New Mexicos Democratic Attorney General Raul Torrez has moved to block Jeffrey Epsteins longtime lawyer and accountant from collecting tens of millions of dollars in fees from the late financiers $100 million estate, alleging they helped conceal his sprawling sex-trafficking enterprise centered at the Zorro Ranch near Santa Fe.
According to Mediaite, Torrez filed a civil lawsuit on Wednesday against attorney Darren Indyke and accountant Richard Kahn, asserting the pair knew of the abuse occurring on the more than 7,000-acre property south of Santa Fe, according to the Associated Press. The AGs office argued that money in Epsteins vast estate represents resources [that] rightfully belong in the hands of survivors.
News of the lawsuit follows revelations about a month ago that Indyke and Kahn are under investigation by the Justice Department. The outlet which reported the probe last month had been unable to determine exactly what the two men were being investigated for.
Indyke and Kahn have consistently denied any knowledge of Epsteins sex-trafficking operation and repeated that claim under oath before a Congressional committee. Epsteins criminal network stretched far beyond New Mexico, encompassing at least Florida, Manhattan, and his private island in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The two men have administered Epsteins estate since his Aug. 10, 2019, death, when he took his own life in a Manhattan jail cell under circumstances that still fuel public skepticism. Theyre in line to collect big bucks from the work, according to reports, which cited documents showing Indkye could get a whopping $50 million and Kahn could collect a more modest $25 million.
The estate created a compensation fund overseen by Indyke and Kahn that has already paid more than $120 million to dozens of victims. Only one person Epsteins madame, Ghislaine Maxwell has faced criminal charges in the case, and Maxwell is serving 20 years in prison for sex trafficking, leaving many Americans still asking how such a vast operation produced so few prosecutions.
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