It could take years to pry open disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein’s will and dole out damages among his dozens of accusers, experts say.

Epstein’s will, with its newly created, $577 million 1953 Trust — named after the year of his birth — emerged in the wake of the 66-year-old money manager’s suicide behind bars as he awaited trial on federal sex trafficking charges. He signed the will just two days before hanging himself in his Manhattan jail cell.

By putting his fortune in a trust, Epstein effectively hid the identities of his beneficiaries — and the women trying to collect from his estate must first persuade a judge to pull back the curtain and release the information, lawyers said.

“This is the last act of Epstein’s manipulation of the system, even in death,” said attorney Jennifer Freeman, who represents child sex abuse victims.

The women must convince the judge that they are entitled to compensation as victims of sex crimes. Then the judge would need to determine the amount to give them and whether to reduce the amounts going to Epstein’s named beneficiaries, who would also be given their say in court.

“Wealthy people typically attempt to hide assets in trusts or other legal schemes,” attorney Lisa Bloom, who represents several Epstein accusers, said in an email. “I believe the court and his administrators will want to do right by Epstein’s victims, and if not, we will fight for the justice that is long overdue to them.”

Attorneys for the alleged victims will go after Epstein’s estate in the Virgin Islands, where the will was filed and where the multimillionaire owned two islands. An attorney recently called Epstein an “evil genius” for filing his will there.

Bloom called it “gross negligence” on the part of Epstein’s lawyers and jail personnel to allow him to sign a new will, especially considering that he appeared to have attempted suicide in his jail cell only weeks before.

The act is “a classic sign of impending suicide for a prisoner,” she added.

The lawyers who handled the will did not respond to calls for comment from the AP.

The alleged victims are far down the pecking order among the entities that will likely line up to get a share of Epstein’s estate, according to Stephen K. Urice, a law professor at the University of Miami.

First comes the government, which will collect any taxes owed on Epstein’s properties and estate, then any creditor to whom Epstein owed money, Urice said.

It’s also possible that the US government will seek civil forfeiture of Epstein’s properties and assets on the grounds that they were used for criminal purposes — but government lawyers would need to provide compelling evidence at a trial-like proceeding.

In that case, the government would be allowed to seize the properties, sell them and distribute the proceeds to victims.

“The fact that there is a will should not stop them,” said Cheryl Bader, a professor at the Fordham University School of Law.

Federal prosecutors would not comment on the possibility of a forfeiture action.

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With Post wires