eliminate the court's
- 5:33authority to review the validity of The Attorney general's. Actions,
- 5:37further two SUBSEQUENT sicco provisions expressly contradict the government's. Contention
- 5:43where NO cicco action is. Pending section six TEN t
- 5:46provides the procedure by which a person may seek release
- 5:50or extinguishment of a criminal activity lean notice through court.
- 5:54Intervention The government acknowledges this, provision but ignores the very next,
- 5:58provision which all auth rises the court to release or
- 6:02extinguish a criminal activity lean notice where a sec action is.
- 6:06Pending section six y TEN u, provides in the event
- 6:10a civil preceding is pending against a person named in
- 6:13a criminal activity lean, notice The Superior court Or United
- 6:17States District, court upon motion by the, person may grant
- 6:20the relief set forth in this. Section Virgin Island code
- 6:23fourteen six oh ONE. U the co executors have made
- 6:28such a motion, here and the court may grant the
- 6:30relief set forth in this. Section section sixty ten contemplates
- 6:34release and extinguishment as forms of release that the court may.
- 6:38GRANT Us code, Fourteen section sixty. Ten, accordingly the government
- 6:44cannot avoid the motion or the court's review of the.
- 6:46Liens two the liens are INVALID, a the government cannot
- 6:52enforce the liens against the co. Executors the government and
- 6:55permissibly seeks to enforce the liens against the co. Executors
- 6:59each of the liens provides that any executor who, moves,
- 7:02transfers or conveys title to personal or real property upon
- 7:06which a criminal Activity lean notice has been filed shall
- 7:09be liable to The Attorney general in accordance With title
- 7:12Fourteen Virgin Island, Code section sixty. Ten the provision on
- 7:17which The government, relies, however applies only to trustees as
- 7:21defined BY, cicco AND sicco expressly excludes an executor from
- 7:25the definition of a. Trustee Virgin Island code, Fourteen section
- 7:29six oh four are in response to The government's claims
- 7:33that the provisions in section six TEN m merely exempt
- 7:36the personal or real property of the trustees themselves from
- 7:40a criminal activity. Lien where the trustees are not named
- 7:43in their personal, capacity that distinction has no relevance. Here
- 7:48at issue here is WHETHER sicco authorizes issuance and enforcement
- 7:52of a criminal activity lien notice against an. EXECUTOR cicco
- 7:56expressly contemplates that The Attorney general may name trustee again
- 8:01as that term is defined IN cicco in a criminal
- 8:04activity lian notice See Virgin Island code, Fourteen section six
- 8:08ten m. N cicco establishes obligations and liabilities of the
- 8:13trustee even where the trustee is not named in criminal
- 8:17activity lean notice See Virgin Island code, Fourteen section sixty
- 8:21TEN k requiring a trustee to furnish The Attorney general
- 8:25OR Us attorney with certain Information Virgin Island code, fourteen
- 8:29section sixty ten subjecting a trustee to liability where the
- 8:33trustee transfers or conveys title to personal or real property
- 8:37for which a criminal activity lean notice names a person
- 8:40who holds a beneficial interest in said. Property BUT cicco
- 8:43does not establish any requirements or obligations for an executor
- 8:47because executors are specifically exempted from the definition of. Trustee
- 8:53the government pivots and claims that the liens also apply
- 8:56to the estate and Ey epstein controlled, company as demonstration
- 9:00in section TWO b. Below the government cannot name the
- 9:04estate in the. Liens although the government may name an
- 9:07entity in a Criminal Activity lean notice that is either
- 9:11controlled by or entirely owned by the person named in
- 9:14the PENDING seco Action Virgin Island code fourteen six y
- 9:17TEN b, one that provision does not apply. Here the
- 9:21government does not name Mister epstein in the PENDING seco,
- 9:24action and Mister epstein's, property including his interest in companies
- 9:28that he, owned are part of the estate and subject
- 9:31to administration by THE co executors and the oversight of
- 9:35the probate. Court B naming the estate does not cure
- 9:38the defective. Liens the government cannot issue criminal activity lian
- 9:42notices against the estate PURSUING. DESICCO a criminal ACTIVITY lean
- 9:47notice may be issued against a person or other entity
- 9:50with respect to personal or real property owned by that,
- 9:53person or in which the person or entity has a
- 9:56beneficial Interest Virgin Island code, Fourteen section sixty, ten e
- 10:01one to. Two the government has no response to the
- 10:04cases in other jurisdictions that confirm that an estate cannot
- 10:09hold legal or beneficial interest in property motion at, nine
- 10:13nor does the government cite a single authority in this
- 10:16jurisdiction to the. Country, instead the government points to two
- 10:20in opposite cases that permits, suit not criminal activity lean
- 10:24notices against AN A state and the. Trust neither of
- 10:27those cases upheld the validity of A lean against AN
- 10:31a State without a legal basis to support its, position
- 10:34the government speculates that rejection of the liens would undermine
- 10:38cicco's enforcement scheme by Shielding epstein's egregious conduct and the
- 10:43property and assets he used to carry it out from law.
- 10:46Enforcement the government fails to explain HOW cicco would be
- 10:50undermined by The Attorney general's inability to issue leans against
- 10:54a dead man's, estate nor can. It this is not
- 10:57an action against Mister epstein or an action and ongoing criminal.
- 11:01Enterprise THE co executors have fiduciary obligations to preserve and
- 11:06protect the state, assets and any distribution of property of
- 11:09the estate will be subject to the approval of The Probate.
- 11:12Court The government's purported concern about Mister epstein's alleged victims
- 11:16as a straw man at, best as noted, Above months
- 11:19before The government commenced AT sec, action THE co executors
- 11:23sought to establish a victims compensation, program And Claimant's council
- 11:27were nearly unanimous in supporting that. Effort despite significant delay
- 11:31due to The Attorney general's interference with commencement of the,
- 11:35program it is now launched with the approval of The
- 11:37Probate court and continued full support of virtually all Claimants.
- 11:41Council all, right we're going to wrap up episode one
- 11:44here and in the next episode talking about the, topic
- 11:47we'll pick up where we left. Off all of the
- 11:50information that goes with this episode can be found in
- 11:53the description. Box what's up, everyone and welcome back to
- 11:56The Epstein. Chronicles this, episode we're diving right back in
- 12:00to those court documents and we're taking a look at
- 12:04why The estates says that these lians that THE usvii
- 12:08government slapped on them should have been. Removed, see the
- 12:13government does not have a valid forfeiture. Claim the government
- 12:16issued the liens in connection with its pending CIVIL sicco.
- 12:20Action in this, action the government seeks civil, forfeiture but
- 12:23that remedy is not available to the government UNDER. Sicco
- 12:27without a forfeiture, claim the government has no basis to impose,
- 12:30lians the government claims At The Supreme court recognize civil
- 12:34forfeiture In nadjawitz fifty Two Virgin, island three, eleven two
- 12:38thousand and. Nine not. So in that criminal forfeiture, action
- 12:42The Supreme court considered whether The Superior court could exercise
- 12:46in personam jurisdiction over the defendant idea at three thirty
- 12:51through three thirty. Three The court referred generally to civil
- 12:54and criminal forfeiture provisions IN, cicco but held only that
- 12:58criminal forfeiture on under section six oh six in personum
- 13:03in Nature idea three thirty, three The court had no
- 13:06reason to consider WHETHER sicco permits forfeiture as opposed to
- 13:10divestiture in a civil proceeding in any. Event section six
- 13:14oh seven provides the remedies of a CIVIL seco, action
- 13:19it does not identify forfeiture as such a. Remedy Virgin
- 13:22Island code, Fourteen section six oh. Seven see Also Virgin
- 13:26Island Code section six oh eight addressing property ordered forfeited
- 13:31to any criminal, proceeding while making no mention a property
- 13:34forfeited in a civil proceeding without any basis in siccod's
- 13:38express terms for, relief it seeks the government retreats to
- 13:42the catch all provision in section six oh SEVEN a
- 13:45six providing the court with equitable. Powers The government does
- 13:49not cite a single court that is invoked section six
- 13:52oh seven a b let alone one that did so
- 13:55to permit civil forfeiture in any. EVENT sicco already establishes
- 14:00lan forfeiture may be, invoked and statutory text is to
- 14:03be interpreted to give consistent and harmonious effect to each
- 14:07of its. Provisions heyliger Versus People number sixty, Six Virgin
- 14:11islands three forty three point fifty four twenty, seventeen nor
- 14:16can the government invoke Mister epstein's allege victims in claiming
- 14:19that equity commands that the estate's assets be forfeited to the.
- 14:23Government as discussed, above THE co executors instituted an independently
- 14:29run program to compensate any victims with assets of the,
- 14:33estate and the government fails to explain why it would
- 14:36be equitable for the government to take assets for itself
- 14:40that would otherwise be distributable to, claimants including participants in
- 14:44the victim compensation, program other creditors or beneficiaries of the.
- 14:49Estate unable to point to a provision IN cicco that
- 14:53authorizes civil forfeiture, action the government asserts that it's not
- 14:57required to do. So ALTHOUGH sicco premit it's the government
- 15:00to file criminal activity lean notices upon the institution of
- 15:04any criminal or civil preceding, reaction the court is not
- 15:08obliged to maintain those Liens Virgin Island code, Fourteen section
- 15:13sixty TEN a AND. U, here apart from the other
- 15:16defects in the liens discussed in the, motion the court
- 15:18should extinguish the lians for two. Reasons, first the government
- 15:22ignores the distinction between forfeiture and divestiture. Proceedings in a
- 15:26criminal forfeiture, proceeding the government may obtain an order requiring
- 15:31the defendant to divest himself of any interest in any
- 15:34enterprise or in any real. Property Virgin Island code, fourteen
- 15:38section six oh seven a and. One considering similar civil
- 15:42remedies under the Federal Rico LAW Us code, eighteen section
- 15:46nineteen sixty, four you pay attention aoc The court in
- 15:49The United states Versus Private Sanitation Industry association Of Nasau Suffolk,
- 15:55incorporated seven ninety three. F. Supp eleven fourteen Edn, one
- 16:00nineteen ninety two explain that the government may not obtain
- 16:03from these defendants the criminal penalty of forfeiture simply by
- 16:07denoting the relief sought to be the civil remedy of.
- 16:10Divestiture the court held that forfeiture was not available in
- 16:14a civil, recoaction and divestiture contemplates that a defendant will
- 16:18receive compensation from the interest of which he. Disposes, thus
- 16:23even if the government had a valid divestiture, claim lians
- 16:26are not needed to preserve property that the government might
- 16:29add to its own coffers without compensating the. Estate and,
- 16:33second because Mister epstein's, dead there is no risk that
- 16:36he will transfer property outside the government's. Reach THE co,
- 16:39executors with oversight from the Probate, court now have control
- 16:43of Mister epstein's. Assets D the liens are. Overbroad one
- 16:49the lians impermissibly cover property unconnected to the Alleged sekul.
- 16:53Enterprise the government agrees that the liens must be limited
- 16:57to real or personal property used in the course of
- 17:00intended for use in the course of derived from or
- 17:03realized through conduct and violation OF, cicco and the government
- 17:08does not dispute that it must establish a substantial connection
- 17:12between the property and the offense motion at, thirteen QUOTING
- 17:17Us versus twenty, thousand three hundred and ninety two dollars
- 17:22five forty six FSupp TWO d three two three oh
- 17:26four and three zero FIVE dvi two thousand and. Eight
- 17:29but the government fails to connect much of the property
- 17:32covered by the leans to the alleged, defenses much less
- 17:35establish a substantial. Connection each of the leans contains three
- 17:40numbered paragraphs identifying the properties subject to. Them the first
- 17:44two paragraphs cover personal or real property in THE, usvii
- 17:48including beneficial interests therein held by the estate Mister epstein
- 17:52and each of the entity defendants in THE sicco action
- 17:56other Than Little Saint James, Island Great Saint James, island
- 18:00and three. Aircraft the complaint does not attempt to connect
- 18:03any personal or real property to the alleged. Enterprise THE
- 18:07co executors do not challenge the breath of the leans
- 18:10to the extent that they cover Mister epstein's ownership Of
- 18:13Little Saint James, Island while THE co executors do not
- 18:17challenge the breath of the leans to the extent they
- 18:20cover and located in THE usvii that Mister epstein purportedly
- 18:24used in the alleged criminal. Acts the three aircraft alleged
- 18:27in the complaint are not in THE usvii and thus
- 18:30not subject to the. Leeds, finally the government does not
- 18:34allege that any offense occurred At Great Saint James, island
- 18:37which Mister epstein acquired more than seventeen years After Little
- 18:41Saint James. Island, rather the government, asserts upon information and,
- 18:45belief that Mister epstein Purchased Great Saint james to further
- 18:49shield his conduct On Little Saint james from. View in
- 18:53support of this, contention the government offers only nonsensical speculation
- 18:58under any standard that is not an enough to substantially
- 19:01Connect Great Saint James island to the alleged. Defenses accordingly
- 19:05the extent The court does not vacate The, leans The
- 19:08court should limit the coverage of the first two paragraphs
- 19:11of The leans To Little Saint James. Island the third
- 19:14paragraph of The leans covers any and all bank, accounts
- 19:17certificates of, deposits and any other accounts in the name
- 19:21of or under the signatory authority of The estate Of Mister,
- 19:25Epstein Mister, epstein and each of the entity. Defendants in its,
- 19:29opposition the government does not argue that there is any
- 19:32connection between the offenses and any accounts held by the
- 19:36nineteen fifty Three Trust plan D, Llc HYPERIONAIRE, Llc Poplar,
- 19:41incorporated Or Southern Trust Company. Incorporated for this reason, alone
- 19:46The court should vacate all of The, leans, or at a,
- 19:48minimum order the government release any lians on accounts held
- 19:52by those. Defendants as for The estate Of Mister, Epstein Nautilus,
- 19:57incorporated And Great Saint JIM, llc The government fails to
- 20:01make any substantial connection between their accounts and the alleged.
- 20:04Defenses while the government alleges that Mister epstein engaged in
- 20:09a sex trafficking, enterprise the government does not allege that
- 20:12the alleged enterprise was a profit making, venture or that
- 20:16Mister epstein or any of the name defendants financially profited
- 20:19from any of that, Activity nor does the complaint contain
- 20:23any allegations were referring to any, accounts let alone explain
- 20:27how Mister epstein used such accounts in the alleged criminal. Enterprise,
- 20:32similarly the government does not provide any. Explanation while the
- 20:35lean should cover the accounts of the holding companies For
- 20:39Little Saint James island And Great Saint James, Island Nautilus
- 20:42incorporated And Great Saint Jim. Llc although the complaint alleges
- 20:48that offenses occurred At Little Saint James, island the complaint
- 20:52does not allege any use of the accounts for the
- 20:54companies that Held Little Saint James, island let Alone Great
- 20:58Saint James. Island, accordingly the government falls short of demonstrating
- 21:02a substantial connection between the alleged defenses and accounts held
- 21:06by Mister epstein or the Estate Nautilus incorporated And Great
- 21:11Saint JIM'S. Llc. Two the liens purport to extend to
- 21:15accounts located outside the Usv unlike the first two paragraphs
- 21:19in each, lien which explicitly limit their reach to the
- 21:22jurisdiction of THE, usvii the third and final paragraph in
- 21:26each lien contains no such explicit jurisdictional, limit by seeking
- 21:30any and all bank, accounts certificates of, deposit and any
- 21:34other accounts without regard to the location of those. Accounts.
- 21:38Three in its, opposition The government continues to avoid clarifying
- 21:42whether The Attorney general seeks to expand or jurisdiction to
- 21:45accounts located outside THE. Usvii as set forth In. Motion
- 21:50section six' ten E of sicco limits the scope Of
- 21:53The attorney general's lean authority to property located IN the
- 21:57usvii or beneficial interests in. Such Proper the government does
- 22:01not dispute and therefore concedes. That LIMITATION, under Sicco the
- 22:05government may place a lien upon any personal or real
- 22:08properties situated In The virgin islands where the notice. Is
- 22:11filed because the liens are undisputedly overbroad on, their face
- 22:15the court should vacate them or limit the property located IN.
- 22:19The usvii notwithstanding the government's acknowledgment of the, jurisdictional limitations
- 22:24the government does not state the obvious the accounts OUTSIDE
- 22:28the usvii cannot possibly be subject to. The, liens instead
- 22:32the government, argues that because defendants have not identified any
- 22:36such accounts in, the motion the court's order vacating the
- 22:39invalid liens would amount to a blanket. Advisory opinion for,
- 22:43that position government Relies On Media. Ventures INCORPORATED thirty vii,
- 22:48forty three nineteen. Ninety four but in, that Case the
- 22:51court found that the facts failed to present a justifiable
- 22:55case or controversy because any injury or threat of injury
- 22:58to petitioner is clearly conjectural, or hypothetical not real. Or,
- 23:03immediate here the government knows the defendants maintain accounts OUTSIDE,
- 23:07the usvii and Yet the government repeatedly and inexplicably refuses
- 23:12to confirm that the scope of his liens is limited TO.
- 23:15The usvii in, Any event sicco expressly permits a party
- 23:20to Move the court as here to release or extinguish.
- 23:23Criminal Activity lee notices issued in connection with the Civil
- 23:27Proceeding Virgin island, Code fourteen section SIX Ten us. Part
- 23:32three the liens in permissively interfere with. Probate action pursuing
- 23:38To The letters Testamentary dated, september six, twenty NINETEEN the
- 23:42co executors have the right, and duty with oversight From
- 23:45The probate court to expand to. State funds the government
- 23:49CLAIMS that sicco Entitles The attorney general to exercise oversight
- 23:54OVER the co executors and. Their expenditures the government is
- 23:58wrong pursuing to the doctrine of prior exclusive jurisdiction and the.
- 24:02Probate Exception The probate court has sole authority over disposition of,
- 24:07the estate And The probate court issued letters testamentary TO
- 24:11The co executors for the administration of the Estate on,
- 24:14september six, twenty nineteen well before this action. Was filed,
- 24:19in addition under, probate law THE government's seco claims are
- 24:23inferior to the administrative expenses of. The Estate Virgin island,
- 24:27Code fifteen section four two one c entitling an executor
- 24:31to retain in, his hands in preference to any claim
- 24:35or charge against, the estate amount of his own compensation
- 24:39and the necessary expenses. Of, administration thus even If The
- 24:43attorney general could recover ON defective, seco claims which, he
- 24:47cannot the government cannot only collect on those claims from
- 24:50funds remaining in the estate AFTER the co executors have
- 24:54paid the estate's. Administrative Expenses Virgin island, code fifteen section four.
- 24:59Twenty One Virgin island, Code fifteen section five. Sixty eight
- 25:03See also Martin, versus dennett six twenty Six p dot
- 25:06two d four seventy three four to Seventy five utah nineteen,
- 25:10eighty one holding that administrative and funeral expenses had priority
- 25:15over federal, tax liens and citing cases that. Held likewise
- 25:19the government again claims that the co executors seek an
- 25:22advisory opinion from this court Because The attorney general has
- 25:26released funds subject to the liens to pay truly administrative
- 25:29and preservation, related expenditures and is willing to release additional
- 25:34funds subject to her unilateral terms. And conditions to, the
- 25:38contrary the liens already have injured and continue to injure.
- 25:41The estate AS the co executors describe in, the motion
- 25:45the liens ground the estate to, a halt and the
- 25:48estate could not pay maintenance bills and employee salary and,
- 25:51insurance payments causing immediate harm to the estate's assets and
- 25:55property in five. Different jurisdictions, in fact the commencement of
- 25:59the victims' compensation program was delayed while the co executors
- 26:03were forced to negotiate With The attorney general to release
- 26:06funds that the program's administrators require to launch. That program during,
- 26:12that delay the co executors were forced to spend more
- 26:15estate resources to litigate many of the. Claimant's lawsuits the
- 26:18commencement of the program has demonstrated that such expenditures were
- 26:22a waste of the, estate's assets called solely By The
- 26:25attorney general's hold on the estate's ability to fund, the
- 26:28program as virtually all civil plaintiffs quickly agreed to stay
- 26:32those lawsuits in order to participate in. The program to,
- 26:36this Day The attorney general continues to withhold funds that
- 26:39the co executors require for the administration of. The estate
- 26:44see OPPOSITION example c demanding that the estate provide additional
- 26:48information to allow the government to continue to ensure that
- 26:52the estate has access to those funds needed for its.
- 26:55Ongoing OPERATIONS example d conditioning the release of funds on
- 27:00an accounting of the money the estate, is spent and
- 27:02an accounting of the money the estate intends to spend
- 27:05with the. Requested funds, simply put The co executors have
- 27:09been and continue to be at the mercy Of The
- 27:12attorney general's terms. And conditions The co executors bring this
- 27:15motion to remove those impermissible constraints on their ability to
- 27:20administer the estate in accordance with the rights and duties
- 27:23granted to them BY The usvi law And The. Probate,
- 27:26court finally the government resorts to the false accusation that
- 27:31the motion is nothing less than an attempt To Use
- 27:33epstein's jelhouse suicide as a vehicle to Sweep mister epstein's
- 27:37allege crimes under the rug And allow epstein's beneficiaries to
- 27:42retain the instrumentalities of the enterprise at the expense of.
- 27:46Its victims that. Is nonsense the government is fully aware
- 27:50of The co executor's victims compensation program and must understand
- 27:54THAT under usvii, probate law victims who are claimants of
- 27:57the estate will be compensated before any. Beneficiaries conclusion for
- 28:03the reason. Set fourth you're in AND The co executor's
- 28:06expedited motion To vacate Lean's the court should enter and
- 28:09order vacating the Criminal activity lee notices issued By The.
- 28:14Attorney general this was Signed By Christopher allen croblin and
- 28:18it Was dated, july eighth. Twenty Twenty, all, right folks
- 28:21that's gonna do it for. This one all of the
- 28:23information that goes with this episode can be found in the. Description,
- 28:27box recently we talked a little bit about how the
- 28:31Estate Of jeffrey epstein was complaining that they weren't able
- 28:36to keep up with their bills Because Of denise george
- 28:41And The virgin islands having a stranglehold over. Them, basically
- 28:46well tonight there's a new article OUT From abc news
- 28:50that goes into it in a little bit. More detail
- 28:54it adds some more context to what we. Discussed earlier and,
- 28:58the GEM like i always, talked about the bit of
- 29:01gold that we'll find in this one Is The Attorney
- 29:04general's office actually RESPONDED To. Abc news now they didn't
- 29:09Respond To. Okay magazine BUT what i will Say Is
- 29:14okay magazine has been way ahead of the curve when
- 29:17it comes to. This, stuff they've you know'd say they're a.
- 29:20Tabloid whatever that's fine, and well but when it comes
- 29:24To This jeffrey epstein case and having access to the
- 29:28emails and stuff From The attorney general's office and what's
- 29:32going on as far as her civil suit and, the
- 29:36estate they've been smack on and you got to give
- 29:40them a tip of. The cap but here in this
- 29:43article there is a little more context Considering The attorney
- 29:47general's office actually responded and added a little bit more
- 29:51to what we. Heard previously so let's jump into this
- 29:56ARTICLE From, abc news Authored By james hill and see what's.
- 30:01Going on, the headline Executors Of jeffrey epstein's estate say
- 30:06they're running low. ON funds i don't know how that's
- 30:09even possible with all. That, Money boy i'll tell. You
- 30:12what maybe you shouldn't have gardeners running around the whole place.
- 30:15All day maybe you shouldn't have staff. On, hand still
- 30:18maybe you should consolidate those funds and use that money
- 30:22to go where it's supposed, to go, you know to.
- 30:25The survivors lawyers for the co executors of Sex Offender
- 30:30jeffrey epstein's estate contend That The attorney general OF The
- 30:34Us virgin islands is crippling the administration of the six
- 30:39hundred and fifty five million dollar estate and jeopardizing its
- 30:43ability to pay operating expenses and, legal bills according to
- 30:48court Records In. Saint, thomas now remember we discussed all of.
- 30:52This Earlier chris spargo Over at okay has been all
- 30:56over this and talked about. This previously, but again this
- 31:00is adding. Some context this is going to add some
- 31:02meat to. The bone and of course it's an important
- 31:06subject and it doesn't hurt to. Revisit, It right we
- 31:09need to be aware of what the estate is up
- 31:12to and what these slime ball Executors in DYKE and
- 31:16khn are really trying to PULL because i don't trust them, one,
- 31:22bit folks not. One Bit and i've said. IT before
- 31:26i think that there has to be some sort of
- 31:28mechanism in place to get rid of these guys as
- 31:31executors of. The estate why should they be in a
- 31:34position to victimize these survivors all, over again, considering that
- 31:41Especially in dyke is alleged to have taken a serious
- 31:45part in facilitating a Lot Of jeffrey, epstein's crimes you,
- 31:49really think As In, house council As in. House counsel
- 31:53he didn't know what was, going On that epstein wasn't
- 31:55running shit. By them, come. On folks in a state
- 32:01bank account dwindled to about two hundred and forty thousand dollars,
- 32:04last month a state lawyers wrote and argue that Unless
- 32:08The attorney general released, additional funds the estate would be
- 32:12unable to meet its imminent financial obligations, for, staff payroll
- 32:17and Utilities AT epstein's Us and, french properties appraisals of
- 32:22those properties for, eventual sale and maintenance and Parking for
- 32:26epstein's idled planes. And helicopters how much maintenance do parked
- 32:32helicopters and idled planes? Really need, come in give them,
- 32:36a wash maybe start them up once, a month or
- 32:39whatever the hell it. May be but, come on you
- 32:41don't need all of that money to make sure that
- 32:44these parked helicopters and these idled planes are. Getting serviced and,
- 32:50another thing why aren't they? Sold already what are you guys?
- 32:54Waiting for sell all of this shit? Right now in
- 32:59the event That The attorney, generals continues the estate's co
- 33:04executors will no longer be able to continue to administer,
- 33:07the Estate Wrote christopher kroblin council for the estate's co
- 33:12executors in a letter to a probate court judge. Last
- 33:15month and that's. Another thing why why do probate executors need,
- 33:19THE judges, i mean need lawyers of Their own and
- 33:22do you really think they're paying for those lawyers out
- 33:24of their? Own, pocket no the estate's paying for. These
- 33:27lawyers so, in essence the survivors are paying for. These
- 33:31lawyers how is? That possible why are these executors able
- 33:38to muddle up? The situation just get rid. Of them
- 33:41you want to save, Some, money well let's save money
- 33:43on their council by getting rid of these executors and
- 33:48letting whoever else the court appoints take care. OF it,
- 33:53i mean this. Is ridiculous, right now the residential properties will,
- 33:59quickly deteriorate the aircraft and other assets will fall, into
- 34:03disrepair its assets will, remain unsold and legal proceedings will. Be,
- 34:08defaulted yeah no more LEADING what i don't even know what?
- 34:11That means. Legal proceedings the guy. Is, dead okay enough
- 34:17the executors they. Gotta go then there needs to be
- 34:21some sort of commission court appointed regulated whatever it. May
- 34:25be put into their place to make sure that all
- 34:29of this occurs and all of this money and these
- 34:33assets are divvied up in the proper manner because everything's
- 34:37being siphoned off. Electric bills what do you need electricity in?
- 34:40These places? Nobody's there who's running around at? These? Houses
- 34:46once if they're if they're gonna be showed, or whatever
- 34:48call the electric company get the electric turned on for.
- 34:51That month but you need the electric on. Right now
- 34:54hell know why who's? Living there who's still getting fat
- 35:00at the Buffet Of jeffrey epstein's. Criminal behavior the island's.
- 35:07Territory Attorney the Island's Territories, Attorney General denise george has
- 35:11exerted strict oversight of the estate's purse Drink, since january
- 35:15when she sued the estate's co executors and a host of,
- 35:19related corporations Alleging that epstein's network of corporate entities were
- 35:24part of a criminal enterprise used to fund and conceal
- 35:28the trafficking of women and girls In The. Virgin islands
- 35:32think about that for, a. Minute Folks The attorney general
- 35:36Of The, virgin islands which Is A united states, attorney
- 35:40general is saying that all of, these corporations the co
- 35:45executors were all part of the. Criminal enterprise they were
- 35:49all part In Helping jeffrey epstein conceal and conduct his sex.
- 35:57Trafficking operation and these are the same people that are
- 36:00the executors of. The estate how is? That possible in
- 36:05what reality is? That acceptable these two dudes need To
- 36:11Be like i've said several, times now these, Two dudes Indike,
- 36:15and khan need to be guests of, the state not
- 36:19executors of. An estate as, a Result The attorney general
- 36:25placed criminal activity leans that effectively froze all of the estate's.
- 36:30Holdings worldwide that's what happens IN a, rico. Case, Folks,
- 36:34okay now if this was a LONG reaching, rico case
- 36:37if this bloomed and these people were serious about going
- 36:42after this in the, proper manner then every one of
- 36:45these People Like, Leon Black, Jess Staley, Glenn Dubin, les
- 36:52wexner all of their accounts would be frozen as well because,
- 36:56their money some of it at the, very least was
- 36:58gotten through ill go and gains by their Involvement With.
- 37:02Jeffrey epstein that's how. This works now it's up to
- 37:08the estate to prove To This attorney general that the
- 37:12money that they're spending is being spent, on necessities and
- 37:15they have not done that. So far so that's Why
- 37:18The attorney general has has tightened at tourniquit here and
- 37:21is not letting any more money trickle out and dribble
- 37:25out because she does not Trust in Dyke and. Khan either,
- 37:32since Then The attorney general has frequently questioned the estate's
- 37:36expenditures and operating expenses and demanded that her office be
- 37:40provided with documentation to justify. The costs and as we've,
- 37:45heard previously they've not. Done that, you know if you have,
- 37:49a job, as say like, a, runner right say you're
- 37:52working at a concert and you're doing production and you're
- 37:55in a, runner position and the band's production manager sends
- 37:59you out on a run and they want you to
- 38:02purchase a bunch of stuff from. The, store well they
- 38:05give you money and then you bring. Back receipts that's how. This, works,
- 38:10okay trust. But verify do you really think does anyone
- 38:15really think that, the State The attorney general or anyone
- 38:19involved is going To trust Indike and Khan With jeffrey.
- 38:23Epstein's fortune these two guys have a proven track record
- 38:28of being involved with a bunch of let's be, generous,
- 38:32here okay with a bunch of very shady looking. Financial
- 38:36deals and these guys think they're not going to have
- 38:40any oversight that they're not going to have anybody to
- 38:44slap them in the ass with a ruler when they
- 38:46get out. Of, line sorry you guys don't deserve that
- 38:50sort of, lateral ability. All right you guys do not
- 38:54deserve to just be able to do whatever. You want
- 39:00but in A statement TUESDAY To, abc News The Attorney
- 39:03general's office contended That the estate has been unwaveringly unwilling
- 39:08to provide. Such, information now this is the first we've
- 39:11heard from, the office and this IS why, i said
- 39:14this is, the, gem right this is the bit of
- 39:15gold dust, in here and why we go back and revisit.
- 39:19These articles this is why we add, the context because
- 39:22there might be something in one of these articles that
- 39:25wasn't in the first one that helps put the. Pieces
- 39:28together and now with the statement From The attorney, general's
- 39:33office we're going to be able to add a little bit.
- 39:35More Context The attorney general has consistently Reminded the estate
- 39:40that the government is willing to release funds to pay
- 39:43for the estate's, documented expenses including any emergency expenses to preserve.
- 39:49The estate the statement said that sure seems to be
- 39:52a far cry away From what Indike and. Connor, Saying,
- 39:55right oh we're. Going broke there's only two hundred and
- 39:58forty thousand dollars left In the how are we gonna
- 40:01pay the? Electrical bill who's gonna pay For The xbox?
- 40:04Game pass that's basically what, they're. Saying right they're not talking,
- 40:08about necessities they're not talking. About security they're talking about having,
- 40:14staff still and power, and electricity and what does any
- 40:18of that mean if nobody is. Living there turn that
- 40:22shit off and set it up with the energy company
- 40:27that every now and then you'll have to get it turned.
- 40:29BACK on i am sure they will understand the circumstances if.
- 40:33They're explained absent varication that funds are being used for
- 40:39legitimate and appropriate purposes and consistent with her Duty Under virgin,
- 40:44island's Law The attorney general cannot and will not release. Additional,
- 40:49funds bitch show me. The receipts that's what. She's saying
- 40:53if you went out and bought a Bag. OF doritos
- 40:55i need a receipt That says dorito's. On it, but
- 40:59no these scumbags can't even. Do that they can't even
- 41:03provide basic documentation about how they're spending the, survivor's fauzules
- 41:09because that's what. They're doing they're siphoning this money off from,
- 41:12the survivors from those the most affected by this madman
- 41:16and these sons of bitches who help, facilitate them and
- 41:21there is no redress. For that there is no way
- 41:23to get rid of. These scumbags how about we slap
- 41:26them with. Criminal indictments that'll probably get them out, of,
- 41:29here right that'll have them worrying about. Something else one,
- 41:35recent dispute according to, court records arose When The Attorney
- 41:39general's office learned the estate was paying the legal expenses
- 41:43of an immigration attorney the government has reason to believe
- 41:46was retained to seek immigration status for Survivors of epstein
- 41:51and other. Sexual, abuse so in, other words one of the,
- 41:55co conspirators one of the players on, the stage one
- 41:59of the people who helped facilitate the abuse and trafficking
- 42:05of some of, these survivors was still being paid from
- 42:09the very money that was going to be dispersed to.
- 42:12These survivors how can someone not see that as? Being
- 42:16wrong how can anybody claim that that is not absolutely
- 42:22disgusting and should not. Be allowed payments to defend this
- 42:26lawyer are not appropriate expenditures of, Estate funds and these
- 42:30payments suggest that estate funds are being used even now
- 42:35to conceal and protect Participants in epstein's. Criminal enterprise an
- 42:40attorney for the government wrote in a. Court filing so,
- 42:44the court the, state Right The attorney general is asserting
- 42:51in court Filings that epstein had a. Criminal enterprise, they're
- 42:55saying at, point blank this was a, criminal enterprise he
- 42:58was engaged, in it and their still still paying out
- 43:01those participants who. Were involved can we have a? Rico?
- 43:04Charge please can all of these people who were, co
- 43:08conspirators who enriched themselves or who otherwise took part get their?
- 43:14INDICTMENTS please i, am waiting not very, patiently ANYMORE but i.
- 43:19Am waiting lawyers for the estate countered that some people
- 43:24who had been subpoenaed By The virgin islands government cannot
- 43:28afford counsel and have requested assistance from. The, estate, yeah
- 43:32no go. Get yourself public defender like every other poor
- 43:35person in. The world don't think you're going to reach
- 43:37into the. Estate's pocket either pay for your own lawyer
- 43:41or get yourself a public defender like every other poor
- 43:46person In The. United states you. Dirty scumbags your days
- 43:51of living on the high horse. Are over get use
- 43:55to how it looks on the other side of, the
- 43:57fence your. Rat bastards it's deeply troubling that a government
- 44:03law enforcement agency contends that affording individuals the opportunity for
- 44:08legal representation in the face of a scopeless law enforcement
- 44:12investigation constitutes an, Active concealment kroblin wrote in a letter
- 44:17submitted to. The court, so basically he's saying that the
- 44:20whole entire estate's bank roll and their coffers should just
- 44:24be opened up and it should be a free for
- 44:26all for anybody who was involved or who was a,
- 44:29co conspirator who was named in a, wide ranging wide and.
- 44:35Vast case all of those people should have access to
- 44:38the best lawyers in. The world why? Is that why
- 44:42should they be given that sort of defense when regular
- 44:48people would not be given that sort. Of defense it's
- 44:51not the survivor's job to pay for these people these
- 44:55people were involved in making these. People victims so, guess
- 45:00what the estate should not be paying them one Single
- 45:03cent if they want, good lawyers they want access to these.
- 45:07Good lawyers nobody's. Stopping them nobody's saying you can't go
- 45:11and pay for them lawyers on, your own or you
- 45:13can't start a gofund me to pay for your. Legal
- 45:16account what we're saying here, is well the estate is
- 45:21not going to pay. For it the estate's attorneys have
- 45:25moved to dismiss the government's lawsuit and have asked a
- 45:28court to lift. The leans in a recent, court filing
- 45:32they claim the estate's operating costs included one hundred and
- 45:35eighty thousand dollars a month for staff and Expenses at,
- 45:38epstein's properties and eighty, three thousand five hundred and sixty
- 45:42dollars for maintenance and parking of. His aircraft the estate
- 45:46also owed four million dollars in legal fees associated with
- 45:50defending lawsuits against, the estate including more than two dozen
- 45:54filed by alleged Survivors of. Epstein's abuse attorneys FOR The
- 45:59usas state were not immediately available. For comment and now
- 46:04remember In the, okay article all of these numbers. Drive
- 46:08up so what it shows you is that the stuff
- 46:11that okay is reporting about this case And That chris
- 46:14spargo is reporting about this case are right. On point
- 46:18they have an, in there they have, a source and
- 46:21they're getting good access to the materials and emails that
- 46:25are being sent Between The Virgin, island's Office The attorney,
- 46:29general's office and the courts and. The Estates so i'll
- 46:33definitely be Adding those okay articles to the catalog, moving
- 46:37forward especially when it's talking About The. Virgin islands but you, see,
- 46:42here folks you see, the battle you see the tug,
- 46:45of war and you see how the estate is still
- 46:48trying to. Play games but what do you expect when
- 46:52you have a viper and a Scumbag like Indike and.
- 46:56Khan involved if you'd like to, contact me you can
- 47:01do That At bobby kapuchi at ProtonMail. Dot com THAT'S
- 47:04B O B b Y c A P u C
- 47:07c i at ProtonMail. Dot com you can also find
- 47:11Me on twitter AT B O B b y UNDERSCORE
- 47:14c A P u C. C i all of the
- 47:18links that go at this episode can be found in the.
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