influence local politicians, and says deJongh even asked Epstein to suggest changes to the territory's sex offender law "Epstein's primary conduit for spreading money and influence throughout the USVI government was First Lady delongh," who worked as Epsteins local fixer for two decades, including throughout her husband John delongh Jns tenure as V.I. gover- nor from 2007 to 2015, according to the filing. Delongh told Epstein which govern- ment officials to pay off, and devised ways to justify his victims' presence in the territory by enrolling them at the University of the Virgin Islands so they could obtain student visas, according to the filing. In a statement to The Daily News on Thursday, UV[ President David Hall denied all allegations in the bank's filing. Attorneys for the bank say docu- ments obtained during the discovery process, which is still ongoing, show that deJongh asked Epstein -- a registered sex offender — to suggest changes to the territory's sex offender law in 2011, and apologized profusely, via email, when not all of his revisions were included in the final version. As a sex offender, Epstein occasion- ally encountered difficulties traveling through the airport with young wom- en. But Epstein needed only "to email the US VI's First Lady, who gamely intervened on his behalf" by reaching out to her husband, according to the fil- ing, which cites a Nov. 15, 2012, email from Epstein to delongh, "regarding sending 'all 78 [USVI customs agents] a turkey' for 'thanksgiving" In return, Epsteimpaid delongh well, and she received "a salary, bonuses, and other benefits, including $200,000 in 2007 alone," according to the filing. Epstein also paid tuition for the children of the then-governor and first lady — which allowed the delonghs to funnel more of their personal money into the campaign — and said he would fluid the former governor defense in a criminal corruption case that was later dropped, offering