Albuquerque, N.M. –
New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez today announced a civil lawsuit against Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime personal attorney, Darren K. Indyke, and accountant, Richard D. Kahn. The lawsuit, which is the first law enforcement action against the two men, alleges that the two men helped facilitate, finance, and conceal Epstein’s sex trafficking operation, including the abuse of girls and young women at Zorro Ranch in Santa Fe County. The lawsuit also names the Estate of Jeffrey Epstein and the 1953 Trust, which holds the estate’s assets.
Filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico, the complaint alleges that Epstein ran a sex trafficking enterprise and that Indyke and Kahn knowingly participated in it, using their positions and Epstein’s accounts and companies to finance and conceal the abuse. The State brings claims under the federal Trafficking Victims Protection Act and the New Mexico Racketeering Act, which authorize the Attorney General to seek relief for those harmed.
“Jeffrey Epstein did not operate alone, and his death does not end the pursuit of accountability for the people who helped make his crimes possible,” said Attorney General Torrez. “The allegations in this lawsuit describe a network of people and financial arrangements that helped sustain and conceal the abuse of vulnerable girls and young women, including here in New Mexico. Those who allegedly enabled this exploitation should not be allowed to profit from it while survivors continue to live with its consequences.”
According to the complaint, Indyke and Kahn did far more than provide routine legal and accounting services. Both held leadership roles in Epstein-related entities, managed financial accounts, and authorized transactions connected to the trafficking operation. The complaint alleges that Indyke, for example, handled the 2011 transfer of Zorro Ranch title to a company Epstein controlled.
The complaint also alleges that both men profited personally from their relationships with Epstein. Between 2011 and 2019, Indyke received more than $16 million from Epstein and related entities, and Kahn received more than $10 million. Both are beneficiaries of the 1953 Trust and, as co-executors of Epstein’s estate and trust administrators, remain involved in managing and distributing his assets.
The State asks the court to prevent Indyke and Kahn from receiving estate payments while the case proceeds. The estate is currently valued at more than $107 million, and the complaint states that Indyke and Kahn are eligible for bequests of $50 million and $25 million, subject to the availability of funds.
Zorro Ranch, near Stanley in Santa Fe County, is central to the State’s allegations. The complaint describes the remote property as a place where Epstein and his associates recruited, transported, isolated, and sexually abused girls and young women over more than two decades. The complaint further alleges that some survivors were lured with promises of educational, career, or financial help before being exploited.
Torrez was joined at the announcement by two survivors of Epstein’s abuse, Julia Molchanova and Anouska De Georgiou, who support the State’s action.
The lawsuit asks the court to:
- Prevent payments from Epstein’s estate to Indyke and Kahn while the litigation proceeds;
- Restrict their ability to authorize and receive estate payments;
- Declare that they engaged in racketeering and trafficking activity in violation of state and federal law;
- Require them to divest Epstein-related interests and restrict certain future investment activity;
- Award compensatory and punitive damages, restitution, and disgorgement of benefits to survivors, including treble damages under state racketeering law.
“Survivors deserve more than promises that the truth will eventually come to light,” Torrez said. “They deserve an accounting of what happened. This action is about making sure the pursuit of justice does not end with Epstein’s death.”
The criminal investigation Attorney General Torrez announced earlier this year remains ongoing.
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