Karyna Shuliak** was set to receive $100 million in cash — but the Amended and Restated Jeffrey Epstein 2019 Trust went much further than that.
Signed on February 4, 2019, just six months before Epstein's death, the trust document names Shuliak as the direct heir to two of Epstein's most significant properties: his multi-unit Paris apartment at 22 Avenue Foch and his Palm Beach estate at 358 El Brillo Way. A separate $10 million fund was set aside specifically to maintain them.
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22 Avenue Foch: Seven Units on Two Paris Floors
The trust instructs Epstein's trustees — Darren K. Indyke and Richard D. Kahn — to transfer Shuliak "all of my interest in all apartments, improvements, fixtures, permits and other rights" pertaining to 22 Avenue Foch, 75016, Paris.
The document identifies seven specific units: units 47 (with mezzanine), 48, and 81 on the second floor; units 63 and 74 on the fifth floor; and units 5 and 22 in the basement. The interest was held through SCI JEP, a French company of which Epstein owned 999 of the 1,000 outstanding shares.
"I give to KARYNA SHULIAK, if she survives me, in a separate trust... all of my interest in all apartments, improvements, fixtures, permits and other rights of and pertaining to the premises located in the building known and referred to as 22 Avenue Foch." — Epstein 2019 Trust, February 4, 2019
The trust also transfers "all Household Goods" at the Paris address — defined elsewhere in the document to include appliances, furniture, furnishings, vehicles, and watercraft deemed necessary for the property's use or maintenance.
358 El Brillo Way: The Palm Beach Estate
On top of the Paris holdings, the trust directs Shuliak to receive Epstein's Palm Beach, Florida property at 358 El Brillo Way — the same address that served as the center of the 2005 criminal investigation into Epstein by the Palm Beach Police Department.
Epstein's interest in the Florida property was structured through Laurel, Inc., a United States Virgin Islands corporation, represented by 10,000 shares of common stock. The trust transfers those shares, along with all associated household goods, directly to Shuliak.
The trust document specifies that if Shuliak did not survive Epstein, both the Paris and Florida properties — along with all associated goods — would pass to a single redacted individual.
The $10 Million Operating Fund
Section 43 of the trust document directs trustees to fund a separate trust for Shuliak "in the amount of Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000) to pay for the operating expenses of the Paris Property and the Florida Property."
The document itemizes qualifying expenses: property insurance, real estate taxes, utilities, and general maintenance and repairs. The fund sits alongside the $100 million direct bequest and $20 million lifetime annuity already documented in earlier trust provisions.
Richard Kahn — named as a co-trustee in the trust — was already coordinating property logistics with Shuliak before Epstein's death. An April 2018 email chain shows Shuliak and Kahn managing a $15,300 furniture shipment from Heshan Ruihui Furniture Co. in Guangzhou, China, bound for Miami.
The container was coordinated through Daphne Wallace and Bella Klein, with shipping documentation tracked through the ISF 10 form filed in April 2018.
The same furniture coordination emails show Shuliak confirming individual item orders — 20 square ottomans — from the Chinese manufacturer as part of what now appears to be maintenance and furnishing of the properties she was set to inherit.
The Trust Was Written Months Before Epstein's Death
The Amended and Restated Jeffrey Epstein 2019 Trust is dated February 4, 2019. Epstein died in a Manhattan federal jail on August 10, 2019 — 187 days later. The trust lists Shuliak as beneficiary number four, placing her above longtime employees including Lesley Groff ($2M annuity) and Lawrence Visoski Jr. ($2M).
The document is part of a 16,129-document footprint associated with Shuliak in the federal seizure. Indyke and Kahn were directed to administer her inheritance — including the two property trusts — as soon as practicable after Epstein's death.
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This analysis references publicly released documents from the Epstein case archive. All individuals mentioned are presumed innocent unless convicted in a court of law. Language such as “documents indicate” reflects what appears in source materials, not conclusions of guilt. Readers are encouraged to review the cited source documents directly.