Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime personal attorney and accountant were sued by the state of New Mexico for allegedly helping to facilitate, finance and conceal the late financier’s sex trafficking operation.

The lawsuit filed Wednesday alleges that former Epstein attorney Darren Indyke and accountant Richard Kahn “knowingly participated” in the financier’s trafficking, which included the abuse of girls and young women at Epstein’s Zorro Ranch property in Santa Fe County.

“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,” Attorney General Raúl Torrez said in a statement.

New Mexico officials have long investigated whether Epstein and others committed child sexual abuse and trafficking crimes at the ranch. Torrez’s office in August sued top officials in the U.S. Justice Department for allegedly refusing to fully aid the state’s probe into Epstein.

Indyke and Kahn have previously been associated with the legal fights swirling around Epstein, who died in a New York jail cell in 2019 while awaiting trial on federal sex-trafficking charges. Indyke, Kahn and Epstein’s estate agreed earlier this year to pay as much as $35 million to resolve outstanding legal claims by at least 40 victims who sued in federal court.

The new civil suit alleges that Indyke and Kahn carried out a variety of financial-related activities for Epstein that aided his illegal conduct, including controlling his money and entities; supplying cash that was allegedly used to pay victims and recruiters; structuring cash withdrawals to avoid scrutiny; and paying survivors’ expenses.

‘Baseless lawsuit’

Daniel H. Weiner, a lawyer representing Indyke and Kahn, said in a statement that no one from Torrez’s office sought to speak with his clients before filing the “baseless lawsuit,” which he said raises questions about the thoroughness of the state’s investigation.

“Indyke and Kahn emphatically reject the New Mexico Attorney General’s allegations that they were complicit in or in any way knowingly facilitated Mr. Epstein’s sexual abuse or trafficking – conduct that by all accounts occurred behind closed doors, in secluded locations, and at times when neither Mr. Indyke nor Mr. Kahn was present,” Weiner said.

Indyke and Kahn have also denied ever abusing any women.

Indyke and Kahn are co-executors of the Epstein estate, which has more than $100 million, Torrez said at a press conference announcing the suit. The men “stand to benefit substantially” from the distribution of resources from that trust “without some intervening action,” Torrez said.

“It is unconscionable in my mind that people who actively participated in the efforts of that trafficking enterprise should in any way benefit from what is left of his estate,” he said.

The lawsuit seeks 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, require them to divest Epstein-related interests and award damages to survivors.

Each of the women in Wednesday’s complaint say they ranged from 16 to 24 years old when, between 2001 and 2005, Epstein began committing acts of gender-motivated violence against them in New York.

The case is New Mexico v. Indyke, 1:26-cv-03543, U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico (Albuquerque).

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