Photo: ReutersA fund to compensate victims of Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuses has completed the payout process, giving more than $US121 million ($NZ173m) to about 138 people, the fund's administrator says. About 225 claimants had sought restitution from the Epstein Victims' Compensation Fund, more than twice the 100 expected when the fund opened in June 2020. Some awards for Epstein victims were delayed by litigation by Attorney General Denise George of the U.S. Virgin Islands, where Epstein owned two islands, against the financier's estate. Epstein's executors have denied George's claims they depleted the estate's $634 million of assets too quickly, and were the "indispensable captains" of his sex trafficking. Feldman also helped lead the compensation fund for victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 09, 2021 17:48 UTC