The Attorney General of the United States Virgin Islands (USVI) Denise N.

George on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against the estate of late US wealthy

financier Jeffrey Epstein for allegedly trafficking in underaged girls in his

homes in the USVI.

George charged in the USVI civil lawsuit that Epstein used his private,

secluded islands to conduct the illegal activities.

“Epstein clearly used the Virgin Islands and his residence in the US

Virgin Islands at Little Saint James as a way to be able to conceal and to be

able to expand his activity here,” she said.

Prospective models from South America

The suit also claims that Epstein used a second private island, Great

Saint James, in conducting his alleged sex trafficking activities.

George charged that Epstein coerced girls, as young as 11 years old,

which included prospective models from South America, to engage in sexual acts

in his homes.

In addition, she claimed in the lawsuit that Epstein’s estate “continues

to engage in a course of conduct aimed at concealing the criminal activities of

the Epstein enterprise.”

Sex trafficking and conspiracy charges

US prosecutors said Epstein, whose assets are estimated to be about

US$500 million, hanged himself last August at the Metropolitan Correctional

Center in lower Manhattan, New York.

He was being held there awaiting trial on US federal sex trafficking and

conspiracy charges.

Prosecutors in Manhattan had charged Epstein in July with sexually

assaulting dozens of women and girls in New York and Florida.