The island was Epstein’s primary residence,[4][14] and he called the island “Little St. Jeff”.

In April 1998, a company called L.S.J. LLC purchased the island for $7.95 million, and documents showed that Jeffrey Epstein was the sole member of L.S.J

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    This place needs to be PROTECTED by AMERICAN TAXPAYERS!

    -Republicans LITERALLY after Shooting up a Drag Show to Protect The Children!

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    I’m an American. Can you please translate this into either football fields or parking lots?

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      Approximately the surface area of 9,476 cats.

      E: Multiply by the length of 12 elephant trunks to get to the 28Ha.

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    Blows me away that anyone could buy a private island that large that cheaply. Still only $15.8M today.

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        Interesting question! So I looked. NPR quotes:

        Financier Stephen Deckoff paid $60 million for Great St. James and Little St. James through his SD Investments firm, a spokesperson told NPR.

        The purchase price reflects a steep discount from the $110 million for which the two properties were recently listed.

        Little St. James spans around 71.6 acres and includes “a helipad, private dock, gas station, high-capacity water filtration, 2 pools, the main compound, 4 guest villas, 3 private beaches, gym, tiki hut,” and other buildings, according to its real estate listing.

        Still can’t believe it’s that cheap in a world with 3,028 billionaires. That’s pocket lint for these people! Which should be fucking enraging.

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      In his will and testament (a 21-page pour-over will) signed just two days before his death,[16] all of Epstein’s holdings were transferred into the “1953 Trust”,[17] named after the year of his birth.

      In March 2022, Little Saint James and the neighboring Great Saint James were listed at $125 million. A lawyer for Epstein’s estate stated that the money obtained from the sale would be used to settle a number of lawsuits. Bespoke Real Estate, the agency jointly overseeing the sale, stated that further information on the listing was only available to prospective buyers.[18][19]

      In May 2023, billionaire Stephen Deckoff, under his firm SD Investments, announced the acquisition of the Great St. James and Little St. James islands for $60 million.[20]

      Edit: Incidentally this guy doesn’t have a Wikipedia page which seems…unusual. He’s a private equity guy.

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        Would billionaires pay people to keep them off of the internet? I can’t imagine they want people who aren’t in their golf clubs to know who they are.