New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torres speaks during a press conference at the Capitol on April 14, 2026 in Washington.
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New Mexico’s attorney general filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday accusing Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime personal lawyer and accountant of aiding and abetting Epstein’s sex trafficking operations.
The civil suit alleges that attorney Darren Indyke and accountant Richard Kahn helped finance and cover up Epstein’s sex trafficking operations, including the abuse of girls and young women at the Zorro Ranch in Santa Fe County, New Mexico.
Indyke and Kahn are beneficiaries of Epstein’s 1953 trust, co-executors of Epstein’s estate, and administrators of the revocable trust. Its name comes from the year of the convicted sex offender’s birth.
The New Mexico lawsuit asks a judge to block Mr. Indyke and Mr. Khan from receiving payments from the estate while the case proceeds in U.S. District Court for New Mexico.
Jeffrey Epstein’s former lawyer Darren K. Indyke arrives for a deposition before the House Oversight Committee on Thursday, March 19, 2026, at the Capitol in Washington.
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Attorney General Raul Torres’ office says Epstein’s estate is currently valued at more than $107 million, and the lawsuit says Indyke and Khan are entitled to bequests of $50 million and $25 million, subject to the availability of funds.
“Jeffrey Epstein did not operate alone, and his death does not end the accountability of those who enabled his crimes,” Torres said in a statement.
“The allegations in this lawsuit describe a network of individuals and financial arrangements that helped maintain and conceal the abuse of vulnerable girls and young women, including here in New Mexico,” Torrez said. “Those who allegedly enabled this exploitation should not be allowed to profit from it while the survivors continue to live with the consequences.”
The lawsuit comes a month after The Wall Street Journal reported that the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York had opened an investigation into Indyke and Khan.
Indyke and Khan testified privately earlier this year before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, which is investigating Epstein’s ties to various individuals.
Richard Kahn, convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s accountant, arrives at the Capitol on Wednesday, March 11, 2026, for a House Oversight Committee deposition on Epstein.
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“Both Mr. Indyke and Mr. Kahn reject as completely false any suggestion that they knowingly facilitated or assisted Mr. Epstein’s sexual abuse or trafficking of women, or that they were aware of that abuse while providing professional services,” Daniel Weiner, an attorney for Epstein’s estate, said in a statement in March.
CNBC has reached out to Weiner for comment on the new lawsuit.
The suit alleges that Indyke and Khan personally benefited from their relationship with Epstein, who committed suicide in a federal prison in New York in August 2019, weeks after he was arrested on child sex trafficking charges.
“From 2011 to 2019, Mr. Indyke received more than $16 million and Mr. Khan received more than $10 million from Mr. Epstein and related entities,” Khan’s office said in a statement.
Torres said at a news conference Wednesday that his office is continuing its criminal investigation into Epstein’s sex trafficking activities. No criminal charges have been filed in connection with this investigation.
In February, Epstein’s estate agreed to pay up to $35 million in federal district court in Manhattan to settle a class-action lawsuit accusing Indyke and Khan of aiding and abetting Epstein’s sex trafficking.
The proposed settlement does not include any admission of wrongdoing by Mr. Indyke or Mr. Khan. Last month, the judge overseeing the case upheld the plaintiffs’ proposal to run a four-week social media campaign on Facebook and Instagram to notify potential class members to submit claims regarding the settlement.
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