From Matt Bruce
Atlanta Magazine-Constitution
ATLANTA - The late millionaire Jeffrey Epstein was diagnosed with pedophilia with the help of a private jet.
He sent one of his luxury planes to Georgia in 2019, just weeks before he was arrested for sexually abusing minors.
The tycoon showed his Gulfstream G-IV to Thomas Huff, a Cobb pilot who was interested in buying an Epstein jet.
Huff liked Luxury’s flagship aircraft, and in June 2019, Epstein sold him a controlling stake in JEGE.
However, according to a recent lawsuit, Epstein never said that his sexual activities could damage the company. Huff is now suing the deceased hedge fund tycoon in federal court. He is being represented by Kenneso State Attorney Jeff Banks.
The lawsuit alleges that JEGE is still being “insulted by Jeffrey Epstein” and that the company’s assets fell by more than $ 1.5 million as soon as the news first appeared that Epstein had had underage sex.
Less than a month after Huff sold his business, federal investigators raided a Manhattan mansion and arrested the financier at the age of 14 for allegedly sacrificing dozens of girls.
According to his indictment, Epstein paid for sex with underage girls at his mansion in New York City and his estate in Palm Beach, Florida, between 2002 and 2005. Investigators say he “worked with” the victims to pay for the recruitment of more girls. To ensure the continued supply of juvenile victims of violence by a number of staff and partners. “
Epstein committed suicide on August 10, 2019, while awaiting trial in a federal prison cell in Manhattan. He was 66 years old.
Huff’s lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court in Atlanta on Oct. 20, alleging that Epstein “violated his duty of trust” by failing to disclose “serious and brutal crimes against children” committed while leading JEGE. Epstein alleges that the company’s reputation was damaged by “major criminal activities such as rape, sex trafficking, sexual assault, physical violence, blackmail, intimidation, fraud and deception.”
In a civil statement, Epstein’s co-executors Darren Indike and Richard Kahn were indicted. Indak worked as Epstein’s lawyer for many years, while Kahn was his accountant. The media described the two as “inevitable elders” of Epstein’s sex trafficking activities, both of which were denied.
Based in Power Springs, Georgia, JEGE offers scheduled and charter flights by Gulfstream G-IV luxury jet to VIP travelers. For many years, the company was headquartered in the Virgin Islands, and Epstein was its managing partner and sole member.
Epstein was already a sex offender when he signed the deal with Huff, and in 2008 he was convicted in Florida of child prostitution. However, Huff testified in court that most of Epstein’s cases were not made public at the time.
JEGE did not name its clients in a lawsuit alleging that it had hired high-profile individuals.
At the time of Epstein’s death, the property, valued at more than $ 600 million, included a luxury fleet of three private jets. The Gulfstream G-IV was one of the richest and most powerful passenger planes in the world.
Epstein’s other aircraft, the 1969 Boeing 727, was nicknamed the Lolita Express. The underage girls were reportedly flown to Epstein’s private estate in the Virgin Islands. The Boeing is owned by Delaware.
Huff, a former naval test pilot, was appointed in 2012 as the first aviation security officer for Gulfstream Aerospace, a Savannah-based G-IV manufacturer.
At the time of Huff’s acquisition, JEGE had assets of more than $ 3.5 million, according to his complaint. After Epstein’s arrest in 2019, his price quickly plummeted to $ 1.5 million.
Company officials told the court that they were unable to obtain funding “because Jeffrey Epstein was abusing and stigmatizing children in connection with JEGE.”
Huff said Epstein’s attorneys had been contacted to cancel the purchase agreement. According to the lawsuit, Epstein denied this.
Huff, who had argued that he would not have bought JEGE if he had known about Epstein’s actions, now wants compensation for the loss of value from the property of the late financier.
