Jeffrey Epstein’s so-called “pedophile island” off the coast of St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands has become a sick tourist attraction now that the former financier’s security detail is no longer keeping people away. The Associated Press reports a steady stream of curious onlookers are now taking advantage of the fact that they can get up close to what was once a virtual fortress to take pictures of the white-and-yellow cockatiel statues perched near the dock and of the life-size Holstein-Friesian cow statue that Epstein is said to have moved around the property several times a day. This week FBI agents swarmed the island, which is officially called Little St. James, which was listed as Epstein’s primary U.S. residence before his arrest on child sex-trafficking charges and apparent suicide in custody last weekend. At least one of his victims alleges that she participated in orgies on the property.
