Jeff estate pays $121M to 150 women

The compensation fund set up for Jeffrey Epstein’s victims paid out nearly $121 million before it ended Monday, on the eve of the second anniversary of the pedophile’s death.

The case’s Victims’ Compensation Program began distributing money a little more than a year ago and made offers totaling nearly $125 million to about 150 women, with the fund ultimately paying out $121 million, according to fund administrator Jordana Feldman.

Victims accepting payment from the fund were required to promise not to bring more legal action against Epstein’s estate, which funded the program.

The program received around 225 claims, of which 150 were deemed credible. Those women were given offers of varying amounts, and about 92 percent accepted them, Feldman said.

Other Epstein victims have chosen to fight their cases in court.

Epstein’s estate, which at its peak was valued at around $634 million, had no say in determining which cases were credible and the amount of the offers.

Feldman emphasized it was a confidential and impartial process that allowed the women to resolve their claims outside of the public scrutiny of a court case and which also saved them the cost of litigation.

“I am proud of what we were able to accomplish with this program, but also recognize that no amount of money will erase the years of pain these victims have endured because of Jeffrey Epstein,” Feldman said. “My hope is that the program provided his victims a meaningful measure of justice and a step on the path toward healing.

“Every claimant had an opportunity to be heard in a safe space, to share the intimate, personal, often harrowing accounts of what they endured and how it has affected them,” Feldman said.

Epstein was awaiting trial on sex-trafficking and other charges when the multimillionaire financier hanged himself in a lower Manhattan jail cell Aug. 10, 2019.

He had previously been convicted of procuring a child for prostitution.