Jeffrey Epstein Signed Will Just Two Days Before Suicide

(New York Post) Priscilla DeGregory and Kate Sheehy August 19 2019 3:40pm Jeffrey Epstein signed his will just two days before he hanged himself in his Manhattan jail cell leaving behind a nearly $600 million fortune according to court papers obtained on Monday. The court document filed in the US Virgin Islands where the convicted sex molester owned two isles including one that locals dubbed Pedophile Island was filed Aug. 8. The 66-year-old former hedge-fund manager was worth $577672654 or about $18 million more than he previously stated in court papers while futilely trying to land bail on federal sex-trafficking charges the new documents show. He put all of his holdings in a trust called The 1953 Trust after the year he was born. Its done that way for privacy reasons a city estate lawyer told The Post. Its pretty boiler-plate. Its what we call a pour-over will which means everything pours over to a trust. What is more unusual is the date the fact that all of this was done just days before he died said the source who asked to remain anonymous. He could have thought I need to get my ducks in a row. " The 21-page filing includes a copy of Epsteins death certificate from Aug. 11 the day after his suicide and lists Immediate Cause: Pending Further Study. The city Medical Examiners Office has since ruled that Epstein killed himself Aug. 10.