New Mexico Sues Epstein Lawyer and Accountant, Accusing Them of Covering Up Abuse
On October 21, 2026, New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez filed a civil lawsuit against Jeffrey Epstein's longtime personal attorney Darren Indyke and accountant Richard Kahn, accusing them of helping to finance and conceal Epstein's sex trafficking operation, including the abuse of girls and young women at his Zorro Ranch in Santa Fe County, New Mexico. The two men are the sole co-executors of Epstein's estate, controlling all of his wealth and possessions.
The lawsuit seeks to stop Indyke and Kahn from accepting any payments from Epstein's estate during the litigation, and to restrict their ability to authorize and receive estate payments. The New Mexico Department of Justice also asks the court to declare that the two 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, and award compensatory and punitive damages, restitution, and disgorgement of benefits to survivors. Torrez said Epstein's estate is estimated at more than $100 million and that the two "stand to benefit substantially" unless a federal judge intervenes.
Zorro Ranch, near Stanley in Santa Fe County, was purchased by Epstein in 1993 and spans thousands of acres. He built a 26,700-square-foot mansion, several guest homes, a private airstrip, and a helipad. The complaint describes the remote property as a place where Epstein and his associates recruited, transported, isolated, and sexually abused girls and young women for more than two decades, with some survivors lured by promises of educational, career, or financial help. The ranch sits about 30 miles (50 kilometers) south of Santa Fe.
The complaint alleges that Indyke, who worked for Epstein for two decades, helped arrange payments to survivors to "purchase their silence," and handled the 2011 transfer of the Zorro Ranch title to an Epstein-controlled company. It claims both men personally profited from their relationships with Epstein to the tune of tens of millions of dollars. Torrez described them as part of "an informal network of associates bound together by a single purpose: knowingly facilitating and concealing his decades-long criminal conduct to preserve and grow Epstein's fortunes and influence."
Indyke and Kahn, through a statement, categorically rejected the allegations that they knowingly facilitated or assisted Epstein's sexual abuse or trafficking, or that they were aware of Epstein's actions while providing legal or accounting services. They said they are confident they will prevail on the claims. Epstein never faced charges in New Mexico, although the state attorney general's office confirmed in 2019 that it was investigating and planned to forward findings to federal authorities in New York.
New Mexico reopened its investigation into activities at Zorro Ranch in February 2026. A commission established by state lawmakers released a 119-page report in August finding that authorities repeatedly deferred to investigations in New York, Palm Beach, Florida, and the Virgin Islands, while leaving Epstein's offenses in New Mexico unexamined and unpunished. Torrez, standing with two of Epstein's accusers, said: "None of this could be done by just one man. This was something that was facilitated, that was made possible by handlers, by lawyers, by accountants, by others who have yet to face real consequences."