What happened to Lolita Express and Little St. James, Jeffrey Epstein’s plane and private island now in the eye of the hurricane

After a judge’s order Loretta Preska from the Federal Court for the Southern District of New York, new details on the late tycoon Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking and underage prostitution ring , with the publication of new articles mentioning a list of names of close collaborators, victims and participants in its various properties. The revealed court documents are part of the defamation lawsuit filed against her ex-spouse and partner, Ghislaine Maxwell who is sentenced to prison until 2037.

There are details of activities on Epstein’s private island, with mentions of emails, victim and witness statements. Little Saint Jacques which was acquired by the businessman in 1998 for $8 million, includes several villas and is located about 3 kilometers from the coast of St. Thomas, part of the US Virgin Islands in the Caribbean . Epstein held stakes in companies there, including Hyperion Air, the company that owned the tycoon’s private jet.

To have access to Little Saint-Jacques the use of Epstein’s private plane, named by himself as “Lolita-Express” , in which he transported himself with his selected guests, including celebrities, models, filmmakers and politicians, among others. A ship with the letters LSJ was also used to transport personnel and supplies to Little St. James, a port employee told CBS News in 2020.

The last flight of “Lolita-Express” It was July 2016 and he took off from Palm Beach Airport in Florida and landed in the Golden Isles of Georgia. The plane has been abandoned since 2019 at a private airport in Georgia (United States), owned by Stambaugh Aviation, which charges $1,000 per month to accommodate it in its facilities. The plane’s engines were dismantled and sold and it was not re-registered for flight.

As reported The daily mail , Epstein’s private plane will be dismantled. The Boeing 727 aircraft was purchased by Global Aviation Services , whose boss told British media that “he didn’t know who (Epstein) was or what he had done with him. “My job is aviation, not this Epstein shit.” No offers have been made for the plane from potential buyers since its association with the late tycoon was discovered.

In March 2020, Global Aviation Services paid an undisclosed sum for the decades-old trijet in hopes of turning a profit or using the parts for a similar cargo plane in its fleet. But now, after learning of the plane’s central role in Epstein’s sex trafficking empire, the company’s boss has given up hope of finding a buyer and is in the process of dismantling it.

In May 2023, Epstein’s islands, including Little St. James, were sold for $60 million to an investment group led by billionaire Stephen Deckoff. . They plan to develop a luxury hotel complex there, marking the end of an era marked by Epstein’s infamy and crimes on this island once nicknamed “the island of pedophiles”.

Epstein exploited underage girls both at his Manhattan mansions in Palm Beach, Florida, and on his private Caribbean island in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Currently, the trial is underway against the British Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s ex-partner and ex-partner, who was convicted in 2022 for complicity and participation in Epstein’s crimes with minors. To protect the identities of the sexual abuse victims, Judge Preska ordered that their names be redacted from the documents, although other documents related to the case are expected to be released within these days.