Located on the southeast coast of St. Thomas in the Caribbean, Little St. James Island (Little St. James Island) was originally a small island with an area of 300,000 square meters, but now it has become the "dirtiest" island in the world.
More than 20 years ago, American billionaire Jeffrey Epstein bought it and built a stone mansion on the island.
Epstein had a similar odor with his girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell . The two teamed up to find and lure young girls who were inexperienced in the world, brought them to a small island, and used them to provide services to the top rich and powerful people around the world. Serve.
Epstein was not arrested on suspicion of sex trafficking of minors until July 2019, but on August 11, he was found dead in a New York prison.
Because the surveillance footage captured by the camera outside the corridor of the cell where Epstein was held was "just" damaged, the police could only ultimately determine that the cause of his death was "suspected suicide."
Epstein’s girlfriend, British socialite Maxwell, was sentenced to 20 years in prison on June 28, 2022 for assisting Epstein’s crimes. She is still in prison.
After this incident was exposed in the media, Little St. James Island became "famous" and was called "Lori Island" by the world.
Although the case could not be further investigated due to Epstein's death, a batch of court documents released by the Manhattan Federal District Court has brought this case to the forefront again.
In January 2024, under the order of U.S. District Judge Preska of New York, more than 200 court documents related to Epstein were released one after another. As these documents were declassified, a document about Epstein involving hundreds of people was revealed. The list also surfaced.
Former U.S. President William Clinton , late superstar Michael Jackson , British Prince Andrew Edward , British physicist Stephen Hawking and other people's names were all listed, which immediately caused a stir on the Internet. There was an uproar.
The most eye-catching thing is that the name of another former US president Donald Trump, who is preparing to participate in this year's election, also appears on the list, causing a stir around the world.
Netizens have speculated about the relationship between Trump and Epstein’s Loli Island? How did Epstein, who was born into a lower-class family, accumulate hundreds of millions of dollars and become the "big devil"? What happened on the island in the 21 years from Epstein’s purchase in 1998 to his final arrest?
We may be able to find out from the documentary "Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Riches" .
1. A Jewish boy started from scratch and entered the upper class by clinging to the powerful.
Epstein has a square face, thick silver hair and thick eyebrows, and a pair of blue eyes that seem to be able to see everything. He is also well-dressed and looks like a domineering president. It is difficult for you to distinguish him from the "Big Brother". "Devil" are linked together.
However, it is in line with the saying: "Gold and jade on the outside, but ruins on the inside." Under its gorgeous appearance, it has a disgraceful and little-known past.
On January 20, 1953, Epstein was born in a Jewish working-class family in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He showed intelligence since he was a child, especially excellent in mathematics. He studied at Cooper Union College and the Institute of Mathematics of New York University. But none of them obtained advanced degrees.
It doesn't matter if he has no academic qualifications. Epstein firmly believed that as long as he was brave enough, he could prosper. Moreover, he was born with a flexible mind and was a good social person, so he could easily get the support of noble people.
In September 1974, he used a fake academic degree to sneak into the private Dalton School to teach. The principal Donald Barr admired him very much and opened a back door for him.
As a private school, most of the students studying at Dalton School are children from wealthy families. Epstein, who teaches mathematics and physics, will naturally not miss the opportunity to curry favor with the powerful.
Among them was a girl who was the daughter of Ace Greenberg, the chairman of the investment bank Bear Stearns. Epstein took "special care" of her, dated her frequently, and soon developed a relationship.
Greenberg also admired Epstein's financial talents. Under his recommendation, Epstein got into Bear Stearns and worked as a trader in the futures department, engaged in helping customers invest and manage money. business.
From a mathematics teacher to an elite investment banker, Epstein was like a fish in water. He quickly achieved success in this industry and accumulated valuable experience.
In 1980, Epstein suddenly became a partner of Bear Stearns, but he was soon fired from the company for financial fraud and irregularities.
Epstein simply set up his own business and founded the "Jay Epstein" financial management company in 1981, specializing in providing financial management services to wealthy people with a net worth of more than US$1 billion.
Setting such a high threshold is equivalent to shutting out a considerable number of investors. If your net worth is lower than this amount and you want to get the services of "Jay Epstein" company, you will only get a polite and impatient reply: No! Thanks! You are not qualified.
At the same time, Epstein was also very good at self-packaging and shaping his persona as a financial elite in order to better integrate into the upper-class circle of friends.
Epstein was very good at using his identity to build his own social circle, and the way he made friends with the rich and powerful was to provide special entertainment for those big shots.
In 1988, Epstein upgraded his business and founded the Epstein Investment Company. Since then, he has established close ties with Wall Street's financial tycoons.
He also has one foot in the world of politics, business and academia, and has close contacts with fashionistas, making him a real social celebrity.
Being able to fight fiercely with these social elites has a lot to do with Epstein's own conditions and his girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell.
Maxwell is the daughter of the British publishing tycoon Robert Maxwell. She graduated from Balliol College, Oxford University. She was involved in the upper class circles since she was a child, and developed a selfish, arrogant and ambitious personality.
On November 5, 1991, Robert Maxwell jumped into the sea and died in the waters of Tenerife in the Mediterranean. He was also suspected of commercial fraud and had all his assets confiscated. Maxwell also lost his backer, but the 30-year-old Maxwell returned. Soon after arriving in New York, he fell in love with the 38-year-old Epstein.
Maxwell needed money to maintain his luxurious life, and Epstein was the best "cash machine"; Epstein took a fancy to Maxwell's strong connections in the upper class, and he also needed a woman to arrange for him life, managing the money transfer and money laundering operations of the investment company, as well as satisfying his "special hobby."
On the surface, Epstein and Maxwell were in a relationship, but privately Epstein called Maxwell "Mama-san."
Maxwell was specifically responsible for identifying young girls who were inexperienced in the world, offering them a good job as bait, luring them to Epstein's mansion in Palm Beach, and making them fall into his clutches step by step.
2. Spending huge sums of money to buy a small island to create a paradise and become a "lawless place"
In 1998, Epstein bought Little St. James Island in the U.S. Virgin Islands for US$7.95 million.
Although this island is small in size, it has all the necessary organs. In the north of the island is the main villa with an area of about 2,500 square meters and three small villas, a helipad, dock, gas station, tennis court, gym, and seawater desalination. Systems and other facilities are available.
Little St. James Island (Lori Island) is 1,785 kilometers away from the mainland of the United States, and is completely isolated by the ocean. It is difficult for anyone to detect anything that happens on the island.
Therefore, Loli Island has become a paradise that the rich flock to, and it is also a lawless place for some people. Young girls and "guests" continue to come to the island.
The girls who are brought to the island will be asked to wear Victoria's Secret swimsuits and pajamas, and are forced to provide various services to the rich under the guise of "massage". Most of these victimized girls were born in poverty, had low education and lacked parental care. When their minds were not yet mature, they were lured to the island by Maxwell with sweet talk and fell into the magic cave of Loli Island.
The great thing about Maxwell is that she can not only use coercion, inducement, and hard and soft methods to force the girls to surrender and obey, but she can also "develop the offline", select the capable ones from among the girls, and use money to buy them. They brought their friends and classmates to the island.
The celebrities who come to the island for "recreation" include powerful American politicians, business executives, foreign dignitaries, and even some scientists.
Of course, Epstein was not an easy man. There were surveillance cameras everywhere on Loli Island, which made it easier for him to find girls who were trying to escape, and he could also secretly record every move of the wealthy people after they came to the island.
Epstein mastered the "material" of these powerful and wealthy people, and also manipulated their lives, making their relationship with him closer.
Even if Epstein himself encounters big troubles, he can resolve them one by one through his connections and relationships in the political and business circles.
Because of this, as early as 2005, Epstein was criminally charged with sexually assaulting young girls and was arrested in 2008.
But through the so-called "plea bargain", the Florida prosecutor agreed not to prosecute him, and finally convicted him of "abetting minors in prostitution" and sentenced him to 18 months of "custody and work parole", and he was required to submit to The victim pays a settlement.
What is a "plea bargain"? Even in the United States, as long as you have money, you can take out a sum of money from your pocket and plead guilty in exchange for a light sentence from the judicial system, turning justice into a transaction.
Epstein also "applied" for work parole. While serving his sentence, the prison allowed him to "work" 6 days a week and be out of the cell for 12 hours each working day.
Therefore, while serving his sentence, Epstein’s private limousine would come to the prison to pick him up at 7:15 a.m. every working day and send him to his office in Florida to work until 22 p.m. Send him back to prison at 1:40.
In the end, his parole application was approved, and his actual sentence was only 13 months.
It is precisely because of the connivance of the American judiciary that villains like Epstein are even more arrogant, thinking that they can cover the sky with one hand. After
was released from prison, he began to intensify his activities. He frequently flew private planes between New York and Lolita, turning illegal activities into a business, and euphemistically called it a "pyramid scheme."
In 2017, victims of Loli Island came forward one after another to testify about their sexual assault experiences on the island. This attracted the attention of the New York police, who soon launched a special investigation against Epstein.
On July 6, 2019, Epstein was arrested again on suspicion of involvement in the sex trafficking of minors in New York and Florida.
This time FBI agents discovered a large amount of unsightly photographic evidence in Epstein's house. Later, New York State prosecutors formally charged him with conspiracy to abduct underage women and engage in sex trafficking.
Although Epstein insisted not to plead guilty as always, this time the evidence was so overwhelming that he was unable to obtain bail during his arrest.
While the investigation was in full swing, Epstein was found dead in his cell on the morning of August 10, 2019.
The autopsy found that his neck and hyoid bone were fractured. Experts said that hyoid bone fractures are usually more common in homicide cases. Since the surveillance video in the cell was "just" broken, the police could only determine that he committed suicide.
On June 28, 2022, Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in prison by U.S. federal prosecutors. She is now 63 years old and needs to spend more than 10 years in prison. She is despised by the world for committing various crimes.
3. The Loli Island documents caused an earthquake in the celebrity circle, and many celebrities were involved.
In January this year, the Federal Court in Manhattan, New York, USA made public a large number of court documents from the "Epstein case". Among these documents, the most interesting These are the identities of the celebrities involved in the case. It is said that the total number of
people is more than 170. Here we will pick some familiar people to talk about.
First of all, the first one is the late physicist Stephen Hawking. He passed away on March 14, 2018. Due to his outstanding contributions to theoretical physics and cosmology, and his inspirational spirit despite being disabled, Experienced and admired by the world. The
file shows that in March 2006, Hawking was invited to the island for barbecue after attending an academic conference on a nearby island.
It is hard to believe that Hawking visited Loli Island many times during his lifetime. What Hawking, who could only move three fingers, would do on the island also aroused the interest of netizens around the world.
Memes about Hawking have gone viral overseas. Netizens have expressed their opinions, but so far there is no further news to reveal the truth to us.
Britain's Prince Andrew is one of the most criticized ones. He was accused by a girl named Virginia Giuffre of having illegal sexual relations with her, and he disclosed a lot of sinister details, which are unsightly. It’s hard to imagine what kind of public pressure a British prince will face after the dirty things behind his glamor are revealed.
No matter how thick-skinned Prince Andrew is, he can't resist the saliva of the British people. He had to spend
But because this incident was so embarrassing, Andrew was permanently removed from his status as a senior royal member by his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, and was ruined for the rest of his life.
"Anonymous No. 36", who was mentioned dozens of times in court documents, has been declassified. He is the famous former US President Clinton.
Epstein had a close relationship with Clinton. During the Clinton administration, he visited the White House 17 times. However, Clinton himself denied that he had ever visited the island and claimed that he had no knowledge of Epstein's criminal activities.
Michael Jackson once visited Epstein's mansion in Palm Beach, but did not receive a "massage" service and did not go to Loli Island.
This incident once again proves that Jackson is indeed a world idol. Although he has passed away, the songs and dances he left behind have been covered and imitated. His diligence, bravery and kindness have always inspired the world and brought great success to the world. Light and hope for everyone around the world.
Let’s talk about Donald Trump, whom we are most interested in. His name appeared in the documents released on January 8.
A victim named Sarah Ransom claimed that Trump assaulted her friend, but her so-called "evidence" was actually seeing Trump and her friend together at Epstein's house Breakfast in the mansion.
Trump has not been shy about being a guest at Epstein’s home, but the mansion in his “testimony” is not on Loli Island. Trump had contact with Epstein around 2000, but he made it clear that he had never been to the island, and he soon parted ways with Epstein.
There is no evidence in the documents currently exposed that Trump ever appeared on Loli Island. Instead, there is a testimony showing that Epstein once took his "Loli" people to visit Trump's casino, but Trump turned him away because minors were not allowed.
We all know that this year is the year of the US presidential election. The Manhattan Federal Court exposed the "Epstein case" documents at this critical time and pointed the finger at Trump. It is difficult for people to believe that this does not have ulterior motives.
But these so-called evidences are now self-defeating, further proving that although Trump has many shortcomings, he still has a bottom line as a human being, which in turn makes more people support him.
4. Conclusion
From the "Epstein case" we can also see that the so-called justice and judicial fairness in Western countries are based on corrupt money and interests. As long as those wealthy and powerful people have money, they can bribe the court in the name of "plea bargaining" to achieve a lighter sentence or even escape legal sanctions.
People like Epstein do everything possible to curry favor with the rich and powerful and build their own social networks, thinking they are above the law.
But in the face of the overwhelming public outrage, the capital bosses hiding behind him will only choose to "abandon the pawn to save the car" in the end.
(movie Rotten Tomatoes Editorial Department: Hot-Blooded Heart)
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