Overview
- Justice Department materials made the will public as part of a large document release, detailing planned gifts to at least 44 beneficiaries from an estate then valued around $288 million.
- Epstein earmarked $50 million and a near 33‑carat diamond ring for Karyna Shuliak, with a handwritten note stating the ring was given “in contemplation of marriage.”
- He also designated Little Saint James in the U.S. Virgin Islands, his Upper East Side townhouse, New Mexico’s Zorro Ranch, and properties in Paris and Palm Beach for Shuliak.
- The will was executed on August 8, 2019; Epstein died two days later, and attorney Darren Indyke signed the document on August 18.
- Rather than paying beneficiaries as written, the estate was moved into a trust used to compensate victims and cover legal and tax costs, with about $127 million reported remaining in U.S. Virgin Islands probate.