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.
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.