<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>Warning: This story contains details and content that some readers may find distressing.</span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Pictures of the private island once owned by </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/jeffrey-epstein" rel="" target="_blank" title="Jeffrey Epstein"><span>Jeffrey Epstein</span></a><span> have been released, offering a glimpse into the epicentre of the world where the disgraced financier is accused of sexually assaulting a number of young women.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Epstein owned Little St James and Great St James in the US Virgin Islands, buying the former in 1998 for US$7.95 million ($12.05 million) and the latter in 2016 for US$22.5 million ($34.1 million).</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The new pictures, released by the Democrats on the powerful US House Oversight Committee that recently released a tranche of emails from Epstein that contained mentions of President Donald Trump, show parts of Epstein's private resort on Little St James.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/russia-ukraine-war-vladimir-putin-accused-europe-of-undermining-peace-process/04e50f1d-d849-4841-a4d3-c010362bc6a0" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Putin's chilling new 'war' threat to Europe</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The island has also been nicknamed "Little Jeff's" and "Epstein Island".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The newly-released images show, among other things, a room with a dentist's chair and human masks on the walls.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/jeffrey-epstein-private-island-photos-released-by-us-democrats/8d16588d-2e86-4ea9-94e0-0437fe1d8fe4" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>There is also a shot of a blackboard with words written on it including "decption" (sic), "power", "plots", and "music".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/social-media-ban-australia-meta-begins-locking-out-children/f1c32ba4-ded4-48f5-b751-c41bdcdb8ecf" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Meta begins locking out Australian children from social media accounts</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Other words on the board have been redacted and blacked out before the photo was released.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A wider shot of the same room shows four armchairs in a tight circle and bookshelves against the walls.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In another image, a landline phone shows speed dial buttons for "Larry", "Mike", "Rich", "Patrick", and "Darren".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/googles-year-in-search-2025-the-surprising-questions-australians-asked/1c6730f1-9ff6-4bc5-8944-368d3a3c48af" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>The one surprising question Australians have kept asking Google</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Again, several of the other names on speed dial have been blacked out prior to release.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>There are also shots of bedrooms, bathrooms, and a "No Trespassing" sign propped up against a rock.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"These new images are a disturbing look into the world of Jeffrey Epstein and his island," Democrat Representative and committee member Robert Garcia said in a statement.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/jordan-william-thompson-suspicious-death-young-boy-hunter-region/61e7d5c6-bd39-4136-bb49-ff682c8880fa"><strong><span>Massive reward announced over toddler's 2005 death</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We are releasing these photos and videos to ensure public transparency in our investigation and to help piece together the full picture of Epstein's horrific crimes."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>One of Epstein's most prominent accusers, Virgina Giuffre, claimed she had been trafficked on the islands as an 18-year-old.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In her posthumous memoir </span><em><span>Nobody's Girl</span></em><span>, released last month, she described her rape at the hands of a man she referred to as "the Prime Minister", who she claimed choked her repeatedly and who laughed when she "begged" him to stop.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/social-media-ban-australia-meta-begins-locking-out-children/f1c32ba4-ded4-48f5-b751-c41bdcdb8ecf"><strong><span>Meta begins locking out Australian children from social media accounts</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Epstein and his high-level connections in the US and around the world have become a political flashpoint in the US in recent years for both Democracts and Republicans.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Trump campaigned vigorously on releasing the "Epstein files" ahead of his successful return to the White House, before an about-face that saw him claim the files were Democrat "hoax" and rebuke his followers for continuing to demand their release.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He has since reversed position again and publicly backed a Republican vote to release the documents, though reports emerged of phone calls and meetings in which Trump allegedly urged individual Republican loyalists to vote against the measure.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/adelaide-teacher-charged-child-sex-offences/e2b6d0d6-4742-4d35-8b0e-fb6ab376e322"><strong><span>Substitute teacher charged with child sex offences</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>After the vote passed the House and the Senate, Trump signed the bill into law.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He also recently announced investigations into former president Bill Clinton and other Democrat-aligned former associates of Epstein.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Trump and Epstein were friends at one stage, but the president has declared they parted ways before Epstein's crimes came to light and that he knew nothing of them.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Epstein died in jail in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>According to CNN, his islands were purchased in 2023 by billionaire investor Stephen Deckoff.</span></div></div><div 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