A compensation fund for the victims of accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein is set to go into effect as early as June 15, after a judge in the U.S. Virgin Islands approved the program earlier this week.
The fund, which was proposed in response to dozens of lawsuits by Epstein’s accusers, would free up hundreds of millions of dollars from the deceased financier’s Virgin Islands estate to settle claims out of court following Epstein’s suicide while awaiting trial in Manhattan federal court.
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