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~ THE SUPERIOR COURT
OFTllE VIRGI I LAN.OS
FILED
~ebruary 04, 2022 09:45 AM
ST-2021-RV-00005
TAMARA CHARLES IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS
CLERK OF THE COURT DIVISION OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN
IN THE MATTER OF THE EST ATE OF )
JEFFREY E. EPSTEIN, ) CASE NO: ST-2021-RV-00005
) Originating Case No: ST-2019-PB-00080
__________Deceased.
________ )
)
Cite as 2022 VI Super l 5U
MEMORANDUM OPINION
,rt Pending before the Court is a Notice of Appeal & Petition for Review filed by the Government of
the Virgin Islands on March 17, 2021. The Appellant, the Government of the Virgin Islands (hereinafter
"VI Government"), appeals two Magistrate Orders, both entered on February 26, 2021 , which (1) denied
the Government's Motion to Intervene in the probate action as a claimant against the Estate (entered nunc
pro tune to February 4, 2020) and (2) struck the Government's Emergency Motion to Freeze All Estate
Assets and Cash on Hand. For the following reasons, the Magistrate's Orders will be affirmed.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
,r2 On August l 0, 2019, Jeffrey Epstein was found dead, while in custody in New York for sex crimes
and on August 15, 2019, the probate of the Estate of Jeffrey Epstein was created. To "establish an
independent and voluntary claims resolution program . .. for purposes of resolving sex
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