(CNN) The primary allegations in the US. Virgin Islands' lawsuit against Jeffrey Epstein's estate accuse him of carrying out an expansive sex trafficking operation that targeted underage girls and young women brought to his private islands.

But buried in the lawsuit filed on Wednesday is a different type of accusation -- the late Epstein as environmental villain.

The lawsuit filed by US Virgin Islands Attorney General Denise George against his estate says that Epstein and others potentially damaged the delicate environment with illegal construction projects and brushed aside fines and other efforts to curb his behavior.

These alleged violations pale in comparison to the sexual abuse behavior that make up the main allegations of the lawsuit. Still, they provide further evidence of how Epstein flouted the legal system and used his money and power to avoid repercussions, according to officials.

"The Epstein Enterprise's violation of the construction and environmental laws was part of a pattern of behavior in flouting the laws of the Virgin Islands and holding itself above the law," the lawsuit says.

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