Karyna Shuliak is a Belarus-born dentist who became Jeffrey Epstein's last known long-term partner and the final person to speak with him before his 2019 jail death. Public records show Epstein paid for her dental education, set her up in an office tied to his Southern Trust Company on St. Thomas, named her as the largest intended beneficiary of the 1953 Trust, and relied on her for personal contact during incarceration. The trust instrument is now public. The gifts it describes have not been shown to have been paid.12345
Early Life and Education
Shuliak was born in Belarus and moved to the United States in 2009 at about age 20 to study dentistry.6 Health-care directories list her as a general-practice dentist licensed in the U.S. Virgin Islands, with a practice at 6100 Red Hook Quarters, Suite B-3, St. Thomas.7 A Healthgrades profile states she earned a graduate degree in 2015 at Columbia University's Teachers College.8
Dental Career and Virgin Islands Licensing
In 2015 Virgin Islands first lady Cecile de Jongh used her political network to fast-track Shuliak's dental license, according to court exhibits cited by Business Insider.4 Shuliak's office shared space with Epstein's Southern Trust Co., the entity at the center of USVI tax-incentive disputes.39
Relationship with Jeffrey Epstein (2010–2019)
After Epstein's release from a Florida jail in 2010, Shuliak became his steady companion and frequently stayed at his Manhattan mansion, Palm Beach home, New Mexico ranch, Paris apartment, and Little St. James island.16 She visited him at Manhattan's Metropolitan Correctional Center on July 30 2019 and telephoned him on August 9, the night before his death.102 Bureau of Prisons and DOJ-OIG records confirm guards let Epstein make an unmonitored 15-minute "social" call; he said he was calling his deceased mother but dialed Shuliak instead.111213
Financial Ties
Epstein covered Shuliak's tuition and living costs and paid medical bills for her family in Belarus.1 Two days before his death he signed a will directing his estate to the 1953 Trust. The January 2026 release of that instrument lists Shuliak as the largest intended recipient: reporting on the document describes about $50 million, a $50 million annuity, specified jewelry including a large diamond ring, and property interests that the estate has since sold. Darren Indyke and Richard Kahn are the next-largest named intended recipients. Those are bequests on a page, not transfers in a bank account. Creditor claims, the USVI settlement, victim compensation, and the still-pending Ward executor class action sit ahead of any residual distribution. Earlier reporting estimated roughly $145 million in residual assets after an IRS refund. That estimate establishes neither the September 2026 balance nor any payment to her.14515
Personal Life and Immigration Issues
Records show Shuliak entered a same-sex marriage in October 2013 with Jennifer Kalin, an Epstein associate later described as a trafficking victim; investigators have cited the union as a possible sham to secure U.S. residency for Shuliak.161017
After Epstein's Death
Since 2019 Shuliak has lived mostly under the radar, surfacing occasionally in New York City where paparazzi photos show her walking alone with shopping bags in 2023.1 She has not been charged with wrongdoing but appears repeatedly in civil filings against the estate and in USVI litigation that scrutinizes Southern Trust and Epstein's political influence.113
Chronology of Key Events
Current Status
Public filings, health-care directories, and estate documents place Shuliak in her mid-thirties, practicing dentistry in St. Thomas. She is the largest named intended beneficiary of a trust that has not finished paying creditors and survivors. She has not been charged with wrongdoing. She remains of interest because of her proximity to Southern Trust and her unique window into Epstein's final hours.9115