New Mexico sues Jeffrey Epstein’s attorney and accountant for allegedly facilitating his crimes and profiting millions
Quest for accountability.
The state of New Mexico has launched a civil lawsuit against Darren Indyke and Richard Kahn. According to The Hill, these two men served as longtime attorney and accountant respectively for convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The state alleges that Indyke and Kahn helped facilitate and hide Epstein’s sex trafficking operation. This included the abuse of young women and girls at the Zorro Ranch located near Santa Fe.
Attorney General Raúl Torrez announced the lawsuit on Tuesday, October 20, 2026. He claims the pair helped organize various corporate entities for Epstein. They allegedly structured payments to conceal the operations of his enterprise. Torrez believes they helped facilitate criminal conduct for a number of years. He spoke during a press conference about the legal action.
Torrez noted that the two men serve as co-executors of the estate. The estate holds more than $100 million in value. He fears they will benefit substantially from these assets. The state wants to block them from receiving payouts. This lawsuit falls under the federal Trafficking Victims Protection Act. It also invokes the New Mexico Racketeering Act, per the BBC.
The complaint alleges that Indyke worked for Epstein for two decades
The lawyer reportedly helped arrange payments to survivors to “purchase their silence”. He also handled the 2011 transfer of the Zorro Ranch title. This property went to an Epstein-controlled company. The state claims both Indyke and Kahn personally profited from their roles. They allegedly made tens of millions of dollars.
Two survivors joined the Attorney General at the press conference. Anouska De Georgiou spoke about the ongoing search for truth. She said, “We cannot undo what happened or return what was taken from us, but we can demand answers.” She also stated, “We can pursue justice, and we can insist that wealth, power, and influence never place anyone beyond accountability.”
Indyke and Kahn have previously denied any wrongdoing. Indyke testified before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee in March. He claimed he had “no knowledge whatsoever” of the abuse, stating that he would have stopped working for Epstein if he had. Their attorney, Daniel Weiner, issued a statement regarding the new claims. He said they “emphatically reject” the allegations.
Weiner also stated, “they are confident that they will prevail on the claims asserted against them”. He added that, “Both Mr Indyke and Mr Kahn reject as categorically false the allegations that they knowingly facilitated or assisted Mr Epstein in his sexual abuse or trafficking of women, or that they were aware of Mr Epstein’s actions while they provided legal or accounting services to him.”
Weiner said the prosecutor never contacted them before filing the lawsuit
He claimed the men have cooperated with all past investigations. The lawsuit is separate from an ongoing criminal probe in New Mexico. That criminal investigation was re-launched in February. It focuses on activity at the remote Zorro Ranch.
The Zorro Ranch is mentioned thousands of times in the Epstein files. In an August lawsuit, Torrez accused the Department of Justice of “stonewalling” that probe. He alleged they withheld documents that could help the state. He asked a judge to force the department to hand them over.
Epstein named the two men as co-executors in August 2019. This happened just two days before he died in jail. He was awaiting trial on child sex-trafficking charges at that time. He revised his will to move his wealth into a trust. The lawyer and accountant were tasked to administer it. The estate was worth roughly $635 million at the time of his death.
In their role as executors, they managed compensation packages for survivors
These packages included certain conditions. Survivors who accepted funds were prevented from taking further legal action against them personally. Other claims remain outstanding today. Torrez believes the assets should go to survivors instead of the executors.
He said, “Those resources rightfully belong in the hands of survivors – there should be no distribution of Mr. Epstein’s remaining assets to people like Mr. Indyke and Mr. Kahn for participation in what I think is one of the most horrific criminal enterprises in modern America.”
Torrez argued that the crimes were only possible due to others. He said, “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.” He added, “Those who allegedly enabled this exploitation should not be allowed to profit from it while survivors continue to live with its consequences.”
The case remains in the early stages. The court will now have to weigh these serious allegations against the denials from the defense. The state is committed to finding out how much these individuals knew. The legal battle over the remaining funds of the estate will likely be intense.
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