Zorro Ranch in Stanley, N.M.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – New Mexico’s attorney general has gone to court to stop former associates of Jeffrey Epstein from receiving payments from his estate.
Torrez sued attorney Darren Indyke and accountant Richard Kahn in federal court on Oct. 21, alleging they helped Epstein’s sex-trafficking operation. Epstein owned the Zorro Ranch in Stanley, and Torrez has sued the U.S. Department of Justice to gain access to documents related to the property.
“Their delay is actively hurting our criminal investigation and delaying justice Epstein survivors deserve,” Torrez said.
His suit claims Indyke and Kahn helped supply girls and young women to Epstein and received “generous salaries, access to elite social circles and lavish gifts.” The two were also named beneficiaries of the financier’s estate, known as the 1953 Trust. It was valued at nearly $600 million when Epstein died in 2019 but now contains $107 million.
As beneficiaries, they are eligible for a combined $75 million, while Torrez wants to ensure that victims will have priority in further disbursements. His lawsuit asks that estate payments to the two men are blocked during proceedings.
He’s also asking that Indyke and Kahn are declared to have engaged in racketeering and trafficking activity, claiming they did more than just handle Epstein’s business affairs. They made cash available for Epstein when he recruited girls and young women for massages that turned into sexual assaults, Torrez says.
“Indyke and Kahn were enmeshed in the functioning of the Enterprise and provided more than ordinary legal and accounting services,” the lawsuit says.
“Through their professional services, each helped manage the money that fueled the Enterprise’s operations and the Epstein-related corporate entities used to shield his transactions from outside scrutiny and suspicion.”
The two arranged payments to victims intended to buy their silence, while also monitoring their spending and preparing tax returns for some, the suit says.
