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-Short Attention Span Theater-

Billionaire Stephen Deckoff snaps up dead pedophile Jeffrey Epstein's two private islands for $60million - including one where he sexually abused children – to develop state of the art luxury resorts

2023-05-05

[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]

Jeffrey Epstein's infamous Caribbean islands finally have a new owner

Private equity mogul Stephen Deckoff, founder of private equity firm Black Diamond Capital Management, paid less than half of initial asking price

Deckoff, who said he never met Epstein, has plans to develop a 25-room resort

The two private islands, known as Great St. James and Little St. James, first hit the market as a package deal for $125m in March 2021, but this was cut to $55m a piece - or $110m for the pair.

Little St. James is the infamous island where Epstein - who ~~was murdered~~ died in a Manhattan jail in 2019 aged 66 - built his lavish compound to host orgies and traffic underage girls.

Government documents show that Little St. James Island, which sits on 70 acres of land located a little over a mile from St Thomas - a tropical island near Puerto Rico - was purchased by one of Epstein's companies in April 1998 for $7.95million.

Nearby Great St. James, through roughly twice as big at 160-plus acres, is largely undeveloped, and Epstein purchased it primarily to keep tourists away from his hideaway.

In 2016, Epstein spent $18million on Great St. James Island, which once was popular with locals and tourists for its main attraction, the Christmas Cove nature preserve.

Virgin Islands prosecutors in 2020 accused Epstein of bringing girls as young as 11 to the islands and sexually assaulting them.

Mr Deckoff, who has lived in the US Virgin Islands since 2011, says that he never met Epstein and had not stepped foot onto his land until they were marketed following the financier's death.

Speaking about his acquisition of the islands, Mr Deckoff, who has a net worth of $3 billion according to Forbes, said: 'I've been proud to call the U.S. Virgin Islands home for more than a decade and am tremendously pleased to be able to bring the area a world-class destination befitting its natural grace and beauty.'

Posted by:Skidmark

#9 Please, call it The Overlook Hotel.

Posted by: swksvolFF 2023-05-05 17:32

#8 Probably can’t reuse any of the previous marketing materials.

Posted by: Super Hose 2023-05-05 12:57

#7 A couple SOTD nominees

Posted by: Frank G 2023-05-05 10:51

#6 Imagine the "On this site" plaque in the lobby.

Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-05-05 10:21

#5 So will he re-open the business under new ownership?

Perhaps the Anheuser-Busch version of Disneyland.

Also, you're gonna need a bigger steam cleaner.

Posted by: SteveS 2023-05-05 10:10

#4 First: a really big steam cleaner.

Posted by: ed in texas 2023-05-05 10:04

#3 Given the ship loads of concrete the Perverted Elite paid for and brought in. In order to fill in and hide the lower parts of Epstein's Sex dungeons. The buildings, at the least, have a 20+ft thick solid foundation.

Posted by: 2023-05-05 07:10

#2 Hell in paradise: How Epstein's 'Pedophile Island' - complete with underground lairs, a creepy temple and ten-person shower for orgies - will transform into five-star resort after billionaire paid half the $125M asking price

Posted by: Skidmark 2023-05-05 04:26

#1 So will he re-open the business under new ownership?

Posted by: Glenmore 2023-05-05 01:13

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