$125M from Epstein estate awarded to close to 150 victims

The estate of Jeffrey Epstein has awarded $125 million to approximately 150 victims who filed promises against the late financier. 

The program has shut after offering relief to 92% of suitable claimants who accepted their compensation gives, according to a spokesman for the estate. About 225 persons submitted claims, considerably exceeding the 100 statements the estate experienced approximated it would obtain. 

“This essential, independent System allowed victims/survivors who ended up sexually abused by Jeffrey Epstein to solve their claims exterior of court docket by a voluntary, confidential, reasonable, empathetic and expeditious procedure – over and above the glare of general public proceedings and with out the fees and confrontation of litigation,” impartial Administrator Jordana H. Feldman mentioned. 

Jeffrey Epstein in Cambridge, Mass., Sept. 8, 2004. (Rick Friedman/Rick Friedman Photography/Corbis by way of Getty Visuals)

Epstein, 66, was a hedge fund manager

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