IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS DIVISION OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN¶
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: PROBATE NO. ST-19-PB-80¶
JEFFREY E. EPSTEIN, ) ACTION FOR TESTATE deceased. ) ADMINISTRATION¶
ORDER¶
THIS MATTER is before the Court on the Co-Executors’ Status Report on Voluntary Compensation Program and Presentation of Program Protocol filed on June 1, 2020, wherein, in pertinent part, the Co-Executor notify that all interested parties have finalized and are in support of the protocol for the Epstein Victims’ Compensation Program (hereinafter “the Program”)) The Court having received testimony concerning the Program at the hearing held on February 4, 2020, and having reviewed said Status Report, it is hereby¶
ORDERED that the Expedited Motion for Establishment of a Voluntary Claims Resolution Program filed on November 14, 2019, is GRANTED; and it is further¶
ORDERED that the Co-Executors are AUTHORIZED to commence the Epstein Victims’ Compensation Program on or about June 15, 2020.¶
Dated: June , 2020¶
C ROL N P. HER ON- ERCELL Magistrate ge o the Superior/ Court of the Virgin Islands¶
ATTEST: TAMARA CHARLES Clerk of the Court By:¶
EDOTCIA T MAS-HODGE Court Clerk Supervisor / 3 /mod¶
'At the hearing held on February 4, 2020, while the Court did not allow the Attorney General of the U.S. Virgin Islands to intervene, the Court did request the Co-Executors and the Attorney General to resolve their differences concerning the proposed compensation program. which has garnered the support of all interested parties, including claimants’ counsel. The Co-Executors now inform that lbJecause the need for the Program has grown increasingly urgent. and with the support of claimants’ counsel and the USVI Attorney General — and because the remaining impediments have been resolved and the interested parties have consented to the Protocol.” they and the Attorney General have reached an agreement in which the latter will promptly lift previously imposed liens to pay amounts owed for the Program and to begin funding the Program’s active operations, including payment of compensation determinations to eligible claimants. Co-Executors’ Status Report on Voluntary Compensation Program and Presentation of Program Protocol, at 6, June I, 2020.¶