Little St. James in the Virgin Islands has attracted seekers lured by tales of Jeffrey Epstein's private island.
By Cara Tabachnick, Graham Kates and Nicole Sganga
Published May 21, 2026
Benjamin Owen landed in the Virgin Islands on April 24 with two other men. Their mission, Owen and his associate Ryan Dalton said, was to go to notorious sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein's former island, Little St. James.
The 44-year-old Memphis resident said that after arriving on the island the following day, he was hog-tied and thrown into a room he called a "dungeon," and blindfolded, until Virgin Islands police arrived and arrested him hours later.
