<p class="title">Disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein wrote a will two days before he died, putting his $578 million in assets into a trust with unnamed beneficiaries, the New York Post reported on Monday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Epstein, a wealthy hedge fund manager who befriended many politicians and celebrities over the years, hung himself in prison on August 10 as he awaited trial on sex trafficking charges.</p>.<p class="bodytext">On August 8, he signed a last will and testament filed in the Virgin Islands, where he owned a private island, transferring his wealth into "The 1953 Trust," the Post reported.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It posted a copy of the will online showing that Epstein claimed he had more than $56.5 million in cash, equities of over $300 million as well as a fixed income of more than $14 million.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Epstein also listed six luxury properties, including in New York, Florida and Paris and more than $18 million in "aviation assets, automobiles, and boats," the Post added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The document did not name any listed beneficiaries. Bloomberg News reported that the move could make it more difficult for Epstein's alleged victims to sue his estate.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Several women have filed lawsuits seeking damages for sexual abuse.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Epstein was accused of trafficking girls as young as 14 for sex. He denied the charges but faced up to 45 years in jail if found guilty.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Post's report came as The New York Times released new details about Epstein's final days in Manhattan's high-security Metropolitan Correctional Center.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Citing sources, the newspaper said he hated his vermin-infested cell so much that he paid for lawyers to meet him for up to 12 hours a day in a different room.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He rarely washed and slept on the floor instead of his bed, they said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The US Justice Department and the FBI are investigating how one of America's most high-profile prisoners was able to kill himself just weeks after an apparent earlier suicide attempt.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Epstein was convicted in 2008 in a Florida state court of paying young girls for sexual massages at his Palm Beach mansion.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He served just 13 months in jail over the Florida charges under a plea deal struck by the then-federal prosecutor in the state, Alex Acosta, who was forced to resign as US labor secretary over the issue.</p>
<p class="title">Disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein wrote a will two days before he died, putting his $578 million in assets into a trust with unnamed beneficiaries, the New York Post reported on Monday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Epstein, a wealthy hedge fund manager who befriended many politicians and celebrities over the years, hung himself in prison on August 10 as he awaited trial on sex trafficking charges.</p>.<p class="bodytext">On August 8, he signed a last will and testament filed in the Virgin Islands, where he owned a private island, transferring his wealth into "The 1953 Trust," the Post reported.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It posted a copy of the will online showing that Epstein claimed he had more than $56.5 million in cash, equities of over $300 million as well as a fixed income of more than $14 million.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Epstein also listed six luxury properties, including in New York, Florida and Paris and more than $18 million in "aviation assets, automobiles, and boats," the Post added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The document did not name any listed beneficiaries. Bloomberg News reported that the move could make it more difficult for Epstein's alleged victims to sue his estate.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Several women have filed lawsuits seeking damages for sexual abuse.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Epstein was accused of trafficking girls as young as 14 for sex. He denied the charges but faced up to 45 years in jail if found guilty.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Post's report came as The New York Times released new details about Epstein's final days in Manhattan's high-security Metropolitan Correctional Center.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Citing sources, the newspaper said he hated his vermin-infested cell so much that he paid for lawyers to meet him for up to 12 hours a day in a different room.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He rarely washed and slept on the floor instead of his bed, they said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The US Justice Department and the FBI are investigating how one of America's most high-profile prisoners was able to kill himself just weeks after an apparent earlier suicide attempt.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Epstein was convicted in 2008 in a Florida state court of paying young girls for sexual massages at his Palm Beach mansion.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He served just 13 months in jail over the Florida charges under a plea deal struck by the then-federal prosecutor in the state, Alex Acosta, who was forced to resign as US labor secretary over the issue.</p>