Ghislaine Maxwell told prosecutors Jeffrey Epstein was a ‘kind, loving man with a ready smile’ after sex abuse arrest
GHISLAINE Maxwell said Jeffrey Epstein as a "kind generous loving man" after he was arrested for sexually abusing minors.
She went on to state that her ex-boyfriend had a "keen sense of humor and ready smile" to try and help get charges against him dropped in Palm Beach.
"My experience of Jeffrey, is of a thoughtful, kind generous loving man, with a keen sense of humor and a ready smile - a man of principles and values and a man of his word," Ghislaine is quoted as saying in a document obtained by The Sun.
"If he made a promise, he would always follow through. In fact, I never saw him break a promise."
This testimonial was included in a 15-page biography of Epstein that was sent to Alex Acosta, who was the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida at the time.
"He is disciplined in business and conscientious," said Ghislaine, at a time when over 40 minors had come forward with allegations of sexual abuse.
"A man always quick to help someone who is down, or to offer an opportunity to someone to pursue a dream or a goal."
The testimonial seemed to work in the end, and Epstein managed to get off with what a member of the State's Attorney's office called "the deal of the century."
Ghislaine was never seen with Epstein after he made his plea deal, but was remained a fixture on the New York social scene.
That all changed in 2015 when she was after denying claims of sexual abuse.
She then went completely off the map earlier this year following Epstein's latest arrest, and has not been seen in months.
Twelve years after that case, many of the victims are still seeking closure and have pursued lawsuits against the pedophile, who took his own life in August.
Those women are now getting a helping hand too from officials at the island territory where a number of them suffered their alleged abuse.
is being sued by multiple women as well as the Virgin Islands, with the latter hoping to seize or force the sale of his two island properties and other holdings in the US territory.
In the wake of filing their initial complaint, the Deputy Attorney General for the US Virgin Islands, Carol Thomas Jacobs filed court papers arguing that the only way to guarantee the estate maintain the cash damages the government is seeking would be to allow her to intervene.
AG Jacobs argues that the will is filed in her jurisdiction, as well as the fact that the US Virgin Islands is the site of many of Epstein's alleged abuses of minors in court filings obtained by The Sun.
She makes it very clear in her filing that she also wants to make certain those minor victims got their settlements paid out by the estate.
"Under the framework of the Fund there is no obligation that the Program Administrator be subject to legal constraints imposed by the Probate Court or the supervision or approval of this court, and provides no assurances that the Government's substantial and legally protectable interest in the distribution of the Estate's assets will be protected,' reads the Motion to Intervene.
"Moreover, there is no ceiling or floor for funds to be paid to the victims, imperilling both the Government's ability to ensure that its own claims are satisfied, and to ensure that victims receive the compensation to which they are entitled."
Later in the Motion, AG Jacobs stresses to the judge that the "Government does not seek to supplant funds that victims might receive through the Epstein Fund or otherwise, but is entitled to ensure its own legally enforceable interests in the Estate are protected."
She also demands that the who may be too afraid to come forward or still dealing with trauma.
This was in response to the filing by the estate's executors that sought to require any victims seeking compensation to file their claims in the next few weeks, after which the estate would not be responsible for paying out any lawsuits.
The estate wants this all to play out not in a court of law but rather arbitration.
"This is improper, impermissible and deceptive,' stated AG Jacobs in a filing attached to her motion which argued this would 'revictimize' the women.
She hopes that this argument will ring true to Judge Carolyn Herman Purcell, who will rule on the AG's request to intervene in the trust while also determining if the estate's request to have secret settlements is legal.
AG Jacobs could ultimately have control over the distribution of funds alongside Epstein's previously selected executors, lawyer Darren Indyke and Richard Kahn.
Those men were painted in less than glowing terms by AG Jacobs, who wrote in her filing that their motivations would likely be clouded by the fact that they were involved in the same business entities for which Epstein could be found liable.
That would make the men far more apt to quickly settle claims, and the two would certainly have no interest in the protection of the government of victims said AG Jacobs.
Epstein signed a Last Will and Testament just two days before taking his own life.
In the document, which was filed in the Virgin Islands, Epstein put his net worth at over $577 million,.
That amount is almost $20 million more than he told a federal judge he was worth in a court filing back in July.
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He listed his brother Mark as his lone heir, while Indyke and Kahan were designated executors alongside Boris Nikolic.
Nikolic would later recuse himself from that position.
Epstein , presumably after the year of his birth.
That trust is valued at over $600 million.