A Memphis man accused of trespassing on Jeffrey Epstein’s notorious private island, Little St. James, claims he was hogtied, blindfolded, and locked in a dungeon by people who he said left him fearing for his life.
Benjamin Owen, 44, told CBS News that he believed he was not “supposed to leave that island alive” after he and two associates ventured onto Little St. James in the U.S. Virgin Islands on April 24.
Owen, founder of the Memphis-based nonprofit We Fight Monsters, said he traveled to the island alongside Ryan Dalton and another man. Owen claimed in a statement to WREG that they visited the island to research Epstein and bring the disgraced financier’s crimes “back in the spotlight.”…