Jeffrey Epstein claims he's worth $559 million in court documents
- Jeffrey Epstein, who pleaded not guilty to sex-trafficking charges on July 8, appeared in a New York courtroom on Monday for a bail hearing.
- Judge Richard M. Berman released court documents that were discussed during the hearing, including Epstein's self-reported assets, which totaled $559,130,954, according to filings published by Courthouse News.
- The assets included $56 million in cash, $14 million in a fixed income, $112 million in equities, $194 million in hedge funds and private equity, and the values of six properties.
- The properties include Epstein's Manhattan townhouse, valued at $55.9 million, a $17 million property in Stanley, New Mexico, a $12 million property in Palm Beach, Florida, an $8 million property in Paris, France, a $22 million property on Great St. James Island in the US Virgin Islands, and a $63 million property on Little St. James Island in the US Virgin Islands.
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Wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein claimed to be worth $559 million in court documents that were published shortly after his bail hearing on Monday.
Epstein, who pleaded not guilty to sex-trafficking charges on July 8, appeared in a New York courtroom on Monday, where Judge Richard M. Berman said he would announce his decision on bail by Thursday.
In the meantime, Berman has released court documents that were discussed during the hearing, including Epstein's self-reported assets, according to filings published by Courthouse News.
Assets self-reported by Epstein totaled in at $559,130,954.
The assets included $56 million in cash, $14 million in a fixed income, $112 million in equities, $194 million in hedge funds and private equity, and the values of six properties.
The properties include Epstein's Manhattan townhouse, valued at $55.9 million; a $17 million property in Stanley, New Mexico; a $12 million property in Palm Beach, Florida; an $8 million property in Paris, France; a $22 million property on Great St. James Island in the US Virgin Islands; and a $63 million property on Little St. James Island in the US Virgin Islands.
Court documents noted that the properties were valued at assessed values from the most recent property tax bills.
According to Courthouse News reporter Adam Klasfeld, Judge Berman previously called these numbers unverified and unaudited.
Epstein will remain at Manhattan Correctional Center until at least Thursday, when Berman said he will decide if the financier can be released while awaiting trial.
In the indictment, prosecutors alleged that Epstein molested girls as young as 14 in a sex trafficking operation that ran from at least 2002 to 2005. Epstein has pleaded not guilty.
Assistant US Attorney Alex Rossmiller said the case against Epstein is "getting stronger every single day," the Associated Press reported.
During a raid of Epstein's Upper East Side townhouse following his arrest, officials found "piles of cash," "dozens of diamonds," and an expired passport featuring a fake name with Epstein's face locked in a safe, Rossmiller said.
Epstein was long referred to online as a billionaire, but Forbes debunked the theory last week, suggesting that he was more likely to be a millionaire.
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