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Epstein’s estate considers special program to settle with accusers

Jeffrey Epstein’s estate has fielded so many lawsuits from the dead pedophile’s victims that it is considering establishing a “claims resolution program” so they can be settled out of court, according to court papers.

The potential move was revealed in Manhattan federal court papers filed by a lawyer for one of the financier’s accusers, which included an email from attorney Bennet Moskowitz detailing the plan.

“The Estate will file an application with the [US Virgin Islands] court seeking its approval of the Co-Executors’ decision to offer a voluntary claims resolution program as a confidential, non-adversarial alternative to litigation,” Moskowitz wrote in an email to Roberta Kaplan, whose client filed suit under the name Jane Doe.

Epstein filed his will in the US Virgin Islands — where many women claim they were sexually abused — shortly before his death by suicide in August while awaiting trial on charges of sex trafficking.





Kaplan blasted the plan in her email reply, writing that “settlement, after all, is a two way street,” and that she was shocked they would do something like that without consulting accusers’ lawyers.

“In fact, it feels very much like a continuation of his crimes and abuse after his death,” she wrote in her response Monday.

Epstein’s estate, which is valued at $577 million, has been inundated with lawsuits in the months since his death from women who say they were abused by the alleged serial sexual predator — who depositions claim required sex at least three times daily.

At least eleven lawsuits have been filed in Manhattan federal and state courts since his death.





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