When Epstein died, Michael Tracy says, libel laws no longer applied, so all kinds of people came out to make any kind of claims they wanted. Epstein's estate was supposed to be around $600m, and an organization was set up to (non adversarially, ie no argument, and confidentially) evaluate claims and pay money. Then there were other funds set up by banks who were accused of not showing enough due dillegence when Epstein withdrew his money or something. JPM paid $290m (lawyers got 30%, not a contingency fee, but rather a judge approved payment to the attorneys) and Deutche Bank was $80m. Add that to the Epstein $120m.