GHISLAINE Maxwell is suing Jeffrey Epstein's estate and claiming that the deceased pedophile promised to bankroll her for life.

In a complaint filed earlier this month in the Virgin Islands, Maxwell demanded that the estate cover all her legal and security costs now and moving forward.

Ghislaine Maxwell filed a complaint against the estate of Jeffrey Epstein earlier this month Credit: Reuters

Maxwell (above with Epstein and the Trumps) claims that she was promised money at any time by Epstein. Credit: Davidoff Studios/Getty Images

The filing is a bit of a surprise given the fact that Maxwell is now suing the estate alongside a number of women who allege they were recruited and in some cases sexually abused by Epstein's one-time paramour.

"Maxwell receives regular threats to her life and safety, which have required her to hire personal security services and find safe accommodation," reads the complaint.

The complaint claims that Maxwell worked for Epstein and a number of his companies as a property manager until 2001, at which point she scaled back her role until 2004 when she started her own business.

When she did leave, Maxwell claims that Epstein promised to provide for her moving forward, and in fact did so when she was later sued by two of his victims - Sarah Ransome and Virginia Roberts.

"In approximately 2004, Maxwell received a typewritten letter from Epstein with a handwritten note asking Maxwell to remain in Epstein’s employ and promising that no matter what Maxwell chose to do, Epstein would always support Maxwell financially," reads the complaint.

Maxwell is currently in litigation with at least three Epstein accusers - Annie Farmer, Jennifer Araoz and a Jane Doe.

In the filing, Maxwell states that these lawsuits began to pile up after Epstein's 2007 plea deal in Palm Beach.

Maxwell has incurred and will continue to incur significant legal fees, personal security costs, and other costs in connection with legal suits, proceedings and investigations relating to Epstein, his affiliated businesses, and his alleged victims," states the complaint.

Maxwell writes that she invoiced the estate in November but received no response, and has listed its two executors - Darren Indyke and Richard Kahn - as co-defendants.

She also writes that Epstein paid the legal bills of "a number of other employees in other various lawsuits relating to Epstein."

Maxwell filed her complaint in the US Virgin Islands (Epstein's property on Little St. James above) Credit: Splash News

Epstein kept a nude photo of Maxwell (above) in his Palm Beach home

There was also a more demure drawing of Maxwell with her dog in the home during a 2005 raid (above)

A quarterly accounting report filed by executors for the estate that was obtained by The Sun shows that 33 individuals or companies are seeking damages to be paid out from Epstein's $600 million trust.

A majority of the complaints against Epstein have been filed in three separate courts in New York.

Ten are being tried in federal court in the Southern District of New York, the same venue where Epstein was being tried on criminal charges prior to taking his own life in August.

Six of the ten have been filed by women who chose not to identify themselves in court papers, while the other four were filed by women who have gone public with their allegations of sexual abuse.

Maria Farmer, who claims she was violently groped by Epstein and Maxwell in 1996, is one of the women.

Her sister Annie, who alleges that Epstein made her give him a topless massage when she was underage, also filed a separate complaint.

Teresa Helm was 22 when she claims Epstein sexually assaulted her during a job interview.

Juliette Bryant alleges that she was raped by Epstein multiple times, and that he emailed her a request for nude photos just months before his arrest.

In addition to those ten lawsuits, nine others have been filed in New York but in state Supreme Court.

This includes one complaint that lists nine Jane Does as plaintiffs and another filed by two unnamed females.

There are also complaints filed by Jennifer Araoz an Teala Davies.

Araoz sued Epstein days after he went to prison, and then refiled to sue his estate after his death.

She claims the convicted pedohphile abused her for over a year at his Upper East Side townhouse while she was attending a nearby school.

That complaint also names three of the women in Epstein's orbit as defendants - Ghislaine Maxwell, Lesley Groff and Cimberly Espinosa.

Davies claims she was raped for years by Epstein and then tossed aside when she informed him she had developed an eating disorder.

There are also individual complaints that have been filed in Minnesota by Charlene Latham, a Florida circuit court by a JJ Doe, one in Virgin Islands Superior Court by the territory's top attorney and another in the territory by Araoz after Epstein filed his will in VI probate court.

Epstein had made payouts between one and six million dollars in the past, which means that the estate could be looking at as total bill of over $100 million, and more lawsuits still to come.

This will all ultimately diminish the money set to go to his lone heir, brother Mark Epstein.